Sir Duke
Stevie Wonder · 1976
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- You can feel it all over
- You can feel it all over people
- You can feel it all over
- You can feel it all over people
Echo the hook
- They can feel it all over
- But they can feel it all over people
- They can feel it all over
- They can feel it all over people, no, yeah
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
With a language we all understand
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
But they can feel it all over people
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
You can feel it all over people
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Can't you feel it all over?
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
With an equal opportunity
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Music is a ? within itself
Exercise 13
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For all to ? dance and clap their hands
Exercise 14
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When the ? start to move
Exercise 15
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That ? will not allow us to forget now
Exercise 16
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And with a ? like Ella's ringing out
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
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Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "feel" in the whole song?
"feel"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "people" in the whole song?
"people"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- For there's Basie, Miller, Satchmo
- Music is a world within itself
- You can feel it all over, yeah go
Exercise 25
"Sir Duke" was released in 1976. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.
Exercise 26
Imagine you are making a short film with "Sir Duke" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?
Exercise 27
The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
don't→won't→there's→can't→let's→
Exercise 29
If you could ask Stevie Wonder one question about "Sir Duke", what would it be and why?
Exercise 30
Describe the mood of "Sir Duke" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?