Sister Sledge - We Are Family (Live) (1980)

This is Part 2 of this R.E.D. Friday's Late Morning/Noon Hour Music Interlude and for this Part 2, I selected a song by SIster Sledge titled "We Are Family" - A Live Performance from 1980... Here is a short background:

Sister Sledge is an American musical vocal group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Formed in 1971, the group consisted of sisters Debbie, Joni, Kim and Kathy Sledge. The siblings achieved international success at the height of the disco era. The year 1979 saw the release of their breakthrough album We Are Family, which peaked at number three on the US Album Chart and included the 1979 US top ten singles "He's the Greatest Dancer" and "We Are Family". A third single, "Lost in Music", reached the US top forty. "We Are Family" earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.

Their other US singles include a 1982 remake of Mary Wells' 1964 hit "My Guy", "Mama Never Told Me" (1973), "Thinking of You" (1984), before reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart with the song "Frankie" in 1985. Remixed versions of three of their singles in 1993 returned them to the UK Top 20. Although Kathy undertook a solo career in 1989, she continued to tour with the group (Kathy has now re-joined . In 2015, Sister Sledge performed for Pope Francis at the World Festival of Families in Philadelphia.

Sister Sledge has had many temporary independent contractors over the years. They are not the originals. However, now Sister Sledge is composed of the original Blood Sisters, daughters of Edwin and Florez Sledge.

LYRICS:
"We Are Family" by Sister Sledge

We are family
I got all my sisters with me
We are family
Get up everybody and sing

We are family
I got all my sisters with me
We are family
Get up everybody and sing

Everyone can see we're together
As we walk on by
(And) and we fly just like birds of a feather
I won't tell no lie

all of the people around us they say
Can they be that close
Just let me state for the record
We're giving love in a family dose

We are family (Hey, y'all)
I got all my sisters with me
We are family
Get up everybody and sing (sing it to me)

We are family
I got all my sisters with me
We are family
Get up everybody and sing

Living life is fun and we've just begun
To get our share of this world's delights
(High) high hopes we have for the future
And our goal's in sight

No, we don't get depressed
Here's what we call our golden rule
Have faith in you and the things you do
You won't go wrong, oh no
This is our family jewel

We are family (hey, sing it to me)
I got all my sisters with me
We are family (oh, I can hear you now)
Get up everybody and sing

We are family
I got all my sisters with me
We are family (get up, get up y'all)
Get up everybody and sing

We are family (I got all my sisters with me)
I got all my sisters with me
We are family
Get up everybody and sing (Get up and sing it to me)

We are family
I got all my sisters with me (we're having fun)
We are family
Get up everybody and sing

Get up, get up, get up and sing it to me
Oh, I can't hear you y'all
Oh, have faith in you and the things you do
Hey hey, oh hey hey hey
Get up, get up y'all
Oh, hey hey hey

I got my sisters with me
Everybody, hey hey hey
Get up, get up and sing it to me
We're having fun
Life, life has just begun for me
Me, me and my family
Get up, get up and sing it
Sing it, sing it, sing it, sing it to me
Yeah, we're back together like birds of a feather
Get up, come on y'all
We are family (yeah, sing it to me)
I got all my sisters with me

We are family (yeah)
Get up everybody and sing (get up and sing it to me)
We are family (we're having lots of fun now)
I got all my sisters with me (get up and sing it sing it to me)

We are family (yeah)
Get up everybody and sing
We are family
I got all my sisters with me

We are family (we're family)
Get up everybody and sing
We are family
I got all my sisters with me
We are family (I got my sisters with me)
Get up everybody and sing

We are family
I got all my sisters with me
We are family (we're family)
Get up everybody and sing

We are family
I got all my sisters with me
We are family
Get up everybody and sing

We are family
I got all my sisters with me
We are family
Get up everybody and sing

We are family
I got all my sisters with me
We are family
Get up everybody and sing

We are family
I got all my sisters with me
We are family
Get up everybody and sing

We are family
I got all my sisters with me
We are family
I got all my sisters and sing

Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Nile Rodgers / Bernard Edwards