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Culprit Sam and Dave
Title Soul Man
Year 1967
Written by Isaac Hayes and Dave Porter
Submitted by Siegfried Baboon

There's a jolting chord change as this make-you-wanna-funk song jumps into a sort of middle eight section – that's not a gear change, it's just uncomfortable. But what follows the line "... and be your only boyfriend" is excruciating as the whole song runs out of steam and has to be re-started from scratch. In order to paper over the cracks, the horns brutally slide up a key. Messrs Moore and Prater obviously approve as they enthusiastically shout "yeah" to each other. Not good. Nevertheless, a classic song.

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