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"Rock the Boat" is a song by American disco group The Hues Corporation in 1974. "Rock the Boat" was written by Waldo Holmes, who also wrote the ''Blacula'' songs. "Rock the Boat" was first featured on The Hues Corporation's 1973 album, ''Freedom for the Stallion'' (a different edit version, which was the single, later appeared on certain editions of the band's follow-up album, 1974's ''Rockin' Soul'').〔(Hues Corporation- ''Rockin' Soul'' LP @Discogs.com ) Accessed 2010-2-14〕 It was released as the second single from the album in early 1974 to follow-up ''Stallion''s title song, which had peaked at #63 on the Hot 100. Initially, "Rock the Boat" appeared as though it would flop, as months went by without any radio airplay or sales activity. Not until the song became a disco/club favorite in New York did Top 40 radio finally pick up on the song, leading the record to finally enter the Hot 100 and zip up the chart to #1 the week of July 6, 1974, in only its seventh week on the chart (and fourth week in the Top 40). The record also reached the top 10 in the United Kingdom (number 6). "Rock the Boat" is considered one of the earliest disco songs. Some authorities proclaim it to be the first disco song to hit #1, while others give that distinction to "Love's Theme" by Love Unlimited Orchestra, a chart-topper from earlier in 1974. The song became a gold record. It is a heavy airplay favorite on oldie and adult-contemporary stations today. ==Composition== The song features a lead vocal by Fleming Williams, who left The Hues Corporation shortly after the song was recorded. According to ''The Billboard Book of Number One Hits'' by Fred Bronson, the lone female member of the group, H. Ann Kelly, had originally been pegged to sing lead, but this idea was discarded out of fear that groups with female lead singers were less commercially viable. The bass player on the session was Wilton Felder, not James Jamerson as previously reported. The Hues Corporation member St. Clair Lee claims "It was a song that you could do anything on. You could cuddle or you could get crazy if you wanted to. It was a love song without being a love song. But, it was a Disco hit and it happened because of the discos."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gary James' Interview With St. Clair Lee of The Hues Corporation )〕 The song features a change in meter during the pre-chorus "We've been sailing with a cargo full of love and devotion" where it is for one measure while the rest of the song is in common time. The 'Rock the Boat' dance also a favourite at weddings and birthday parties and involves many people sitting down in a row and 'rowing' a boat to the tune of the song. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rock the Boat (The Hues Corporation song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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