Artist
Barrett Strong
Lyrics
The best things in life are free
But you can get 'em to the birds and bees
I need money (that's what I want)
That's what I want (that's what I want)
That's what I want (that's what I want)
That's what I want (that's what I want)
Your love give me such a thrill
But your love don't pay my bills
I need money (that's what I want)
That's what I want (that's what I want)
That's what I want (that's what I want)
That's what I want (that's what I want)
Money don't get everything, it's true
But what it don't get, I can't use
I need money (that's what I want)
That's what I want (that's what I want)
That's what I want (that's what I want)
That's what I want (that's what I want)
Money (that's what I want)
Lots of money (that's what I want)
Whole lot of money (that's what I want)
Aha (that's what I want)
Aha ha ha ha ha(that's what I want)
Whoa yeah (that's what I want)
Give me money (that's what I want)
A lots of money (that's what I want)
Always need greens (that's what I want)
(that's what I want)
Aha ha ha ha ha (that's what I want)
Whoa yeah (that's what I want)
But you can get 'em to the birds and bees
I need money (that's what I want)
That's what I want (that's what I want)
That's what I want (that's what I want)
That's what I want (that's what I want)
Your love give me such a thrill
But your love don't pay my bills
I need money (that's what I want)
That's what I want (that's what I want)
That's what I want (that's what I want)
That's what I want (that's what I want)
Money don't get everything, it's true
But what it don't get, I can't use
I need money (that's what I want)
That's what I want (that's what I want)
That's what I want (that's what I want)
That's what I want (that's what I want)
Money (that's what I want)
Lots of money (that's what I want)
Whole lot of money (that's what I want)
Aha (that's what I want)
Aha ha ha ha ha(that's what I want)
Whoa yeah (that's what I want)
Give me money (that's what I want)
A lots of money (that's what I want)
Always need greens (that's what I want)
(that's what I want)
Aha ha ha ha ha (that's what I want)
Whoa yeah (that's what I want)
RS500_rank
288
Length
2:27
BPM
141.1
Released Year
1978
Genre Era
Genre
Key
C m
Produced By
Gordy
Released Info
Jan. '60 on Anna
Chart Weeks
17 weeks
Chart Top
No. 23
Musicbrainz ID
e3ef68c9-3105-e8ab-ddcb-5a9ec6ba100b
Song Note Source
Rolling Stone 500
Song of Day Date
Written By
Berry Gordy, Janie Bradford
Album
Motown: The Classic Years (Polygram)
Song Status
The sessions for "Money" lasted more than forty takes and several days, but Gordy didn't care: It was the first song cut in his Hitsville USA studio, and there were no bills to pay. With a howling vocal over a live band, this was gutbucket R&B, far more raw than the Motown hits that followed. But when it became Gordy's first hit, it provided the money to pay for them.