Bodyrock
| Title | Bodyrock |
|---|---|
| Artist | Moby |
| Album | Play |
| Release Date | 1999-05-17 |
| Description | “Bodyrock” was the third single released from Moby’s 1999 album Play. It charted in the UK Top 40 and was eventually nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental. As with most of the commercially released singles from the album, “Bodyrock” is based around a sample; in this case it’s from Spoonie Gee’s “Love Rap” and Treacherous Three’s “Body Rock”, which Moby surrounds with old school drum loops, layers of electric guitar, synthesized strings, and piano. A decade after releasing the song, Moby reflected “Bodyrock” was the song both of my managers tried to get me to take off the record. They thought it was really tacky. They thought it sounded like a Fatboy Slim ripoff — which I guess it kind of did. I like it because the hip-hop sample was off the first mixtape I ever got, maybe in 1981, off of the Mr. Magic Show on WBLS. The guitar is directly inspired by “What We All Want” by Gang of Four. And I thought it was kind of funny to have an orchestral chorus on what is essentially a hip-hip song. Spoonie Gee and the Treacherous Three’s “Love Rap”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfWfiP_x6WE The American version of the “Bodyrock” video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwG49y-RMe4 |
| Lyrics | [Verse 1] Rock, y'all Non-stop, y'all To the beat, y'all The body rock, y'all Today is rock, y'all Non-stop, y'all To the beat, y'all The body rock, y'all Today is rock, y'all Non-stop, y'all To the beat, y'all The body rock, y'all Today is rock, y'all Non-stop, y'all To the beat, y'all The body rock, y'all Today is rock, y'all Non-stop, y'all To the beat, y'all The body rock, y'all Today is rock, y'all Non-stop, y'all To the beat, y'all The body rock, y'all Today is rock, y'all Non-stop, y'all To the beat, y'all The body rock, y'all Today is rock, y'all Non-stop, y'all To the beat, y'all The body rock, y'all Today is rock, y'all Non-stop, y'all To the beat, y'all The body rock, y'all Today is rock, y'all Non-stop, y'all To the beat, y'all The body rock, y'all Today is... [Chorus] We rock the party Rock the party Come on We rock the party Rock the party Come on We rock the party Rock the party Come on We rock the party Rock the party Come on We rock the party Rock the party Come on We rock the party Rock the party Come on We rock the party Rock the party Come on Get down When we're going to make you freak [Verse 2] Rock, y'all Non-stop, y'all To the beat, y'all The body rock, y'all Today is rock, y'all Non-stop, y'all To the beat, y'all The body rock, y'all Today is rock, y'all Non-stop, y'all To the beat, y'all The body rock, y'all Today is rock, y'all Non-stop, y'all To the beat, y'all The body rock, y'all Today is You might also like[Chorus] We rock the party Rock the party Come on We rock the party Rock the party Come on We rock the party Rock the party Come on We rock the party Rock the party Come on We rock the party Rock the party Come on We rock the party Rock the party Come on We rock the party Rock the party Come on Get down When we're going to make you freak [Instrumental Break] [Breakdown] Rock, y'all Non-stop, y'all To the beat, y'all The body rock, y'all Today is rock, y'all Non-stop, y'all To the beat, y'all The body rock, y'all [Verse 3] Today is rock, y'all Non-stop, y'all To the beat, y'all The body rock, y'all Today is rock, y'all Non-stop, y'all To the beat, y'all The body rock, y'all Today is rock, y'all Non-stop, y'all To the beat, y'all The body rock, y'all Today is rock, y'all Non-stop, y'all To the beat, y'all The body rock, y'all Today is [Bridge] We rock the party Rock the party Come on Get down When we're going to make you freak We rock the party Rock the party Come on Get down When we're going to make you freak We rock the party Rock the party Come on Get down When we're going to set you freaking [Chorus] We rock the party Rock the party Come on Get down When we're going to make you freak We rock the party Rock the party Come on We rock the party Rock the party Come on We rock the party Rock the party Come on We rock the party Rock the party Come on We rock the party Rock the party Come on We rock the party Rock the party Come on We rock the party Rock the party Come on Get down When we're going to make you freak [Outro] Rock rock the party We rock the party Come on get down |