"In the Stone"
Single by Earth, Wind & Fire
from the album I Am
B-side"You and I"
Released1979
Recorded1978
GenreR&B, funk, disco
Length4:48
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Allee Willis, David Foster and Maurice White
Producer(s)Maurice White
Earth, Wind & Fire singles chronology
"After the Love Has Gone"
(1979)		 "In the Stone"
(1979)		 "Can't Let Go"
(1979)

"In the Stone" is a song by R&B/funk band Earth, Wind & Fire issued as a single in 1979 on Columbia Records. The song rose to No. 23 on the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart.[1][2]

Overview

"In the Stone" was produced by Maurice White, who composed the song with Allee Willis and David Foster. The single also came off Earth, Wind & Fire's 1979 album I Am.[1]

Critical reception

Phyl Garland of Stereo Review wrote "In the Stone is less imaginative than many of Earth, Wind & Fire's previous efforts, but performing gusto compensates for the slim substance."[3][4] Ace Adams of the New York Daily News called "In the Stone" one of the album's "best songs."[5] Cash Box said it was "an irresistable dancing cut" that "moves to a swinging mixture of catchy percussives and intricately woven harmonies."[6] James Johnson of the Evening Standard proclaimed "the slightly curious cosmic overtones of their lyrics remain in evidence on..In the Stone".[7]

Covers

"In the Stone" was covered by Dionne Warwick on her 1981 album Hot! Live and Otherwise.[8]

“In the Stone” was covered on the album “Fly Away - the Songs of David Foster”, released in 2009 and sung by Bill Champlin.

“In the Stone" was covered by Leonid and Friends for their 2022 tour.

Appearances in other media

"In the Stone" appeared as the opening theme of the Brazilian television program Porta da Esperança [Door of Hope] presented by Silvio Santos airing on SBT from 1984 until 1996.

"In the Stone" appeared as the prize music of the unsold television game show pilot Pie in the Sky[9][10] produced by Jay Wolpert and was hosted by Bob Goen in 1984.

"In the Stone" appeared on the soundtrack of the 2002 feature film Drumline.[11]

Personnel

  • Writing, lyrics – Allee Willis, David Foster, Maurice White
  • Producer – Maurice White

Production[12]

Engineers

  • Engineer – George Massenburg, Tom Perry
  • Mixing engineer – George Massenburg
  • Assistant engineer – Craig Widby, Ross Pallone

Performers

  • Saxophone – Fred Jackson Jr., Herman Riley, Jerome Richardson
  • Alto saxophone, baritone saxophone – Don Myrick
  • Tenor saxophone – Andrew Woolfolk, Don Myrick
  • Bass – Meyer Rubin, Susan Ranney, Verdine White
  • Drums – Fred White, Maurice White
  • Guitar – Al McKay, Johnny Graham, Marlo Henderson, Steve Lukather
  • Congas – Philip Bailey
  • Keyboards – Bill Myers, David Foster, Eddie Del Barrio
  • Percussion – Maurice White, Paulinho Da Costa, Philip Bailey, Ralph Johnson
  • Piano, synthesizer – Larry Dunn
  • Timpani – Richard Lepore
  • French horn - Barbara Korn, Marilyn Robinson, Richard Perissi, Sidney Muldrow
  • Trombone – Benjamin Powell, Garnett Brown, George Bohanon, Louis Satterfield, Maurice Spears, William Reichenbach
  • Trumpet - Bobby Bryant, Elmer Brown Jr., Jerry Hey, Michael Harris, Oscar Brashear, Rahmlee Michael Davis, Steve Madaio
  • Viola - Barbara Thomason, Linda Lipsett, Norman Forrest, Renita Koven
  • Violin - Barry Socher, Betty Lamagna, Carl LaMagna, David Stockhammer, Haim Shtrum, Harris Goldman, Jack Gootkin, Lya Stern, Marcia Van Dyke, Mary D. Lundquist, Ronald Clark, Ruth Henry, Sheldon Sanov
  • Cello – Daniel Smith, Jan Kelley, Ronald Cooper, Concert Master, Janice Gower
  • Harp – Dorothy Jeanne Ashby
  • Vocal - Maurice White, Philip Bailey
  • Background Vocal – Maurice White, Philip Bailey

Chart positions

Chart (1979) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 58
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles 23
New Zealand RIANZ Top Singles 39[13]

References

  1. 1 2 Earth, Wind & Fire: In the Stone. Columbia Records. 1979.
  2. ↑ "Earth, Wind & Fire: In the Stone (Hot Soul Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  3. ↑ Garland, Phyl (October 1979). "Earth, Wind & Fire: I Am" (PDF). americanradiohistory.com. Vol. 43, no. 4. Stereo Review. p. 100.
  4. ↑ Garland, Phyl (October 1979). "Earth, Wind & Fire: I Am" (PDF). americanradiohistory.com. Vol. 43, no. 4. Stereo Review. p. 102.
  5. ↑ Adams, Ace (June 22, 1979). "Mini Reviews". newspapers.com. New York Daily News. p. 321.
  6. ↑ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. September 29, 1979. p. 18. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  7. ↑ Johnson, James (June 14, 1979). "Pick An Album". Evening Standard. p. 27 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "What You Won't Do for Love / In the Stone by Dionne Warwick". secondhandsongs.com.
  9. ↑ Pie in the Sky - Game Show Pilot - For Jay Wolpert
  10. ↑ Pie in the Sky - Game Show Pilot - For Jay Wolpert
  11. ↑ "Drumline (2002)". www.imdb.com.
  12. ↑ "Jaxsta". jaxsta.com. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
  13. ↑ "Earth, Wind & Fire: In the Stone". charts.nz. RIANZ.
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