Everybody Is a Star

About Everybody Is a Star

"Everybody Is a Star", released in December 1969, is song written by Sylvester Stewart and recorded by Sly and the Family Stone. The song, released as the b-side to the band's 1970 single "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)", reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1970 at a time when chart position for both sides of the single were measured equally and not independently. "Star" was intended to be included on an in-progress album with "Thank You" and "Hot Fun in the Summertime"; the LP was never completed, and the three tracks were instead included on the band's 1970 Greatest Hits compilation. The single was the final classic-era Family Stone recording; it would be 23 months until the next release, the single "Family Affair" in late 1971. Sly, his siblings Freddie Stone and Rose Stone, and Larry Graham trade bars for the lead vocal, delivering Sly's assurance that every person is special in their own way. The song with which "Star" originally shared a 7" single, "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)", marks the beginning of the Family Stone's second era, during which the music would take on a darker, more funk-based feel. more »

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1978

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Everybody is a star
Who could rain and chase the dust away
Everybody wants to shine
Who would come out on a cloudy day

'Til the sun that loves you 'round
When the system tries to bring you down
Never had to shine at night
You don't need darkness to do what you think is right

Everybody is a star
I can feel it when you shine on me
I love you for who you are
Not the one you feel, you need to be

Ever catch a falling star
Ain't no stopping 'til it's in the ground
Everybody is a star
One big circle moving 'round and 'round

Shine, shine, shine, shine, shine
Come on and shine, everybody shine
Shine, shine, shine, shine
Shine
Come on and shine, everybody shine

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