Sweat ( A La La La La Long) (Inner Circle)

成军至今已20余年的Inner Circle，堪称地球表面最受欢迎的雷鬼乐团之一。来自牙买加Kingston的他们不仅曾以Bad Boys、Sweat (A La La La Long)等排行劲曲响誉全球，更在1994年获得葛莱美奖“最佳雷鬼乐团”奖项的肯定。

  Inner Circle组成70年代中期，创始成员包括有贝斯手Ian、吉他手Roger Lewis两兄弟与主唱Jacob Miller。1978年Inner Circle以英国榜前20名大碟《Everything Is Great》走红欧美，但乐团的发展却在80年因Miller车祸丧生而中断，直到加入了新主唱Calton Coffie与鼓手Lancelot Hall，才于86年推出备受好评的回归大碟《One Way》。92年，收录Bad Boys与Sweat两曲的《Bad To The Bone》专辑令Inner Circle再创事业新高，而95年Inner Circle更再度以《Raggae Dancer》专辑获得葛莱美奖“最佳雷鬼专辑”奖项提名。不幸的是，Coffie此时因病必须长期疗养，于是这个空缺便由刚离团单飞的前Skool乐团主唱Kris Bentley递补。96年，Inner Circle发表了《Da Bomb》专辑，并举行为期近三年的世界巡回演唱，足迹遍及南、北美洲、亚洲、太平洋岛国甚至中东地区，而98年的新作《Jamaika Me Crazy》即是旅途中蕴酿成形，并于迈阿密海滩的专属录音室Circle House录制完成的精采大碟。

  《Jamaika Me Crazy》中绝大多数的歌曲均是由Lewis兄弟和键盘手Bernard Harvey创作及制作，而乐风则在雷鬼乐的基调上，呈现了他们一贯轻快讨喜且巧妙融汇多方素材的无国界音乐主张。首支单曲Ob La Di Ob La Da是翻唱自The Beatles的经典旧作，Tell Me Lies、I Go Crazy、Summer Love是绝佳的传情歌曲，Talk About、Sweet Jamica诉说了他们对家乡的响往与对雷鬼音乐的热爱，Speak My Language、Black & White表达了天下一家的观点，而辑末的Mother Theresa则是铺陈以优美弦乐、为颂赞已故的德蕾莎修女所作的动人抒情曲，并由葛莱美奖得主亦是歌手/吉他手的Jose Feliciano跨刀主唱，乐迷们在缅怀圣人之余，也可藉此一窥Inner Cirle诠释慢版歌曲时的不同风貌。

Sweat ( A La La La La Long)
Inner Circle

I've been watching you
(A la la la la long, a la la la la long long li long long long)
C'mon!
(A la la la la long, a la la la la long long li long long long)
Hey!

Standing across the room
I saw you smile
Said I want to talk to you-oo-oo
For a little while
But before I make my move
My emotions start running wild
My tongue gets tied
And that's no lie
Looking in your eyes
Looking in you big brown eyes
Ooh yeah
And I've got this to say to you
Hey!

Girl I want to make you sweat
Sweat till you can't sweat no more
And if you cry out
I'm gonna push it some, more, more
Girl I want to make you sweat
Sweat till you can't sweat no more
And if you cry out
I'm gonna push it
Push it, push it some more

(A la la la la long, a la la la la long long li long long long)
C'mon!
(A la la la la long, a la la la la long long li long long long)

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So I said to myself
"Does she love me or not?"
But the dreads done know
That love is his to get
With a little bit of this
And a little bit of that
My lyric goes on the attack
My tongue gets tied
And that's no lie
Looking in your eyes
Looking in your big brown eyes
Ooh girl
And I've got this to say to you
Hey!

Girl I want to make you sweat
Sweat till you can't sweat no more
And if you cry out
I'm gonna push it some more, more more
Girl I want to make you sweat
Sweat till you can't sweat no more
And if you cry out
I'm gonna push it
Push it, push it some more

(A la la la la long, a la la la la long long li long long long)
Ooh yeah!
(A la la la la long, a la la la la long long li long long long)
One more time!
(A la la la la long, a la la la la long long li long long long)
Sing it!
(A la la la la long, a la la la la long long li long long long)
Hey!

Woo woo woo woo wee yeah
(Eyes)
Looking in your big brown eyes
And I've got this to say to you
Hey!

Girl I want to make you sweat
Sweat till you can't sweat no more
And if you cry out
I'm gonna push it some more
Girl I want to make you sweat
Sweat till you can't sweat no more
And if you cry out
I'm gonna push it
Push it, push it some more

(A la la la la long, a la la la la long long li long long long)
Yeah!
(A la la la la long, a la la la la long long li long long long)
Push it, push it some more
(A la la la la long, a la la la la long long li long long long)
Alright!
(A la la la la long, a la la la la long long li long long long)
Push it, push it some more