In the chorus, we hear some unfamiliar words being sung– “Ba-dee ya.” One of the lyricists of the song, Allee Willis, explained what it means in an interview with NPR “…And I said, ‘We are going to change ‘ba-dee-ya’ to real words, right?‘ And finally, when it was so obvious that he was not going to do it, I just said, ‘What the f*** does ‘ba-dee-ya’ mean?‘ And he essentially said, ‘Who the f*** cares?’ I learned my greatest lesson ever in songwriting from him, which was never let the lyric get in the way of the groove.” The couple danced the night away in such a surrounding. Ths starry night, smooth breeze, clear sky and two hearts tightly knit in love and affection. The song has a romantic undertone in which the singer talks about being in love and finding everything around them in par with their emotions. The 21st of September made so much significance in his life, that made him spin out an entire song about it. In the first verse of “September,” the singer specifies a date in the month of September as his point of a throwback.
"I learned my greatest lesson ever in songwriting from him, which was never let the lyric get in the way of the groove.Download “September” Single on Apple Music and Amazon Buy ‘Essential Earth, Wind & Fire’ Album on Apple Music and Amazon "And finally, when it was so obvious that he was not going to do it, I just said, 'What the f- – – does 'ba-dee-ya' mean?' And he essentially said, 'Who the f- – – cares?'" she says. Willis says that at the final vocal session she got desperate and begged White to rewrite the part. "So right from the beginning he was singing, 'Ba-dee-ya, say, do you remember / Ba-dee-ya, dancing in September.' And I said, 'We are going to change 'ba-dee-ya' to real words, right?' " "The, kind of, go-to phrase that Maurice used in every song he wrote was 'ba-dee-ya,' " she says. One nonsense phrase bugged her in particular. Willis says she likes songs that tell stories, and that at a certain point, she feared the lyrics to "September" were starting to sound simplistic. Using a progression composed by Earth, Wind & Fire guitarist Al McKay, White and Willis wrote the song over the course of a month, conjuring images of clear skies and dancing under the stars. "As I open the door, they had just written the intro to 'September.' And I just thought, 'Dear God, let this be what they want me to write!' Cause it was obviously the happiest-sounding song in the world," Willis says. Willis arrived at the studio the next day hoping it wasn't some kind of cosmic joke. White offered her the chance of a lifetime: to co-write the band's next album. Allee Willis was a struggling songwriter in LA - until the night she got a call from Maurice White, the leader of Earth, Wind & Fire. So, in memory of two late-greats, Allee Willis and Maurice White, here it is again: "Never let the lyric get in the way of the groove."ĭo you remember? It's been a few years since I've shared the story behind the lyrics of Earth, Wind & Fire's big hit "September." But, it's a good one and it's that time of the year.
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