Bunny Sigler - By The Way You Dance (I Knew It Was You) Gold Mind Records 1979

Walter "Bunny" Sigler (March 27, 1941 - October 6, 2017) was a pop and R&B songwriter and record producer who has done extensive work with the team of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, and who was instrumental in creating the "Philly Sound" in the early 1970s. He is nicknamed "Mr. Emotion."

Sigler has worked with most of the artists associated with the Philadelphia stable including The O'Jays, The Roots, Jackie Moore, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Barbara Mason, Billy Paul, Lou Rawls, Patti LaBelle and Stephanie Mills. He also co-wrote "The Ruler's Back", the opening song on the widely respected and critically acclaimed album The Blueprint by Jay-Z.

Originally a performer, Sigler first recorded for the V-Tone Records label in 1959. He has also recorded for the Decca, Parkway, Gamble, Philadelphia International and Gold Mind labels. Gold Mind, headed by Philly guitarist/writer/producer/arranger Norman Harris was a subsidiary of Salsoul Records. In 1967, he had a hit record on Parkway: a cover of "Let the Good Times Roll/Feel So Good," which peaked at #22 in August.

Walter Sigler sang the "23rd Psalm" at the ceremony awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the Tuskegee Airmen on March 29, 2007, at the United States Capitol. On October 18, 2008, Sigler sang the United States National Anthem before the Kelly Pavlik vs. Bernard Hopkins boxing match. In 2009, Sigler wrote a single and performed a number of concerts with Israeli hip hop jazz fusion group Coolooloosh.

Knew it was you
By the way you dance (chorus repeat)

Ooh, oh
By the way you move baby, yea
I walked into the disco
The lights were flashing bright, yea
The DJ was a groovin'
The people were sho-nuff getting down now
I heard the voices screaming
To that out on the floor
There's a move through the crowd
Who's getting down
The people just push me around

Then I saw you dancin'
But my mind was on romancin'
The music was a groovin'
And your body looked so soothin'

Knew it was you
By the way you dance
By the way you dance, yea
By the way you dance
Now let me see you
By the way you dance

I ? into the people
I looked straight in their eyes, yea
I moved into the corner
Then I was right by your side

My mind start getting ?
The music made me feel alive
I blocked out all the people
It was you on my mind

Everyone was dancin'
My mind was on romancin'
The music was a groovin'
Your body looked so soothin'

Oh you look good baby
Baby baby dance with me
Come on yea come on
Baby baby dance with me
Well I want you to dance girl
Yea, come on

Knew it was you
By the way, by the way
Dance, dance, dance (chorus repeat)

Let me see you move your body
Dance, dance, dance (chorus repeat)

All night long, oh yea, all night
Oh when I came to this disco tonight
There was a storm outside
I couldn't think ? I was ready
See I was ready girl, I just
I just parked my car and I started walking
'Cause I knew you was down there baby
I know I couldn't stand it with them guys
Saying your hips just
Movin' and movin' and movin' baby
I figured I better just come on down here
You know what I mean baby
And keep my eyes on you
Girl 'cause everybody likes the way you
The way you, uh, the way you dance girl
It's like, I know why, ooh baby, I , I

Feel the groove
I feel a groove

Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance
I need you to dance for me
Dance, dance, why don't you dance with me
Ooh I need you, need, need, neeed, nee nee nee
Neeed you... to get butt naked
Butt naked I said
Don't say uh uhhh say uh huh
'Cause I want you to get nude
Uh, don't say that's rude, naked
Oh get naked ya'll
Butt, yea ya'll butt naked
Take off every stitch

I'm a killer
My baby says I'm her thriller
I can be a killer
Or either be your thriller
I can be your killer, killer, bang, bang
It's only a water pistol, baby
Get up off that ground acting like you dead
Knew it was you

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