Stomp!

This get-up-and-dance (in this case, dance by stomping) song came about when Brothers Johnson's producer, Quincy Jones, gave their guitarist, George Johnson, an assignment: Write a song called "Stomp!" This wasn't out of character; Jones also assigned him "Get The Funk Out Ma Face" on their first album in 1976. Johnson went home and brainstormed. He wrote the word on a piece of paper; he drew a picture of a foot. After pulling an all-nighter trying to write the song, he finally came up with something that he brought to the studio for the afternoon session, and "Stomp!" was born.

George Johnson worked on this song in the studio with his bandmate/brother Louis, Louis' wife Valerie, and the songwriter/producer Rod Temperton, whom Quincy Jones brought in - all four are credited as writers on the track. Temperton was a member of the group Heatwave and with Quincy Jones on some of Michael Jackson's material; Temperton wrote the songs "Rock With You" and "Thriller."

Stomp! was the last big hit for the Brothers Johnson, and Light Up The Night was the last of their four Platinum albums, all produced by Quincy Jones. They split up in 1982 but reunited from time to time. Their biggest hits were "Strawberry Letter 23" and "I'll Be Good To You."