Mr. Big Stuff
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| + | Mr. [[Big]] [[Stuff]]<br> | ||
| + | [[self-image|Who do you think you are]]<br> | ||
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| + | You're [[never]] gonna get my [[love]]<br> | ||
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| + | --"[[Mr. Big Stuff]]" (1971) by Jean Knight | ||
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| - | "'''Groove Me'''" is a song recorded by R&B singer [[King Floyd]]. Released from his eponymous album in late [[1970]], it was a crossover hit, spending four non-consecutive weeks at number-one on [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Billboard's Best Selling Singles Chart]] and peaking at #6 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]]. | + | "'''Mr. Big Stuff'''" (1971) is a musical composition made famous by [[Jean Knight]]. |
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| + | Written by Joseph Broussard, Carrol Washington, Ralph George Williams and released on [[Mr. Big Stuff (album)|her debut album of the same title]] in 1971, it became a huge crossover hit. | ||
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| + | It would become one of [[Stax Records]]'s most popular and recognizable hits. | ||
| - | The song was recorded and produced by [[Wardell Quezergue]] at [[Malaco Records|Malaco Record's]] [[Jackson, Mississippi]] recoding studios during the same session as another Quezergue-produced song, [[Jean Knight]]'s "[[Mr. Big Stuff]]. "Groove Me" was originally released as the B-side to Floyd's "What Our Love Needs" on the Malaco subsidiary Chimneyville. When [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] disc jockey George Vinnett started playing the B-side, the song begin meriting attention, and as the record emerged as a local smash, [[Atlantic Records]] scooped up national distribution rights. | + | ==Background== |
| + | "Mr. Big Stuff" was recorded in 1970 at [[Malaco Records|Malaco Studio]] in [[Jackson, Mississippi]], at the same session as "[[Groove Me]]" by [[King Floyd]]. Knight's single was released by [[Stax Records]] because of the persistence of Stax publisher [[Tim Whitsett]]; "Groove Me" by King Floyd, which Whitsett strongly urged Malaco to release, also became a hit. Both songs are defined by two bar, [[Syncopation|off-beat]] bass lines and tight arrangements by [[Wardell Quezergue]]. | ||
| - | A [[cover version]] by [[The Blues Brothers]] appears on their album ''[[Briefcase Full of Blues]]''. | + | The song is addressed to [[egotistical]] man, nicknamed Mr. Big Stuff, by an indignant female narrator. The man, who has expensive cars and fancy clothes, breaks other girls' hearts. The narrator demands he acts more maturely and return her love for him. This song features a backup female chorus intoning "Oh Yeah", once in the song's Intro, twice in the first verse, and twice in the third verse. |
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[You're So Vain]] | ||
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"Mr. Big Stuff" (1971) is a musical composition made famous by Jean Knight.
Written by Joseph Broussard, Carrol Washington, Ralph George Williams and released on her debut album of the same title in 1971, it became a huge crossover hit.
It would become one of Stax Records's most popular and recognizable hits.
Background
"Mr. Big Stuff" was recorded in 1970 at Malaco Studio in Jackson, Mississippi, at the same session as "Groove Me" by King Floyd. Knight's single was released by Stax Records because of the persistence of Stax publisher Tim Whitsett; "Groove Me" by King Floyd, which Whitsett strongly urged Malaco to release, also became a hit. Both songs are defined by two bar, off-beat bass lines and tight arrangements by Wardell Quezergue.
The song is addressed to egotistical man, nicknamed Mr. Big Stuff, by an indignant female narrator. The man, who has expensive cars and fancy clothes, breaks other girls' hearts. The narrator demands he acts more maturely and return her love for him. This song features a backup female chorus intoning "Oh Yeah", once in the song's Intro, twice in the first verse, and twice in the third verse.
See also
