This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Na na na na na nah
Na na na na na na na nah(x4)
Here we go again with the beats
We got you heads bumping, now you're jumping from your seats
If this is what you're wanting over there
Throw your hands up in the air
Cos you know we bring the sounds so unique
Now everybody's moving, everybody's grooving
Getting down with Five when we come your way
Move it to the left now you shake it to the right
Cos you know we gotta keep this party
Pumping through the night
Check me out now
BRIDGE:
Yo! 7,6,5,4,3,2,1
I'm on the microphone, got you hot like the sun
So A 1,2,3 now I'm waiting on the 4
Kick down the door and turn it up a little more
If you got the feelin', jump to the ceiling
Ah we're getting down tonight
1 if you wanna, 2 if you're gonna, 3 cos everything's alright
If you got the feelin', less of the dreaming
Ah, we're getting down tonight
It's just round the corner, tell me if you wanna
5 will make you feel alright
Ah, move it at the back to the track
We got it going on we're the leaders of the pack
Now if you feel right, hold it tight
see, we wanna carry on cos we gonna take it through until the dawn
Now everybody's moving, everybody's grooving
getting down with 5 when we come your way
So raise up your arms if we drop it on the 1
You see we're gonna carry on because the fun has just begun
Check us out now!
BRIDGE
CHORUS
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Na na na na na nah
Na na na na na na na nah
(x4)
CHORUS
Na na na na na na na nah(x4)
Here we go again with the beats
We got you heads bumping, now you're jumping from your seats
If this is what you're wanting over there
Throw your hands up in the air
Cos you know we bring the sounds so unique
Now everybody's moving, everybody's grooving
Getting down with Five when we come your way
Move it to the left now you shake it to the right
Cos you know we gotta keep this party
Pumping through the night
Check me out now
BRIDGE:
Yo! 7,6,5,4,3,2,1
I'm on the microphone, got you hot like the sun
So A 1,2,3 now I'm waiting on the 4
Kick down the door and turn it up a little more
If you got the feelin', jump to the ceiling
Ah we're getting down tonight
1 if you wanna, 2 if you're gonna, 3 cos everything's alright
If you got the feelin', less of the dreaming
Ah, we're getting down tonight
It's just round the corner, tell me if you wanna
5 will make you feel alright
Ah, move it at the back to the track
We got it going on we're the leaders of the pack
Now if you feel right, hold it tight
see, we wanna carry on cos we gonna take it through until the dawn
Now everybody's moving, everybody's grooving
getting down with 5 when we come your way
So raise up your arms if we drop it on the 1
You see we're gonna carry on because the fun has just begun
Check us out now!
BRIDGE
CHORUS
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Na na na na na nah
Na na na na na na na nah
(x4)
CHORUS
Lyrics submitted by Ice
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