Celebration
Producer
Celebration Lyrics
Yahoo! (This is your celebration)
Yahoo! (This is your celebration)
Celebrate good times, come on (Let's celebrate)
Celebrate good times, come on (Let's celebrate)
[Verse]
There's a party goin' on right here
A celebration to last throughout the years
So bring your good times and your laughter too
We gonna celebrate your party with you
Come on now
[Chorus]
(Celebration) Let's all celebrate and have a good time
(Celebration) We gon' celebrate and have a good time
[Refrain]
It's time to come together
It's up to you, what's your pleasure?
(Everyone around the world, come on)
[Pre-Chorus]
Yahoo! It's a celebration
Yahoo!
Celebrate good times, come on (It's a celebration)
Celebrate good times, come on (Let's celebrate)
[Verse]
There's a party goin' on right here
A dedication to last throughout the years
So bring your good times and your laughter too
We gonna celebrate and party with you
Come on now
[Chorus]
(Celebration) Let's all celebrate and have a good time, yeah-yeah
(Celebration) We gon' celebrate and have a good time
[Refrain]
It's time to come together
It's up to you, what's your pleasure?
(Everyone around the world, come on)
[Pre-Chorus]
Yahoo! It's a celebration
Yahoo! It's a celebration
[Chorus]
Celebrate good times, come on (Let's celebrate, come on now)
Celebrate good times, come on (Let's celebrate)
We're gonna have a good time tonight
Let's celebrate, it's all right
We're gonna have a good time tonight
Let's celebrate, it's all right, baby
We're gonna have a good time tonight (Celebration)
Let's celebrate, it's all right
We're gonna have a good time tonight (Celebration)
Let's celebrate, it's all right
[Pre-Chorus]
Yahoo!
Yahoo!
[Chorus]
Celebrate good times, come on (Let's celebrate)
Celebrate good times, come on (It's a celebration)
Celebrate good times, come on (Let's celebrate)
Celebrate good times, come on (Come on and celebrate tonight)
(Baby everything's gonna be alright, let's celebrate)
Celebrate good times, come on
Celebrate good times, come on (Let's have a great time, celebrate)
Celebrate good times, come on
About
A staple of New Year’s Eve parties, wedding receptions, corporate parties, graduations, birthdays, roller rinks, bat mitzvahs, Democratic conventions and just about any social gathering that could lead to dancing. You couldn’t escape this song even if you lived under a rock in a cave in Iran your entire life. In fact, when American hostages were returned home from Iran after 444 days of captivity, they were greeted with this song.
Despite having a dozen top 10’s in the US, “Celebration” is Kool & The Gang’s only chart-topper, and their only platinum-selling hit. It was released in late 1980 and peaked at #1 the following February. It also reached #1 in New Zealand and made the top 10 in several countries including the UK.
When lead singer JT Taylor’s mother first heard it, she knew it was going to be a massive hit, telling her son, “You’re gonna play this song for the rest of your life – so get ready!”
The song was inspired by a line in the Q'uran, specifically “the passage where God was creating Adam, and the angels were celebrating and singing praises”.
Q&A
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Ronald Bell, the group’s saxophonist and musical arranger explained the origins of the song: “The initial idea came from the Quran. I was reading the passage, where God was creating Adam, and the angels were celebrating and singing praises. That inspired me to write the basic chords, the line, ‘Everyone around the world, come on, celebration”
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