"Can't Sit Down" is a song performed by The Dovells and released as a single in 1963. The song reached number three on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. It is a vocal cover version of the 1961 Phil Upchurch Combo original instrumental. It is based, at least in part, on the gospel song "Sit Down Servant".
The song was set to 2 Disney cartoons in DTV - The Hockey Champ and Hockey Homicide. The Philadelphia 76ers used a modified version of the song with team-specific lyrics for the franchise's marketing campaign during the 1991-92 season.
In 1962 it appeared as a cover on Booker T. and the MG's first album, Green Onions. Also Bar Kays and Hound Dog Taylor have recorded it (on albums "Soul Finger" and "Natural Boogie").
The song references "South Street", which is the same good-time area The Orlons sang about in their 1963 song South Street. Both groups were from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Cockroaches covered this song during their Brisbane Expo concert in 1988.
In 2009, The Wiggles adapted this into a song called "Tassie Devil".
Song Credits[]
Written by Dee Clark, Kal Mann, and Cornell Muldrow, published by BMG Rights Management
Song Lyrics[]
Hey pretty baby
(You can't sit down)
Don't you hear the drummer thumpin'
(You can't sit down)
You got to shake it like a crazy
(You can't sit down)
Because the band is sayin' somethin'
(You can't sit down)
Everybody is a jumpin'
(You can't sit down)
You gotta slop, bop, slip, slop, flip flop all about
Chorus:
You can't sit down
You can't sit down
You gotta move, move, move
Around and round
You can't sit down
You can't sit down
You gotta fly, fly, fly,
But on the ground
They're puttin' down
A crazy sound
No, no you can't sit down
No, no you can't sit down
When you're on South Street
(You can't sit down)
And the band is really bootin'
(You can't sit down)
You hear the hippy with the backbeat
(You can't sit down)
And you see the gang a groovin'
(You can't sit down)
Gotta get your motor movin'
(You can't sit down)
You gotta make it, break it, kick it all around
Repeat Chorus 2 Times
They're puttin' down
A crazy sound
No, no you can't sit down
No, no you can't sit down
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