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- "Sing a Simple Song" is a 1968 song by the soul/funk band Sly and the Family Stone, the B-side to their #1 hit "Everyday People". The song's lyrics, sung in turn by Sly Stone, Freddie Stone, Rose Stone, and Larry Graham, with spoken word (or, rather, shouted word) sections by Cynthia Robinson, offer a simple solution for dealing with the problems and paradoxes of existence: "Sing a simple song!" As with nearly all of Sly and the Family Stone's songs, Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart was credited as the sole songwriter. The song is one of Sly and the Family Stone's signature songs, and has been covered by a number of acts, including Dusty Springfield, Diana Ross & the Supremes, The Temptations, The Jackson 5, The Commodores, Miles Davis, The Meters, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Prince, The Budos Band, Maceo Parker and others. It has also been sampled by numerous artists, including Ike & Tina Turner, 2Pac, Jodeci, Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy, De La Soul, Digital Underground ("Humpty Dance"), Cypress Hill, Gorillaz, Arrested Development, Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls, Alanis Morissette, and Adina Howard. Jimi Hendrix plays the main riff of the song on the album Band of Gypsys while he is moving to LP's last song, "We Gotta Live Together". The song's "Yah-yah-yah" refrain was referenced in The Illusion's 1969 hit "Did You See Her Eyes". The song's title was mentioned in Sly and the Family Stone's hit song "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again)” (1969). (en)
- "Sing a Simple Song" är en låt av den amerikanska soul- och funkgruppen Sly and the Family Stone släppt på singel 1968 som b-sida till gruppens hit "Everyday People" som låg på den amerikanska singellistans förstaplats. Sången text, som fördelades mellan Sly Stone, Freddie Stone, Rosie Stone och Larry Graham, framfördes med spoken word. I likhet med så gott som alla gruppens låtar står Sly Stone som ensam låtskrivare. Låten är en av Sly and the Family Stones mest populära och har släppts i flera coverversioner, bland annat av Diana Ross & the Supremes, The Temptations, The Jackson 5 och The Commodores. Låten har också samplats flitigt, bland annat av 2Pac, Public Enemy, Cypress Hill och Gorillaz. (sv)
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- "Sing a Simple Song" is a 1968 song by the soul/funk band Sly and the Family Stone, the B-side to their #1 hit "Everyday People". The song's lyrics, sung in turn by Sly Stone, Freddie Stone, Rose Stone, and Larry Graham, with spoken word (or, rather, shouted word) sections by Cynthia Robinson, offer a simple solution for dealing with the problems and paradoxes of existence: "Sing a simple song!" As with nearly all of Sly and the Family Stone's songs, Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart was credited as the sole songwriter. (en)
- "Sing a Simple Song" är en låt av den amerikanska soul- och funkgruppen Sly and the Family Stone släppt på singel 1968 som b-sida till gruppens hit "Everyday People" som låg på den amerikanska singellistans förstaplats. Sången text, som fördelades mellan Sly Stone, Freddie Stone, Rosie Stone och Larry Graham, framfördes med spoken word. I likhet med så gott som alla gruppens låtar står Sly Stone som ensam låtskrivare. (sv)
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