Tighten Up
Composer(s): Archie Bell - Billy Buttier
First release by: Archie Bell & The Drells - 1968
Covered by multiple other artists



Hi everybody 
I'm Archie Drell and the Drells from Houston, Texas
We don't only sing but we dance just as good as we walk 
In Houston we just started a new dance called the Tighten Up 
This is the music we tighten up to

First tighten up on the drums 
Come on now drummer 
I want you to tighten it up for me now 
Oh yeah
Tighten up on that bass now 
Tighten it up 
Ha ha 
Yeah
Now let that guitar fall in 
Oh yeah
Tighten up on that organ now

Ya, do the tighten up 
Yeah now
I said if you can do it now
It sure would be tough

Now look here 
Come on now 
Make it mellow

Let's tighten up now 
Do the tighten up
Everybody can do it now 
So let's do it
We're gonna tighten up 
Let's do the tighten up
You can do it now 
So baby get to it

Let's do your left now 
Let's do your right
You can do it 
But don'tcha just do it light
Come on and tighten up 
Tighten it up now

Come on now drum 
Tighten it up
Tighten up that bass 
Oh yeah
Now look here 
I want that guitar to fall in on that
Tighten it up now 
Oh yeah
Now tighten it up organ 
There everybody, tighten it up

Now look here 
We gonna make it mellow for ya now
We gonna make it mellow now
Tighten up 
You can tighten up