George McCrae, I Get Lifted | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

In the 66^th edition of Throwback Vibez (2023), we recollect and reflect on “I Get Lifted” by disco/funk/soul musician, George McCrae. 

The vibes, the vibes, those Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶! Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 is a column that celebrates awesome songs from the past.  The records that grace this column are older, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re ancient – no fossils 🦴! All genres of music are welcome. In the 66^th edition of Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 (2023), we recollect and reflect on 🎵 “I Get Lifted”, performed by 🎙 George McCrae. 

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“I get lifted / Up high, high / High, high.” Woo! Disco/funk/soul musician 🎙 George McCrae is best known for his sole no. 1 hit, the iconic 🎵 “Rock Your Baby”. However, on the same 1974 album, 💿 Rock Your Baby, McCrae delivers one of the funkiest records you’ll ever hear in your life, 🎵 “I Get Lifted”. “I Get Lifted” is a surefire vibe, period.  While “I Get Lifted” didn’t give McCraw another top-10 hit, it did crack the top-40 of the pop charts, peaking at no. 37 on the Billboard Hot 100.  Notably, this gem was written by 🎼 ✍ Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch, members of the iconic disco collective, 🎙 KC & The Sunshine Band. Notably, KC & The Sunshine Band would cover the song in 1975.

Vocally, George McCrae sounds incredibly commanding on “I Get Lifted.” He is cool, expressive, and captivating.  The lyrics are simple but flirty as McCrae praises this lady for being the bomb! “Bring out the loving / Loving desire, baby,” he urges in the second verse, adding, “You got the match / Oh, that lights the fire.” Clearly, you can see why he gets lifted! Another reason for the listeners to get lifted is the supporting instrumental.  The piano part is distinct, truly a pleasant surprise.  The bass line is incredibly robust – who doesn’t ❤️ a fat bass line? Furthermore, that drum groove is simply nasty, in the best way possible! Nearly fifty years after its arrival, 🎵 “I Get Lifted” remains potent to the n^th degree 💪. “Mama, mama!”

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🎙 George McCrae • 💿 Rock Your Baby • 🏷 Rhino Entertainment Company • 🗓 1974

George McCrae, “I Get Lifted”: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 66 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Rhino Entertainment Company; John Alan Sperry, PIRO via  Pixabay]