The Everyday People - I Like What I Like (cover of Bruce Wheaton's original track)

Here's a funky little gem I love, with a toxic falsetto lead that has me (trying) to sing in tune. The funny story here is that it's a cover of the same track, by a different (canadian) band also called... Everyday People, which comprised the original writer of this track, Bruce Wheaton. Quite confusing if you're doing any kind of research on this track, so much so that apparently, a CD reissue of this album actually carries tracks by both bands, although they weren't affiliated, or even on the same label. The mastermind behind this (here) album is none other than Gene Redd Jr., of Kool & The Gang fame.

Edit: Here's a message I received from Bruce Wheaton, the original writer, that sheds some light on the puzzling similarity in band names and tracks:
"Hello, My name is Bruce Wheaton and I'm the guy that wrote this song.... (.....) This band has been a thorn in my side over the years, as it was my band the original "Everyday People" from "Canada" that created and made this song famous, you can find our version of the song on youtube also. In the 90s this other band that you have on your youtube decided to re release their album from the 70s. Their original album didn't contain my song at all... They recorded my song and put it on their CD and then called their CD "I Like What I Like".... I feel they tried to steal the identity of my band by doing this.....
(...)
Yeah this story is pretty incredible really. Back in the 70s when my band released our album, our lawyers wrote this band to tell them to stop using the "Everyday People" name which I had registered internationally..... But they didn't stop using it and the only way to stop them from using the name would have been for us to spend a whole bunch of money that we didn't have on lawyers to take them to court in the USA.... Our record was released on "Paramount Records USA" as well as "GRT Records Canada" and for them to come back in the 90s and to record my song and release the CD with my songs name was a real insult.... that goes to show you that crooked things go on all the time and people get away with it.... They even released their CD on a Canadian companies label which is where I am from.... I never found out about it until years later when the internet kicked in and I then found out all of this information... (....) I've even seen their CD listed and they just take the information off (...) as to who produced it etc.... It's a real mess actually...

Take Care,

Bruce Wheaton

Bruce Wheaton's Musical History Website:
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~bwheaton/

rockinbruce"

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[sinfuldavy0]

Can anyone tell me where I can find the lyrics and/or the chords for this song

[brunoguici]

1973 ou 74. Avec quelques uns des musicien de Kool and the Gang qui avait déjà fait 2 albums.