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The term Various Artists is used in the record industry when numerous singers and musicians collaborate on a song or collection of songs. Most often on Last.fm, compilation album tracks appear under the name of Various Artists erroneously because the individual artist is not listed in the album's ID3 information.
Compilation albums, for example.

Sometimes, single releases may be credited to Various Artists when their profits are going to charity and, usually in high-profile cases, are sometimes known by a group name. Examples include Band Aid with their releases of Do They Know It's Christmas? and USA for Africa with We Are The World.

Various Artists is also an actual performance name for Torsten Pröfrock, who runs the German DIN label. Torsten performs also as Dynamo, Erosion, Resilent, Traktor besides some others. He's a good friend of Robert Henke and since the Fall of 2004, he is a member of Monolake.

Various Artists was also a short-lived Bristol punk band formed by brothers Jonjo and Robin Key (originally from Birmingham). Other members were also simultaneously in Art Objects who went on to become The Blue Aeroplanes, the latter the Key brothers also co-wrote some songs and were involved in. When Various Artists imploded, the Key brothers went on to form Either / Or.

Various Artists also appear on tracks from musical theater soundtracks, due to the nature of having many cast members on one song, as well as an ensemble in some cases.

Can You Dig It
Various Artists Lyrics

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Nineteen sixty-four
And we gone dance some more

You've got to
Keep up with the times
If you wanna be mine
So if you can do it
Let me know

Do it, do it, do it
Do it, do it, do it

I went to a hop the other night
(Other night, woo, other night)
The dance they were doing
Yeah, was out of sight
(Out of sight, woo, out of sight)

The way it looked
There was nothing to it
(Nothing to it, nothing to it
Nothing to it)

I knew right away
Even I could do it
(I could do it, I could do it
I could do it)

Do it, do it, do it
How do you do it

In a minute, I'll tell you
Get ready, I'm geting ready

(First step)
Put your left foot out
(Second step)
Put your right foot out
Real fast

(Third step)
Stick your right heel out
Bring it back
(Fourth step)
Stick your right toe out
Real fast

Do it, come on
Come on, come on.....

Do you (shake it, baby)
(Shake) want my love
(Want my love, want my love
Want my love)

Tell me, tell me, baby
Do you want my love
(Want my love, want my love
Want my love)

(Fifth step)
Make a turn to the right
Turn around
(Sixth step)
Put your hands in the air
Bring em down

(Seventh step)
Jump in, jump out
(Eighth step)
Turn around, do it again

Come on, come on
Come on, come on

Got on the floor
Started moving to and fro
(To and fro, to and fro)
That's when I knew
I had to do it some more
(Do it some more, do it some more
Do it some more)

Do it, do it, do it
Can you do it, do it, do it
Yeah, yeah

Can you do it, do it, do it
Tell me, baby
Can you do it, do it, do it
I wanna know

Can you do it, do it, do it
Yeah, yeah
Can you do it, do it, do it
Tell me, baby

Can you do it, do it, do it
I wanna know.....

Overall Meaning

The lyrics describe the dance trend of 1964 and how the singer is trying to keep up with it. The singer meets someone they are interested in and challenges them to show off their dance moves. The song is all about having fun and showing off on the dancefloor.

The song was written and performed by Rufus Thomas, an American rhythm and blues, funk, and soul singer-songwriter, who was known as "The World's Oldest Teenager". It was released in 1964 and became a hit, reaching number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Line by Line Meaning

Nineteen sixty-four And we gone dance some more
In 1964, we're going to dance even more

You've got to Keep up with the times If you wanna be mine So if you can do it Let me know
To be with me, you have to keep up with the current trends. If you can, tell me

Do it, do it, do it Do it, do it, do it
Keep doing it, repeatedly

I went to a hop the other night (Other night, woo, other night) The dance they were doing Yeah, was out of sight (Out of sight, woo, out of sight)
At a gathering, the dance they were doing was incredible

The way it looked There was nothing to it (Nothing to it, nothing to it Nothing to it)
The dance looked easy

I knew right away Even I could do it (I could do it, I could do it I could do it)
I immediately recognized that I could do the dance

Do it, do it, do it How do you do it
Continue doing the dance, how do you do it

(First step) Put your left foot out (Second step) Put your right foot out Real fast (Third step) Stick your right heel out Bring it back (Fourth step) Stick your right toe out Real fast Do it, come on Come on, come on.....
Firstly, put your left foot out then put your right foot out real fast. Then stick your right heel out, bring it back, and stick your right toe out real fast. Continue doing it

Do you (shake it, baby) (Shake) want my love (Want my love, want my love Want my love) Tell me, tell me, baby Do you want my love (Want my love, want my love Want my love)
Shake it if you want my love. Tell me, do you want my love?

(Fifth step) Make a turn to the right Turn around (Sixth step) Put your hands in the air Bring em down (Seventh step) Jump in, jump out (Eighth step) Turn around, do it again Come on, come on Come on, come on
Make a turn to the right, turn around, put your hands in the air, bring them down, jump in, jump out, turn around, and do it again. Keep going

Got on the floor Started moving to and fro (To and fro, to and fro) That's when I knew I had to do it some more (Do it some more, do it some more Do it some more) Do it, do it, do it Can you do it, do it, do it Yeah, yeah Can you do it, do it, do it Tell me, baby Can you do it, do it, do it I wanna know Can you do it, do it, do it Yeah, yeah Can you do it, do it, do it Tell me, baby Can you do it, do it, do it I wanna know.....
Got on the floor, moved to and fro, realized I had to do it some more. Continue doing it, can you do it, tell me if you can do it, I want to know

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