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Gloria Estefan Reveals “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You” Was Almost a Very Different Song · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: Gloria Stefan was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
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  Speaker 2: for her incredible contributions to music as a solo artist
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  Speaker 2: and member of Miami Sound Machine, and one of the
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  Speaker 2: first singles that helped launch her career, This Rhythm Is
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  Speaker 2: Going to Get You. She co wrote it with Miami
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  Speaker 2: Sound Machine drummer Kiki Garcia when they had the idea
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  Speaker 2: of fusing traditional Cuban rhythm with funk and English lyrics,
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  Speaker 2: and Kiki got the basic idea cooking before he brought
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  Speaker 2: it to Gloria, but his lyrics were fit for a
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  Speaker 2: horror movie. Gloria reveals the songwriter Universe with a laugh.
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  Speaker 2: He had the chorus as the Boogeyman's going to get you,
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  Speaker 2: and I was like, dude, there's no way. I'm a mother.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not seeing the Boogeyman's going to get you. It'll
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  Speaker 2: scare the hell out of kids all over. But it
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  Speaker 2: was a great melody and rhythm, so I changed it
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  Speaker 2: to the rhythm is going to get You. Throughout the world,
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  Speaker 2: it didn't matter what language we sang, and ultimately everyone
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  Speaker 2: understood the rhythm. That's why the song hits you on
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  Speaker 2: a very guttural, deep level. Congratulations to our friend Gloria
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  Speaker 2: Stefan on her Songwriter's Hall of Fame induction that's
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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood.