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Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)

Sly & the Family Stone

Posted Nov 04, 2004 12:00 AM

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Written by: Sylvester Stewart
Produced by: Stewart
Released: Jan. '70 on Epic
Charts: 13 weeks
Top spot: No. 1

"Thank You" rode on the finger-popping bass of Larry Graham, who came up with the technique in a duo with his organist mother. "I started to thump the strings with my thumb," he said, "to make up for not having a drummer."

Appears on: Anthology (Epic)

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