i can't go for that (no can do)

Hall and Oates were easy ready willing overtime with this groove we couldn't refuse. Daryl Hall came up with it one night in the studio after sessions for 'Private Eyes': "Remember the old Roland CompuRhythm box? I turned to the Rock and Roll 1 preset, sat down at a Korg organ that happened to be lying there and started to play this bass line that was coming to me. It's the old recording studio story: The engineer heard what I was doing and turned on the tape machine. Good thing, because I'm the kind of person who will come up with an idea and forget it. The chords came together in about ten minutes, and then I heard a guitar riff, which I asked John, who was sitting in the booth, to play." John Oates remembers: "Daryl came up with this great bass line, using whatever sound happened to be on the organ, and Neil miked it and the drum machine. Daryl came up with the 'B' section chords, and then I plugged my 1958 Strat directly into the board, which was either an early SSL or a Trident." The next day Hall and Sara Allen worked out the lyrics. 'I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)' hit the top of three different charts in the US: the Billboard Hot 100, the Hot Dance Club Play, and the R&B charts. Hall would write in his diary: "I'm the head soul brother in the U.S. Where to now ?" The song has been sampled many times, with even Michael Jackson using it for 'Billie Jean'. Hall recalls, "Michael Jackson once said directly to me that he hoped I didn't mind that he copped that groove. That's okay; it's something we all do." Oates says, "I like when people have a different take on what you do. That's quite a compliment."

Easy ready willing overtime

When does it stop, where do you dare me to draw the line

You got the body now you want my soul

Don't even think about it say No Go

Now I'll do anything you want me to

I'll do almost anything that you want me to

But I Can't Go For That

No Can Do

I can't go for being twice as nice

I can't go for just repeating the some old lines

Use the body now you want my soul

Oo forget about it say No Go

Yeah I'll do anything you want me to

I'll do almost anything that you want me to

But I Can't Go For That

No Can Do.