FLOAT ON
THE FLOATERS
SONGWRITER: Marvin Willis; Arnold Ingram & James Mitchell
COUNTRY: USA
ALBUM: FLOAT ON
LABEL: ABC RECORDS
GENRE: SOUL
YEAR: 1977
"Float
On" is a 1977 hit song by the R&B/soul group The Floaters.
The spoken verses combine two popular trends from the time, star signs and video and phone dating,
in lines such as Aquarius and my name is Ralph/Now I like a woman who loves her
freedom. The song was co-written by James Mitchell of The
Detroit Emeralds group.
Released
from their self-titled debut album,
it became one of the biggest singles of the year, spending six weeks at number one on the U.S. Hot Soul Singles chart.
"Float On" was also a crossover hit, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100,
but with no other Hot 100 hits, The Floaters became a one-hit wonder on that chart. "Float On" also reached number one on the UK Singles Chart,
and number five on the Irish
Singles Chart. The song was covered by two
hip-hop bands: Stetsasonic on its album In Full
Gear (1988), and Dream
Warriors on its album The
Master Plan (1996), the latter of which was
released as a single.
Also in
1977, Cheech and Chong released a parody of the song called "Bloat On". It was
later included on their 1980 album Let's Make a New Dope Deal.
The song
was adapted in the early 1990s to advertise Cadbury's Crème Eggs.
Aquarius, Libra, Leo, Cancer
Ralph, Charles, Paul, Larry
Float, float on
Float on, float on
Float, float, float on
Float on, float on
Float, float on
Float on, float on
Float, float, float on
Float on, float on
Float, float on
Float on, float on
Float, float, float on
Float on, float on
Aquarius, Libra, Leo, Cancer
Ralph, Charles, Paul, Larry
Aquarius and my name is Ralph
Now I like a woman who loves her freedom
And I like a woman who can hold her own
And if you fit that description, baby, come with me
Take my hand
Come with me, baby, to Love Land
Let me show you how sweet it could be
Sharing love with me, I want you to
Float, float on
(Come on, come on, come on, baby, yeah, yeah)
Float on, float on
(Ooh, ooh, baby)
Float, float, float on
Float on
(Float with me)
Float on
Libra and my name is Charles, now I like a woman
that's quiet
A woman who carries herself like Miss Universe
A woman who would take me in her arms
And she would say, "Charles, yeah"
And if you fit that description, this is for you
especially
Mmm, take my hand
Come with me, baby, to Love Land
Let me show you how sweet it could be
Sharing loving with me, I want you to
Float, float on
(Girl, yes)
Float on, float on
(With Charles)
Float, float, float on
(Ooh, yeah)
Float on, float on
Leo and my name is Paul
You see I like all women of the world
You see to me all women are wild flowers
And if you understand what I'm sayin', I want you to
Mmm, take my hand
Come with me, baby, to Love Land
Let me show you how sweet it could be
Sharing love with me, I want you to
Float, float on
(So float with me, baby)
Float on, float on
(Yeah)
Float, float, float on
(Float with Paul, y'all)
Float on, float on
Cancer and my name is Larry, huh
And I like a woman that loves everything and everybody
Because I love everybody and everything
And you know what, ladies, if you feel that this is
you
Then this is what I want you to do
Ooh, yeah, take my hand
Let me take you to Love Land
Let me show you how sweet it could be
Sharing your love with Larry, listen
Float, float on
(You better float with me now)
Float on, float on
(Float on)
Float, float, float on
(Yeah, yeah, you better float on, float on, ah)
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