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1978 Lyrics
One, two, three, four
Ba-dee-ya (Who, who, who, who?)
Ba-dee-ya (Who, who, who, who?)
(Ah-hoooo) Ba-dee-ya (Who, who, who, who?)
(Ba-du, ba-du)
Ba-du, ba-du
Ba-dee-ya (Who, who, who, who?)
(Ba-du, ba-du)
Oh no-o-o-o-oh
Hey!
Ba-dee-ya (Who, who, who, who?)
(Ba-du, ba-du)
Say, do you remember? (Ba-du, ba-du)
Ba-dee-ya (Who, who, who, who?)
(Ba-du, ba-du) (Oh-oh-oh)
Dancin' in September (Ba-du, ba-du)
(Ah-hoooo) Ba-dee-ya (Who, who, who, who?)
(Ba-du, ba-du)
Never was a cloudy day (Ba-du, yeah)
(Who, who, who, who?) (Oh-oh, oh)
Who, who, who, who?
Who, who, who, who?
Hey, hey, hey!
Who, who, who, who?
Who, who, who, who?
Hey, hey, hey!
Ba-dee-ya (Who, who, who, who?)
Ba-dee-ya (Who, who, who, who?)
(Ah-hoooo) Ba-dee-ya (Who, who, who, who?)
(Ba-du, ba-du)
Ba-du, ba-du
Ba-dee-ya (Who, who, who, who?)
(Ba-du, ba-du)
Oh no-o-o-o-oh
Hey!
Ba-dee-ya (Who, who, who, who?)
(Ba-du, ba-du)
Say, do you remember? (Ba-du, ba-du)
Ba-dee-ya (Who, who, who, who?)
(Ba-du, ba-du) (Oh-oh-oh)
Dancin' in September (Ba-du, ba-du)
(Ah-hoooo) Ba-dee-ya (Who, who, who, who?)
(Ba-du, ba-du)
Never was a cloudy day (Ba-du, yeah)
(Who, who, who, who?) (Oh-oh, oh)
Who, who, who, who?
Who, who, who, who?
Hey, hey, hey!
Who, who, who, who?
Who, who, who, who?
Hey, hey, hey!
Don't stop me, don't stop me, don't stop me (Who, who, who, who?)
Hey, hey, hey
Don't stop me, don't stop me (Who, who, who, who?)
Aaaaah (Hey, hey, hey)
Don't stop me, don't stop me (Who, who, who, who?)
Have a good time, good time
Don't stop me, don't stop me (Who, who, who, who?)
Aaaaaaaaah!
I wanna love you
(Ooooh, ooooh)
Is this love? Is this love? Is this love?
Is this love that I'm feeling?
(Ooooh, ooooh)
Is this love? Is this love? Is this love?
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Those days are over
You don't have to sell your body to the night
Roxanne (Roxanne)
Oh Mama, I'm in fear for my life from the long arm of the law (Roxanne)
Hangman is comin' down from the gallows, and I don't have very long
(Aaah-aaah-aaah-aaah)
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
Hey, hey, hey
Don't stop me, don't stop me (Who, who, who, who?)
Aaaaah (Hey, hey, hey)
Don't stop me, don't stop me (Who, who, who, who?)
Have a good time, good time
Don't stop me, don't stop me (Who, who, who, who?)
Aaaaaaaaah!
I wanna love you
(Ooooh, ooooh)
Is this love? Is this love? Is this love?
Is this love that I'm feeling?
(Ooooh, ooooh)
Is this love? Is this love? Is this love?
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Those days are over
You don't have to sell your body to the night
Roxanne (Roxanne)
Oh Mama, I'm in fear for my life from the long arm of the law (Roxanne)
Hangman is comin' down from the gallows, and I don't have very long
(Aaah-aaah-aaah-aaah)
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout) (Ooooooh!)
Shake your body down to the ground (Aah)
(Roxanne)
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
(Roxanne)
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout) (Aaah-aaah-aaah-aaah)
Shake your body down to the ground
Oh Mama, I'm in fear for my life from the long arm of the law
Hangman is comin' down from the gallows, and I don't have very long
Roxanne (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooh)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooh
You don't have to put on the red light (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Roxanne (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooh)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooh
You don't have to put on the red light (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Shake your body down to the ground (Aah)
(Roxanne)
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
(Roxanne)
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout)
Shake your body down to the ground
Let's dance, let's shout (Shout) (Aaah-aaah-aaah-aaah)
Shake your body down to the ground
Oh Mama, I'm in fear for my life from the long arm of the law
Hangman is comin' down from the gallows, and I don't have very long
Roxanne (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooh)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooh
You don't have to put on the red light (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Roxanne (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooh)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooh
You don't have to put on the red light (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
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Genius Annotation
“1978” is the 25th song (and fourth track going by the official track listing) in The Hood Internet’s year-by-year mashup series, featuring 50+ songs from the year 1978 mixed into three minutes.
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- 1.1975
- 2.1976
- 3.1977
- 4.1978
- 5.1979
- 6.1980
- 7.1981
- 8.1982
- 9.1983
- 10.1984
- 11.1985
- 12.1986
- 13.1987
- 14.1988
- 15.1989
- 16.1990
- 17.1991 (Missing Lyrics)
- 18.1992
- 19.1993 (Missing Lyrics)
- 20.1994 (Missing Lyrics)
- 21.1995 (Missing Lyrics)
- 22.1996 (Missing Lyrics)
- 23.1997 (Missing Lyrics)
- 24.1998 (Missing Lyrics)
- 25.1999 (Missing Lyrics)
- 26.2000
- 27.2001
- 31.2005 (Missing Lyrics)
- 32.2006 (Missing Lyrics)
- 33.2007 (Missing Lyrics)
- 34.2008 (Missing Lyrics)
- 35.2009 (Missing Lyrics)
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Released on
September 23, 2021
1978 Samples
Hanging on the Telephone by Blondie, Runnin' with the Devil by Van Halen, My Best Friend's Girl by The Cars, Oh Bondage Up Yours! by X-Ray Spex, September by Earth, Wind & Fire, Don't Look Back by Boston, Who Are You by The Who, Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon, Good Times Roll by The Cars, What Do I Get? by Buzzcocks, Uncontrollable Urge by Devo, Eruption by Van Halen, I Wanna Be Sedated by Ramones, Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love by Van Halen, Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) by The Jacksons, Surrender by Cheap Trick, You and I by Rick James, Badlands by Bruce Springsteen, Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush, Just What I Needed by The Cars, Don't Stop Me Now by Queen, Y.M.C.A. by Village People, Take Me to the River by Talking Heads, Another Girl, Another Planet by The Only Ones, Hollywood Nights by Bob Seger, Jamie's Cryin' by Van Halen, Bye Bye Love by The Cars, Fat Bottomed Girls by Queen, Radio, Radio by Elvis Costello, Is This Love by Bob Marley & The Wailers, Racing in the Street by Bruce Springsteen, Love Don't Live Here Anymore by Rose Royce, Roxanne by The Police, I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor, Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? by Rod Stewart, Got To Be Real by Cheryl Lynn, Teenage Kicks by The Undertones, Renegade by Styx, What You Won't Do for Love by Bobby Caldwell, He's the Greatest Dancer by Sister Sledge, I Want Your Love by Chic, Rock Lobster by The B-52's, Get Off by Foxy, Moving in Stereo by The Cars, Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty, (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea by Elvis Costello, Miss You by The Rolling Stones, You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) by Sylvester & One Nation Under a Groove by Funkadelic
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