“Tell Me Something Good” was recorded by Rufus. Stevie Wonder wrote the song for the group, and it became one of Rufus’s defining 1974 hits, with Chaka Khan delivering the lead vocal.
The song appeared on Rufus’s second studio album, Rags to Rufus, and was released as a single in June 1974. Wonder had encountered the band while they were recording in Los Angeles and presented Khan with songs he had written. She accepted “Tell Me Something Good,” while another proposed song, “Come and Get This Stuff,” was not used by the group.
The recording combined funk, funk rock and disco elements. Guitarist Tony Maiden used an early talk-box effect on the chorus, giving the track one of its most recognizable sounds. It reached No. 3 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the U.S. R&B chart, and Rufus won a Grammy for the performance in 1975.
A common mix-up is crediting the song to Wonder because he wrote it. The quiz asks who recorded it, and that answer is Rufus; the group was later often billed as Rufus featuring Chaka Khan.