Various Artists The Latin influence of the tune comes to the fore in the instrumental break, with horns peeling off zippy cha-cha lines that wouldn't be out of place on a Spanish Harlem dance floor. But leaving aside all comparisons, "Who's That Lady" is a beguiling mid-1960s soul-pop tune, the bossa nova beats and enchanting melody evoking the seductive, unknowable mystery of the woman portrayed in the lyrics. When they released it on United Artists in 1964, however, it was titled "Who's That Lady" and given a drastically different arrangement, though anyone familiar with "That Lady" could tell that it was essentially the same tune. When "That Lady" gave the Isley Brothers a scorching funk-rock Top Ten hit in 1973, few listeners were aware that it was actually a remake of a song that the group had done almost a decade earlier. Although it wasn't a hit the first time around, it was quite a good record, particularly in its novel bossa nova arrangement and Impressions-like call-and-response vocals. Various Artists She's admired from afar, but the narrator seems too shy to make his intentions to known, wishing someone would introduce her to him. Where "That Lady" was raucous funk with overtones of psychedelic rock, though, "Who's That Lady" was a far more overtly romantic and conventional soul ballad. Various Artists When "That Lady" gave the Isley Brothers a scorching funk-rock Top Ten hit in 1973, few listeners were aware that it was actually a remake of a song that the group had done almost a decade earlier. The Latin flavor coalesces with a coda in which the tempo slows into a dramatic stop-start passage in which the lead vocal declares his love, ending with a winding falsetto as horns crash around him.

The differences between the versions become most pronounced in the bridge, which on "Who's That Lady" are sentimental in the way of the Impressions' "Gypsy Woman." Original Soundtrack