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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Billy Butler
Billy Butler
Performer
James Wise
James Wise
Performer
Joe Cross
Joe Cross
Performer
Lee Bell
Lee Bell
Performer
Lucious Larkins
Lucious Larkins
Performer
Willie Pernell
Willie Pernell
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Archie Bell
Archie Bell
Songwriter
Billy Butler
Billy Butler
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Kenneth Gamble
Kenneth Gamble
Producer

Lyrics

Hi everybody I'm Archie Bell of the Drells From Houston, Texas We don't only sing but we dance Just as good as we walk In Houston we just started a new dance Called the Tighten Up This is the music We tighten up with First tighten up on the drums Come on now, drummer I want you to tighten it up for me now Oh yeah Tighten up on that bass now Tighten it up, ha, ha, yeah Now let that guitar fall in, oh yeah Tighten up on that organ now Yeah, you do the tighten up, yeah, now I said, if you can do it now It sure would be tough Now look here, come on now Now make it mellow Let's tighten it up now Do the tighten up Everybody can do it now So get to it We're gonna tighten up Let's do the tighten up You can do it now So baby, get to it Look to your left now Look to your right Everybody can do it But don't you get too tight Come on and tighten up Let's tighten it up now Let's tighten it up now Tighten it up Do the tighten up Come and tighten it up Tighten it up now Come on now, Billy Tighten it up, oh yeah Sock it to me now Tighten it up Come on and tighten up that bass Oh yeah, now look here I want that guitar to fall in on there Tighten it up now, oh yeah Now tighten it up, organ, yeah Now everybody tighten it up now Now look here We gonna make it mellow for you now We gonna make it mellow now Tighten it up, you can get it Move to your left, move to your right Tighten it up now Everything will be outta sight Come on and tighten it up Tighten it up now You can do it
Writer(s): Billy Buttier, Archie Bell Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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