Cissy Strut

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"Cissy Strut"
Single by The Meters
from the album The Meters
B-side"Here Comes the Meter Man"
Released1969 (1969)
Recorded1969
Genre
Length2:59
LabelJosie
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
The Meters singles chronology
"Sophisticated Cissy"
(1968) 		"Cissy Strut"
(1969) 		"Ease Back"
(1969)

"Cissy Strut" is a 1969 funk instrumental by The Meters. Released as a single from their eponymous debut album, it reached No. 4 on the R&B chart and No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100.[3] The tune was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011, which honors "recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance that are at least 25 years old".[4][5] The A.V. Club called the song a "classic" deeply rooted in New Orleans music tradition.[6]

The Meters also released another single, "Sophisticated Cissy", from the same album.

"Cissy Strut" was featured in the films

Another Round[10] as well as in the BBC television series The Pursuit of Love
.

In 2021, Rolling Stone ranked "Cissy Strut" at number 158 on their "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list, one of the handful of instrumentals to make the list.[11]

Covers

According to a compilation set by

Steve Kimock Band.[12] Other bands that have covered the song are Dave Matthews Band,[13] Big John Patton, Hypnotic Willie, Slightly Stoopid, Free Creek and Oz Noy.[citation needed
]

Cissy Strut album

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[14]
Christgau's Record GuideA−[15]

Cissy Strut is a compilation album of thirteen songs released by Island Records in 1974.[14] All songs were originally released by Josie Records on The Meters' first three albums from 1969 to 1970. Robert Christgau had a positive review and called Ziggy Modeliste's drumming "the secret", adding "it's almost as if he's the lead".[15]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Look-Ka Py Py"3:20
2."Tippi-Toes"2:29
3."Darlin' Darlin'"2:54
4."9 'Til 5"2:51
5."Thinking"1:45
6."Funky Miracle"2:28
7."Cissy Strut"3:04
8."Chicken Strut"3:14
9."Live Wire"2:38
10."Here Comes the Meter Man"2:54
11."Ease Back"3:13
12."Ride Your Pony"3:22
13."Sophisticated Cissy"2:55

References

  1. ^ Big Gigantic (September 20, 2016). "The 30 Best Funk Songs Ever". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  2. ^ Molanphy, Chris (October 15, 2022). "Give Up the Funk Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  3. ^ "AllMusic – The Meters album – awards". Allmusic.com. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  4. ^ "Grammy Hall of Fame". grammy.com. The Recording Academy. 2018. Archived from the original on June 26, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  5. ^ "The Meters to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys". denver.cbslocal.com. CBS Denver. January 15, 2018. Archived from the original on February 7, 2018. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  6. ^ "The Meters remain the measure of New Orleans funk". A.V. Club. March 5, 2014. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  7. ^ "IMDb – Jackie Brown (1997) – Soundtracks". IMDb.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  8. ^ "RED (2010) - Soundtracks - IMDb". IMDb.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2010.
  9. ^ "The soundtrack from King Richard, a 2021 movie". December 9, 2021. Archived from the original on December 10, 2021.
  10. ^ "Another Round (2020) - Soundtracks - IMDb". IMDb.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2021.
  11. ^ "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 15, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  12. ^ "WRTC Digital Archive Project – All sorts of versions of 'Cissy Strut'". wrtc.streamrewind.com. September 12, 2015. Archived from the original on October 11, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  13. ^ "DMB Almanac: 2009 International Summer Tour". dmbalmanac.com. Archived from the original on June 8, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  14. ^ a b "AllMusic – The Meters – Cissy Strut". Allmusic.com. Archived from the original on October 24, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  15. ^
    ISBN 089919026X. Archived from the original on June 29, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link
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