I do it live, and I use a pattern that is made for the Motown style of the 4 Tops hit - "I can't help myself". There is a four beat variation that has the snare on all fours and it works just great.

Here's a tip about playing that song more authentically live, instead of using a canned arrangement. If your kb allows you to assign the auto arranger to the RIGHT hand - do that. Then you can play the correct, signature bass line with the left hand and it will sound like a million bucks. To simplify the line , if you are not bass-savy .... try hitting the FIRST note of the line an octave higher than the second note. The original line is both notes down low, but that may be hard for some to play if you''re not into the manual bass thing.
The octave jump is hardly noticable in the line, and it makes for great hand position during the phrase.

If you don't have a good, solid Motown beat on your kb ........ most any 4 beat rock pattern wil get you by in a pinch. The snare on all fours is kind of specific to the hook of that song.

And don't forget to growwwwwwllllll.
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