Chaka Khan - We Can Work It Out Lyrics

Loved this album
I played it ALL THE TIME

I nearly died when I heard that opening line for the first time ... heaven sent

i remember when this album was released I took it to a gay club here in Perth and asked the DJ to play it. He did and it blew everyone away. The DJ kept the LP n played it many more times and when the song came in the vibe was amazing. Ms Khan rocked then she rocks now

yes chaka KILL EM ....

Crazy moog bass one my favorite joints check out 1:51--1:53 Damn did Moog go slightly out of tune?( all good nature of the beast)

BOTTOM432 nah doc the moog did not go out of tune😂 he was funking from every angle he could with them notes!!!

That’s a bad ass woman right here.!!

this song went to #34 on the R&B charts in 1981!!!

SUPER!!!

The way Chaka delivers this ?!------ Makes you wanna have a little som'in wrong, just so "We Can Work It Out!!!

You said it

AWE RIGHT!!! "We can work it out."

I LOVE HER

Greg phillinganes rosekal synthetic bass line

Zboznuju chaka khan

I'm basically gonna thumbs up everything she has ever done

Hands down, the best version of an icon song❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Check out jennifer holiday's version

The greatest female voice there will ever be. She permeates everything she touches. Unmistakably incomparable. Ella, Sarah, Etta and Dinah are dancing in heaven❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💖💖💖💖🎶🎶😇😇

👄🎤💋 *CHAKA!!* 👄🎤💋
🛠🔨💖🗝⚒️ *_#WorkItOut_*

My cousin Melissa and I used to play the mess out of this song, lol!!! We would dance, dance and dance some more!!! The bass line is something else! <3 :-)

That Horn Line! Bam!

Sweet!!...

horns are kicking ass big time and of course Chaka is as always great

what a great cover. I always loved it.

Steve Wonder his version IS THE BEST !!!!

My HS classmate just hipped me to this cover of the Beatles' song just now...OMIGOD! THIS IS AWESOME!!! Thanks for posting

Chaka Khan gave this Beatles classic her FIRE! And the musicians on this track put the funk on it! I'm sure John Lennon and Paul McCartney were quite pleased!

Tyrone Williams

John Lennon died just before the release of this song.

SHE KILLED PUT BEAST ON THIS ,,,,,,,THUMBS ALL UP

That's different

always loved it

The moog bass really stands out, amazing musicianship

The best rendition for sure good job sweet heart.

Greg P's bass lines... killer.

Everyone's statement has been Fantastic, and Spot-On. Next time you play cut, Blast It! AND LISTEN TO THAT BAND. WOW.

Chaka sure made this song work out!

AWESOME! thanks for posting :) been in love with this for 35 years!!!

The rhythm section who played on the track was Greg Phillinganes on Keyboards & Moog Bass, Michael Sembello on Guitar and Raymond Pounds on Drums. All 3 were musicians in Stevie Wonder's band "Wonderlove" and played on the "Songs In The Key of Life" album. Greg did the rhythm arrangement and Arif Mardin produced the track. Greg played on Michael Jackson's solo albums "Off The Wall" "Thriller," "and Bad." He was also Michael Jackson's musical director on tour and was a studio musician on many hit songs in the 80's including many that Quincy Jones produced. I was blessed to be in the studio the day they cut the rhythm track for this song. It was an amazing session!

Thanks for sharing.

Greg also played for Toto on one record. Great story, you're very lucky indeed.

David Bryant
Great info.... Phillinganes is a beast of a musician and Stevie only surrounded himself with the best including backing vocalists too... I remember this version and it's groove is mad... But stevies cover is still the best in my opinion ....and Paul McCartneys 🙂

God bless you for this information!

David Bryant thx a lot

What R&B tracks didn't Jerry Hey and the Seawind Horns didn't play on in the early '80s?

Fans, Listen to this Band behind her. that Bass and Acoustic Guitar's Killing It. Sorry Beatles but she made this track Better.

first of all the Beatles wrote it so no, Chaka Khan did not do it better, and comparing artists like track athletes is a chump game anyway.

LOL Shut up. Dumb logic. Artist out perform the original composers all the time. Ever heard Hello it's Me by the Isley Brothers, than by its composer? No comparison. Or, any cover Aretha Franklin ever did!

Most songwriters don't sing their songs so the logic is faulty...and her voice elevates the song to the very promise the lyrics state..the Beatles version is unsteady confidence..no one believes they could actually "work it out" with Chaka you are sold on the idea.

will the Non musicians please stop! There is no remake without the original!

TMS999 it's that good I forgot it was a Beatles cover he he for real was not even thinking about the original when I borrowed it from Birmingham central library back in 2004 on CD

Damn straight Chaka took this song to the next level!The woman is a genius!

The most incredible voice around the world...!

"everything of the spirit of the world is divine so long as it comes from within the world's child and not mechanized by any outside human tainted examples of perdition"

Chaka baby girl! Those sultry pipes working your heat into a Beatles classic! Girl, you kickin' ass with this!!

LIFE IS VERY SHORT, MAKE THE BEST OF IT AND BE THE BEST YOU CAN. LET MS. CK GUIDE YOU

It's not often that covers surpass the original version. This one definitely does, as the vocals to the musicians to the production, all stellar. Gotta give props to Sir Paul McCartney for writing a(nother) classic song, but I'm sure he might even have to agree that Chaka did her thing on this one. Been a favorite of mine since I first bought this. Actually, the whole LP is what I think, one of her best post-Rufus.

Thanks so much for posting!

Driving ass synth bass!!!

+1 if you are here because of Bass Player Magazine

Nope! Arif Mardin (genius!) was CK's producer for most of all her solo albums, letting others in starting w "I Feel For You", including his son Joe Mardin, among others. Russ Titlelman who is a big CK fan and has done almost everything in the music biz produced Rufus and Chaka's swan song album (including "Ain't Nobody"). His work is prominently featured on the cd called "C.K." aswell he did Steve Winwood's "Higher Love" and the cd it comes from.

Did Arif Mardin also do "Ain't Nobody"?

gibshillpics no Russ Titleman produced that.

Naw. Stevie's prob inspired CK - especially the version she used to do with Rufus (1974 clip) but Arif Mardin wrote charts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I mean he totally ... was amazing and put the funk in this as he did for George Benson on "Feel Like Making Love", and when Aretha 'borrowed" him back he funked up "Hold On! I'm Comin'" like nobody's business.

DITTO! Still played a LOT by me. CK and the late Arif Mardin really did some innovative things with her music. Something on each album. And the "I Feel For You" project ... Ahead of it's time in many ways, if you really listen to it.

He did it before chaka yes, not before the beatles though.

Stevie did it first!

Stevie Wonder does a great cover of this song also. check it out. I prefer his though i do love chaka

BEST BEATLE COVER EVER!!!!!!

i finally found this song . greg p.rocks the bass on keyboard. its fire!!

the music istight.the bass line was done on the keyboard.greg p. played his ass off for the album.the beatles song is well updated.she sings that song.

BRILLIANT work!

Thank you Arif and Chaka.

Great Bass Moog !!!!

her work w/ Arif Mardin is legendary. I love this whole album!

When I first heard this version, I was in disbelief , stunned, and hooked on this version to this day! After this slammin song was over, my mouth was still open! I love Chaka Khan!!!!!!!!!!

YES YES YES..

@Mr Nicholas who the original singer.

That whole album was lovely..."What Cha' Gonna do for me"!!!

thanks for posting - I have been looking for this jam forever