(How can you read that subject line and not chuckle?)

I need the name and artist of this well-known song...

The song starts with the funky bass line...

>>Doo-doot, Doo-doot... doo-doo-doo-doot

...then the dudes start singing...

"Money money money moooooooneeeeeeyy..... MO-NEY!"

(Ya either know it, or ya don't.)

Until Google can recognize pitches,
thanks.

I can't recognize pitches over the Internet, but your doo-doots and
the "Money money money Mooooneeey!" can only belong to one song.

This is the unforgettable opening of "For the Love of Money," as sung
by the O'Jays in 1974. You're right... ya either know it or ya don't.
And if ya don't, yer missing some mighty find funkage! This song has
been covered by others, but I feel that the O'Jays' original version
can never be surpassed.

For the Love Of Money

Money money money money, money (6 x's)
Some people got to have it
Some people really need it
Listen to me y'all, do things, do things, do bad things with it
You wanna do things, do things, do things, good things with it
Talk about cash money, money
Talk about cash money- dollar bills, y'all

For the love of money
People will steal from their mother
For the love of money
People will rob their own brother
For the love of money
People can't even walk the street
Because they never know who in the world they're gonna beat
For that lean, mean, mean green
Almighty dollar, money

For the love of money
People will lie, Lord, they will cheat
For the love of money
People don't care who they hurt or beat
For the love of money
A woman will sell her precious body
For a small piece of paper it carries a lot of weight
Call it lean, mean, mean green

Almighty dollar

I know money is the root of all evil
Do funny things to some people
Give me a nickel, brother can you spare a dime
Money can drive some people out of their minds

Got to have it, I really need it
How many things have I heard you say
Some people really need it
How many things have I heard you say
Got to have it, I really need it
How many things have I heard you say
Lay down, lay down, a woman will lay down
For the love of money
All for the love of money
Don't let, don't let, don't let money rule you
For the love of money
Money can change people sometimes
Don't let, don't let, don't let money fool you
Money can fool people sometimes
People! Don't let money, don't let money change you
It will keep on changing, changing up your mind

Twin Music: O'Jays, For the Love of Money
http://www.twin-music.com/azlyrics/o_file/ojays_lyr.html

At CDNow, you can listen to an audio clip, and order this great song
(along with nine others) on the O'Jay's Greatest Hits CD (a bargain at
only $6.89):

CDNow: O'Jays Greatest Hits
http://cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=539790456/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/album.html/ArtistID=O%27JAYS/ITEMID=330375

My Google search strategy:

"for the love of money" + "o'jays" + "lyrics"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22for+the+love+of+money%22+o%27jays+lyrics

Thanks for asking about one of the greatest R&B songs of all time! If
anything in my answer is unclear, or if any of the links are not
functional, please do not hesitate to ask for clarification.

Cordially,
pinkfreud

Poifect answser.

I suspected that the song might be "Money" by Pink Floyd, from the
Album "Dark side of the moon".  I might well be wrong though.  (Does
that make it Pink Floyd or Pinkfreud?)

jeremymiles-ga