Stacy Lattisaw (born November 25, 1966 in Washington, D. C.) is an American… Read Full Bio ↴Stacy Lattisaw (born November 25, 1966 in Washington, D. C.) is an American R&B/Soul, Pop, Dance and Gospel music singer. Since the 1990s, she has exclusively sung gospel music, as a callback to her Christian roots.
She recorded her first album at the age of twelve, and has scored 22 R&B chart hits with several songs— "Let Me Be Your Angel", "Jump to the Beat", "Love on a Two-Way Street", and "Miracles"—crossing over to the Pop mainstream. Her first album, produced, arranged, and conducted by Van McCoy, featured the highly-orchestrated disco tune When You're Young And In Love.

In 1980, she went to #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with "Dynamite!" / "Jump To the Beat." However it was not until she affiliated with Narada Michael Walden, a former drummer with the Mahavishnu Orchestra who was just beginning a career as a producer, that she became a star. Under Walden's direction, she had five hit albums between 1981 and 1986. She also opened for the Jacksons Triumph Tour in 1981. From Lattisaw's 1982 album "Sneakin' Out", Mariah Carey used a sample of the song "Attack Of The Name Game" (R&B #14) for her 1999 number 1 hit "Heartbreaker". Her other big Dance chart hits include "Nail It To the Wall" (#2 in 1986) and "Jump Into My Life" (#3 in 1987). Stacy also scored hits with her childhood friend, the singer, Johnny Gill.

Lattisaw continued recording into the late 1980s, signing to Motown in 1986. She scored her only #1 R&B hit with frequent duet partner Johnny Gill entitled "Where Do We Go from Here" in 1989. While the success was great, she grew increasingly disenchanted with the record industry. By the early 1990s, she decided to retire from the music industry and concentrate on raising her family. In addition, her official website states that she is now working on a gospel CD. In 2010, Lattisaw's music career was chronicled on the TV One (US TV network) docu-series "Unsung (TV series)", in which she also appeared.

Dynamite
Stacy Lattisaw Lyrics

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Chorus A:
The way you feel funky music
It's dynamite
The way you use and you groove it
It's dynamite
Don't you know that
I love you madly
Like dynamite

Won't cha keep on dancin' beside me
It's dynamite

I've got this feelin'
To ask you to dance
Not even thinking
To lead to romance
The lights are flashin'
We're out on the floor
My heart is thumpin'
Like crashin' thunder

Chorus B:
'Cause when you move so sweet
When you're dancin'
Got the beat
Got the heat
Like dynamite
It's dynamite...

Repeat Chorus A

Oh, baby, baby
You've got the rhythm
You drive me crazy
With what you're doing

Repeat Chorus B

Oh, dynamite!
Oh, dynamite!

Can you dig it checkin' it out, baby
Checkin' it out can you dig it, baby
(X4)

Repeat Chorus B

Overall Meaning

The song Dynamite by Stacy Lattisaw is an upbeat ode to the power of dance and the intense connection it can foster between two people. The Chorus A celebrates the sultry and explosive energy of funk music and how the listener's partner can use and groove to it. The singer proclaims her love for her partner and their shared experience on the dancefloor, using the metaphor of dynamite to describe the intense emotion it brings out in her. The Chorus B is a repetition of the description of the partner's movements through dance, evoking a sense of heat and beat. The verses describe the initial attraction and excitement of asking someone to dance, with the lights flashing and the heart pounding.

Overall, the song is a tribute to the joy of dance, the thrill of moving to music, and the intimacy it can create between two people. The upbeat tempo and funky instrumentation reinforce its message and make it a classic dance tune.

Line by Line Meaning

The way you feel funky music
Your ability to feel and move to funky music is impressive and captivating

It's dynamite
It's explosive and exciting

The way you use and you groove it
The way you use your body and groove to the music is incredible

Don't you know that I love you madly
My love for you is so strong that it's explosive, like dynamite

Won't cha keep on dancin' beside me
Please keep dancing with me, it's explosive and exciting

I've got this feelin'
I have a strong feeling

To ask you to dance
To invite you to dance with me

Not even thinking
Without hesitation or overthinking

To lead to romance
To potentially lead to a romantic relationship

The lights are flashin'
The lights are flickering or flashing

We're out on the floor
We're on the dance floor