Slow Drag
The Intruders Lyrics
Hmm, closer
I wanna be closer to you
(I like to get close)
Closer
(I like to get close)
Like to be close to you, baby
(I like to get close
To the one I love)
So I slow drag
My girl, she asked me how come I don't do the boogaloo?
(Boogaloo)
I told her, baby 'cause I can't get close enough to you
(Close to you)
(Closer, closer)
I told her that's the only dance
That I like to do, it's a dance
I can hold her yet steal a little kiss or two
Oh baby, I like to get close to the one I love
So I slow drag
And I want to slow down with you, baby
I like to get close to the one I love
So I slow drag
My girl, she asked me out to the party
Her friends told her that I was a drag
(Drag)
Just because I don't do the dance the way they want me to
Can't they see that I'm in a different bag?
Oh baby, I like to get close to the one I love
So I slow drag
And I want to slow down with you, baby
I like to get close to the one I love
So I slow drag
Ooh, hold me close
Hold me closer to you
And all you got to do is squeeze me, baby
And hold me closer to you
Oh baby, I like to get close to the one I love
So I slow drag
And I want to slow down with you, baby
I like to get close to the one I love
So I slow drag
I like to get close to the one I love
So I slow drag
I like to get close to the one I love
So I slow drag
I like to get close to the one I love
So I slow drag
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Written by: KENNY GAMBLE, LEON HUFF
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1) The Intruders was a mid-60s punk group out of St. Louis, MO, who made a total of two singles (I'll Go On; That's The Way) both for local St. Louis labels in 1966.
2) The Intruders is a former American soul music group most popular in the 1960s and 1970s. As one of the first groups to have hit songs under the direction of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, they had a major influence on the development of Philadelphia soul.
Formed around 1960, the group originally consisted of Sam "Little Sonny" Brown Read Full Bio1) The Intruders was a mid-60s punk group out of St. Louis, MO, who made a total of two singles (I'll Go On; That's The Way) both for local St. Louis labels in 1966.
2) The Intruders is a former American soul music group most popular in the 1960s and 1970s. As one of the first groups to have hit songs under the direction of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, they had a major influence on the development of Philadelphia soul.
Formed around 1960, the group originally consisted of Sam "Little Sonny" Brown, Eugene "Bird" Daughtry, Phillip "Phil" Terry and Robert "Big Sonny" Edwards.[1] In 1969, Sam Brown was replaced as lead singer by Bobby Starr, only to rejoin the group in 1973.
In 1965, when songwriters and record producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff first contemplated leaving the Cameo-Parkway record label to risk launching their own label, the vocalists on which they pinned all their hopes and venture capital were The Intruders. Like many other subsequent acts the duo produced, which includes the popular Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes and The O'Jays, The Intruders had already developed a vocal sound that was both theirs and uniquely Philadelphian.
Brown, Daughtry, Terry and Edwards had been recording and performing one-off singles together since 1961, blending Philly's street corner doo-wop tradition with black gospel fervor. The result was neither as pop-infected as Motown, nor as funky and blues-inflected as Stax. The sound which The Intruders refined for the Excel, Gamble and Philadelphia International imprints reflected a different attitude than either Stax or Motown.
Gamble and Huff's success with The Intruders helped convince Columbia Records to grant them the money to launch Philadelphia International. Gamble and Huff acknowledged that their work with The Intruders was the very foundation of what they called "The Sound Of Philadelphia".
The Intruders, meanwhile, were undergoing some internal turmoil. When the group resurfaced on the 1970 Gamble LP, When We Get Married, lead singer Brown was replaced by nightclub singer, Bobby Starr (born Robert Ferguson). The title song, "When We Get Married" (R&B #8, Pop #45), a Dreamlovers cover, became a hit on the charts, as was the follow-up "(Win, Place Or Show) She's A Winner". Starr's tenure with the group was short-lived; Brown returned to the group in 1973 for the album Save The Children, which spawned The Intruders' last two big hits, "I'll Always Love My Mama" (R&B #6, Pop #36) and "I Wanna Know Your Name" (R&B #9, Pop #60).
"Cowboys To Girls" (R&B #1, Pop #6) remains the only chart topping single of their career. It was awarded an R.I.A.A. gold disc for one million sales in mid May 1968.[1] It was recently covered by the Hacienda Brothers. Other covers of their hit singles include Tiarra's cover of "Together", which was also done by Gladys Knight & The Pips on their Silk'N'Soul LP.
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, in the West Coast, their music was popular among Latino, specifically Chicano, youth.[citation needed] Daughtry died of cancer in 1994, and Brown committed suicide in 1995. The Intruders continues to exist in 2 forms: The Philly Intruders, who appear on "the Big Show" DVD, and the Bobby Starr-led Intruders, who feature on the "My Music DVD hosted by Patti LaBelle on PBS.
2) The Intruders is a former American soul music group most popular in the 1960s and 1970s. As one of the first groups to have hit songs under the direction of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, they had a major influence on the development of Philadelphia soul.
Formed around 1960, the group originally consisted of Sam "Little Sonny" Brown Read Full Bio1) The Intruders was a mid-60s punk group out of St. Louis, MO, who made a total of two singles (I'll Go On; That's The Way) both for local St. Louis labels in 1966.
2) The Intruders is a former American soul music group most popular in the 1960s and 1970s. As one of the first groups to have hit songs under the direction of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, they had a major influence on the development of Philadelphia soul.
Formed around 1960, the group originally consisted of Sam "Little Sonny" Brown, Eugene "Bird" Daughtry, Phillip "Phil" Terry and Robert "Big Sonny" Edwards.[1] In 1969, Sam Brown was replaced as lead singer by Bobby Starr, only to rejoin the group in 1973.
In 1965, when songwriters and record producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff first contemplated leaving the Cameo-Parkway record label to risk launching their own label, the vocalists on which they pinned all their hopes and venture capital were The Intruders. Like many other subsequent acts the duo produced, which includes the popular Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes and The O'Jays, The Intruders had already developed a vocal sound that was both theirs and uniquely Philadelphian.
Brown, Daughtry, Terry and Edwards had been recording and performing one-off singles together since 1961, blending Philly's street corner doo-wop tradition with black gospel fervor. The result was neither as pop-infected as Motown, nor as funky and blues-inflected as Stax. The sound which The Intruders refined for the Excel, Gamble and Philadelphia International imprints reflected a different attitude than either Stax or Motown.
Gamble and Huff's success with The Intruders helped convince Columbia Records to grant them the money to launch Philadelphia International. Gamble and Huff acknowledged that their work with The Intruders was the very foundation of what they called "The Sound Of Philadelphia".
The Intruders, meanwhile, were undergoing some internal turmoil. When the group resurfaced on the 1970 Gamble LP, When We Get Married, lead singer Brown was replaced by nightclub singer, Bobby Starr (born Robert Ferguson). The title song, "When We Get Married" (R&B #8, Pop #45), a Dreamlovers cover, became a hit on the charts, as was the follow-up "(Win, Place Or Show) She's A Winner". Starr's tenure with the group was short-lived; Brown returned to the group in 1973 for the album Save The Children, which spawned The Intruders' last two big hits, "I'll Always Love My Mama" (R&B #6, Pop #36) and "I Wanna Know Your Name" (R&B #9, Pop #60).
"Cowboys To Girls" (R&B #1, Pop #6) remains the only chart topping single of their career. It was awarded an R.I.A.A. gold disc for one million sales in mid May 1968.[1] It was recently covered by the Hacienda Brothers. Other covers of their hit singles include Tiarra's cover of "Together", which was also done by Gladys Knight & The Pips on their Silk'N'Soul LP.
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, in the West Coast, their music was popular among Latino, specifically Chicano, youth.[citation needed] Daughtry died of cancer in 1994, and Brown committed suicide in 1995. The Intruders continues to exist in 2 forms: The Philly Intruders, who appear on "the Big Show" DVD, and the Bobby Starr-led Intruders, who feature on the "My Music DVD hosted by Patti LaBelle on PBS.
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Adele Chavez
If you don't know the mighty Intruders, I don't know what to tell you. There is no excuse for you. I love the Intruders, as soon as they came out with a new song, I was at the record store waiting to buy it, real quick! I'd play it over m over, and over until I had enough. Now I can still play their songs over and over. Now my grandkids love them too! I wish they could be here to make a comeback. I know they will always be a part of my heart.
Danny Gomez
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Jacqueline Gutierrez
Us too back in Santa Ana ca ghetto records
Bobby E. Wright
Adele Chavez im with you ac i love the intruders their my favorite group from the 60s along with the mad lads n delfonics
bimborc
Even though this was considered a Cholo song back in the 70's, I still loved it and still do di8g all the Intruders jams....crazy mixed up kids,...you can't put a label on true musical genius
Sarah Guerra
bimborc hey now babyboy you sure are handsome mijo 😉👍
ombudlady
I remember dancing to this song as a child with my Mom. Those were the good old days. I haven't heard it in years and I thought of it and it took me a few minutes to remember the Artist. I found it by the title after singing most of it. Thanks for the posting.
milton112
The level of innovative language...”Slow Drag”, “Different Bag”...Unmatched by any other genre.
Diane Young-El
I loved tbis song as a teen and I still do.
Steven Pleasant
Yeah right