Peak
1
Weeks
15
Score
3,689
Chart Year
1968
Hi everybody, I'm Archie Bell Of 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 with 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 You 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 Now make it mellow Let's tighten it up now Do the tighten up Everybody can do it now So get to it We're gonna tighten up Let's do the tighten up You can do it now So, baby, get to it Look to your left now Look to your righ Everybody can do it But don't you get too tight Come on and tighten up Tighten it up now Tighten it up now Tighten it up Look to the ? Come and tighten it up Tighten it up now Come on now, Billy Tighten it up, oh, yeah Sock it to me now 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, yeah Now everybody, tighten it up now Now look here We gonna make it Mellow for you now We gonna make it mellow now Tighten it up You can get it Look to the left Look to your right Tighten it up now Everything will be outta sight Come on and tighten it up Tighten it up now You can do it So, baby, get to it We gonna make it mellow now. Tighten up. You can tighten up.
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mar 30, 1968 | 81 | 45 |
| 2 | Apr 6, 1968 | 46 | 80 |
| 3 | Apr 13, 1968 | 37 | 89 |
| 4 | Apr 20, 1968 | 25 | 101 |
| 5 | Apr 27, 1968 | 9 | 117 |
| 6 | May 4, 1968 | 5 | 121 |
| 7 | May 11, 1968 | 2 | 124 |
| 8 | May 18, 1968 | 1 | 125 |
| 9 | May 25, 1968 | 1 | 125 |
| 10 | Jun 1, 1968 | 4 | 122 |
| 11 | Jun 8, 1968 | 2 | 124 |
| 12 | Jun 15, 1968 | 6 | 120 |
| 13 | Jun 22, 1968 | 9 | 117 |
| 14 | Jun 29, 1968 | 28 | 98 |
| 15 | Jul 6, 1968 | 33 | 93 |