
“People ask me about Shining Star, Fantasy, and Got to Get You Into My Life,” Verdine White told Bass Player in January 2018. “Not many ask me about That's the Way of the World, but it's an interesting line – probably one of my best.”
The title track to the Earth Wind & Fire’s highly regarded 1975 album, which had standout cuts in Shining Star and Reasons, That's the Way of the World was written by keyboardist Charles Stepney and White’s older brother, the late drummer and producer Maurice White.