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- "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" is a 1969 song recorded by Sly and the Family Stone. The song, released as a double A-side single with "Everybody Is a Star", reached number one on the soul single charts for five weeks, and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1970. Billboard ranked the record as the No. 19 song of 1970. The title is an intentional mondegreen or sensational spelling for "thank you for letting me be myself again." The third verse contains specific references to the group's previous successful songs, "Dance to the Music", "Everyday People", "Sing a Simple Song", and "You Can Make It If You Try". The song features co-lead vocals from Sly Stone, Rose Stone, Freddie Stone, Cynthia Robinson, Jerry Martini, Greg Errico and Larry Graham. On this song, Graham was widely credited with introducing the slap technique on the electric bass, which is heard prominently throughout the track. "Thank You" was intended to be included on an in-progress album with "Star" and "Hot Fun in the Summertime"; but the LP was never completed, and the three tracks were instead included on the band's 1970 Greatest Hits LP. "Thank You" and "Star", the final Family Stone recordings issued in the 1960s, marked the beginning of a 20-month gap of releases from the band, which would finally end with the release of "Family Affair" in 1971. The song's length on the original hit single and the Greatest Hits LP is 4:48 and was re-channeled to simulate stereo on the popular Greatest Hits LP. The previously unreleased full-length version (6:18) was mixed by Bob Irwin in true stereo and its only issue was on a 1990 Columbia promotional CD Legacy: Music for the Next Generation. On the subsequent (and available as of 2015) The Essential Sly & The Family Stone 2-CD set, the track is in stereo but is the standard 4:48 length hit version. The song was ranked number 410 on Rolling Stone magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Janet Jackson's 1989 signature song "Rhythm Nation" is based on a guitar sample from the song. The song was followed by a re-working on the closing track, "Thank You for Talkin' to Me, Africa", from the group's subsequent 1971 album, There's A Riot Goin' On. (en)
- Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) est une chanson du groupe américain Sly and the Family Stone. Elle est parue en décembre 1969 en single double face A avec Everybody Is a Star sur l'autre face. Le single Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) / Everybody Is a Star a culminé à la 1re place à la fois dans le Hot 100 de Billboard et dans le hit-parade soul du même magazine, devenant le deuxième des trois singles de Sly and the Family Stone à atteindre la première place aux États-Unis. « Thank you falettinme be mice elf agin » est une façon branchée d'épeler « Thank you for letting me be myself again ». (fr)
- Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) è una canzone del 1969 del gruppo pop statunitense Sly and the Family Stone. Fu pubblicata come singolo insieme a e si rivelò un vero successo commerciale, toccando nel febbraio 1970 la prima posizione delle classifiche soul, standoci per cinque settimane, e della Billboard Hot 100. Il brano doveva essere incluso nell'album allora in lavorazione insieme a Hot Fun in the Summertime e Everybody Is a Star, che però non venne mai completato. Così i tre pezzi furono destinati alla raccolta del 1970 Greatest Hits. Questi due pezzi sono considerati degli spartiacque della carriera del gruppo: di fatto segnano la fine delle registrazioni degli anni '60 e l'inizio del "periodo d'oro", sancito dall'uscita di There's a Riot Goin' On del 1970. La hit così come è presentata nel Greatest Hits dura 4:48 ed è in mono, ma esiste anche una versione (detta Full Length) mixata da Bob Irwin in stero di 6:41 pubblicata nel 1990 sul CD promozionale della Columbia Legacy: Music For The Next Generation. Infine, sulla doppia compilation The Essential Sly & The Family Stone del 2002, Thank You è in stereo e dura 4:48.La rivista inglese Rolling Stone collocò la canzone al numero 410 della sua lista delle 500 migliori canzoni della storia. (it)
- "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)", är en låt inspelad av den amerikanska soul- och funkgruppen Sly and the Family Stone . Låten släpptes som singel i december 1969, som dubbel A-sida med låten "Everybody Is a Star". I februari 1970 gick singeln upp på den amerikanska singellistans förstaplats i fem veckor. Billboard rankar skivan som den 19:e bästa från 1970. Titeln är en avsiktlig mondegreen eller dekorativ stavning för "Tack för att jag fick bli mig själv igen.". Den tredje versen innehåller specifika referenser till gruppens tidigare framgångsrika sånger, "Dance to the Music", "Everyday People", "Sing a Simple Song" och "You Can Make It If You Try". Låten har sång från Sly Stone, Rose Stone, Freddie Stone, Cynthia Robinson, Jerry Martini, Greg Errico och Larry Graham. När låten spelades in var den tänkt att ingå på en kommande LP tillsammans med "Everybody Is a Star" och "Hot Fun in the Summertime", men albumet blev aldrig färdigt och de tre låtarna fick istället ingå på gruppens första samlingsalbum, Greatest Hits, som utkom 1970. "Thank You" och "Star" var de sista nyinspelade låtarna som släpptes av Sly and the Family Stone på nästan två år, innan gruppen slutligen släppte singeln "Family Affair" i november 1970. Låten har gjorts i flera coverversioner, bland andra av Jackson 5, Victor Wooten och Gladys Knight & the Pips. Men den allra första nyinspelningen av "Thank You" gjordes av gruppen själv. "Thank You For Talkin' to Me Africa" heter den sju minuter långa coverversionen som ingick på bandets album There's a Riot Goin' On. Texten, sångarna och musikerna är desamma, skillnaden ligger istället i arrangemanget; texten levereras med nedstämda toner och kraftigt ekande sång, allt över en mörk funkig bakgrund. Låten rankas på plats 410 av tidningen Rolling Stones "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". (sv)
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- "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" is a 1969 song recorded by Sly and the Family Stone. The song, released as a double A-side single with "Everybody Is a Star", reached number one on the soul single charts for five weeks, and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1970. Billboard ranked the record as the No. 19 song of 1970. The song was ranked number 410 on Rolling Stone magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Janet Jackson's 1989 signature song "Rhythm Nation" is based on a guitar sample from the song. (en)
- Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) est une chanson du groupe américain Sly and the Family Stone. Elle est parue en décembre 1969 en single double face A avec Everybody Is a Star sur l'autre face. Le single Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) / Everybody Is a Star a culminé à la 1re place à la fois dans le Hot 100 de Billboard et dans le hit-parade soul du même magazine, devenant le deuxième des trois singles de Sly and the Family Stone à atteindre la première place aux États-Unis. (fr)
- Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) è una canzone del 1969 del gruppo pop statunitense Sly and the Family Stone. Fu pubblicata come singolo insieme a e si rivelò un vero successo commerciale, toccando nel febbraio 1970 la prima posizione delle classifiche soul, standoci per cinque settimane, e della Billboard Hot 100. Il brano doveva essere incluso nell'album allora in lavorazione insieme a Hot Fun in the Summertime e Everybody Is a Star, che però non venne mai completato. Così i tre pezzi furono destinati alla raccolta del 1970 Greatest Hits. Questi due pezzi sono considerati degli spartiacque della carriera del gruppo: di fatto segnano la fine delle registrazioni degli anni '60 e l'inizio del "periodo d'oro", sancito dall'uscita di There's a Riot Goin' On del 1970. (it)
- "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)", är en låt inspelad av den amerikanska soul- och funkgruppen Sly and the Family Stone . Låten släpptes som singel i december 1969, som dubbel A-sida med låten "Everybody Is a Star". I februari 1970 gick singeln upp på den amerikanska singellistans förstaplats i fem veckor. Billboard rankar skivan som den 19:e bästa från 1970. Låten rankas på plats 410 av tidningen Rolling Stones "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". (sv)
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