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Whatever Gets You thru the Night

John Lennon

Walls and Bridges ยท 1974

Dance PopBoogiePopRockDisco
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Why they sound alike

  • Groove
  • Chord Progression
  • Arrangement

Both songs were released in 1974, and likely owe a debt to George McCrae's preceding disco hit Rock Your Baby (released in May 1974, and written and produced by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch of KC and the Sunshine Band), which in turn owes a debt to Betty Wright's Clean Up Woman (released November 1971). Billy Joel's Keeping The Faith (released 1984) also strongly echoes Clean Up Woman.,
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Whatever Gets You thru the Night lyrics

John Lennon

Whatever gets you through the night It's alright, it's alright It's your money or life It's alright, it's alright Don't need a sword to cut through flowers Oh no, oh no Whatever gets you through your life It's alright, it's alright Do it wrong or do it right It's alright, it's alright Don't need a watch to waste your time Oh no, oh no Hold me darlin', come on listen to me I won't do you no harm Trust me darlin' come on listen to me, come on listen to me Come on listen, listen Whatever gets you to the light It's alright, it's alright Out the blue or out of sight It's alright, it's alright Don't need a gun to blow your mind Oh no, oh no Hold me darlin' come on listen to me I won't do you no harm Trust me darlin' come on listen to me, come on listen to me Come on listen, listen