Chip’s Clip – The Five Stairsteps – Ooh Child

Chip's clip for today, December 28th.  I believe I had a hat like that once.

The lyrics tell young children that "things are gonna get easier" in times of strife. The song's uplifting message helped the song to become popular among pop and rhythm and blues audiences when it was released.

This was the Stairsteps' only single to reach the top ten on the Billboard's hot 100, peaking at number eight on that chart while peaking at number fourteen on the R&B chart. It would be their last R&B top 40 (they had several top 40 R&B hits in the 1960s) until 1976's "From Us to You".  Chip's ranking...2 thumbs way up!