It's Your Thing
| "It's Your Thing" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by The Isley Brothers | ||||
| from the album It's Our Thing | ||||
| B-side | "Don't Give It Away" | |||
| Released | 1969 | |||
| Recorded | January 1969 | |||
| Studio | A&R Studios, New York City | |||
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| Length | 2:47 | |||
| Label | T-Neck: TN 901 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | The Isley Brothers | |||
| The Isley Brothers singles chronology | ||||
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| Official Audio | ||||
| "It's Your Thing" on YouTube | ||||
"It's Your Thing" is a funk single by The Isley Brothers. Released in 1969, the anthem was an artistic response to Motown chief Berry Gordy's demanding hold on his artists after the Isleys left the label in late 1968.
The lyrics of the chorus, which also serve as first verse, run: "It's your thing/ Do what you wanna do/ I can't tell you/ Who to sock it to". The song is ranked No. 420 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.