Ray Romano's character sings in a variation of the song while eating his wife's braciole in the Everybody Loves Raymond season 4 episode 18, "Debra Makes Something Good" (February 28, 2000).In That '70s Show, in the episode " Water Tower" (June 14, 1999), Eric walks in on his parents having sex, and the song plays every time he has recurring nightmares and thoughts of his parents.Closed captioning for that episode incorrectly credits the song to Sly and the Family Stone. She then walks in on her husband cheating on her with the same song playing. On Will & Grace, Karen tells Jack that this is the song to which she and Stan make love.Julie Rogers hosted this show which was a short-lived, live call-in game show where home viewers have to answer one question of the day that was followed by panel of three celebrity judges ranking the best responses for a prize. BET cable network aired and produced a phone-in game show named after the song (which was also the theme song).It was certified Silver by the BPI in December 2021. On 5 November 2021, the song reached number 15. Scottish DJ Ewan McVicar's dance version on Trick Records was licensed to Ministry of Sound and reached the UK Singles Chart in September 2021, entering the top 40 in the chart dated October 15–21, 2021.The Case song "Tell Me", on his 1999 album Personal Conversation, was based on this song.
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The Ronnie Laws version was sampled by the Beastie Boys on their 1989 album Paul's Boutique.Rufus won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus for the song at the 17th Annual Grammy Awards in 1975. The band brought the Tower of Power horn section with them. The band played the song on the television show Soul Train, when producer and host Don Cornelius, who knew the band from Chicago and who was a good friend of their drummer Andre Fischer, allowed them to perform three songs, rather than the customary two. Jason Elias of AllMusic described the song as "a rare instance of an artist like Stevie Wonder giving away a tune that he could have had a big hit with himself." The first note is on the "and of four." Critical reception
a beautiful bass, clav and heavy breathing groove." The song can be difficult to count as there is an off-count into the verse. rude metallic guitar" (by Al Ciner) and ". With its typical 1970s sound, the song has not held up very well but, for fans of that era, it is still a winner.The record was produced by the band with Bob Monaco. Listen to Rufus’ ‘ Tell Me Something Good‘ as heard on Titans last night on the band’s Rags to Rufus album, and in the live performance they gave of the song back in the 1970s. Singer Chaka Khan is still performing, however, and is the recipient of 10 Grammy Awards herself. Some band members have made brief attempts at a reunion since but, unfortunately, not much has ever come of it. Rufus itself was founded in 1970, but broke up 13 years later. It went on to win a Grammy Award for the Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus. ‘ Tell Me Something Good‘ was written by Stevie Wonder so, of course, no wonder (joke) it was a hit. The song was a big hit, making it to #1 on the Cash Box Top 100 chart, as well as to the 3rd spot on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard R&B charts. Rufus’ ‘ Tell Me Something Good‘ was released in 1974, with vocals by then=lead singer Chaka Khan - who, of course, went on to have an enormous solo career herself.