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Welcome to the Club
SoundCard.ai Originals · produced by Satishfaction Studio
Team appreciation, Midtown Houston
A song for the front desk staff at a gym in Midtown, Houston. The people who know your name before you have said it, and who have been quietly deciding who is good people this whole time.
For the crew who see everyone. Turns out they were running the guest list.
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SoundCard.ai Originals · produced by Satishfaction Studio
Okay... Let's see what we got Come on in
You walk in, we already know How you treat the people everywhere you go Good energy? Yeah, we like that New fit today? Okay, we see you Say hello when you walk through Little things tell us all about you You thought you came here just to work out But there's another club you just found out about
We know your face We know your name You've been coming through You know the game Passed the vibe check Yeah, you're one of us Come a little closer We can tell you're ready
Welcome to the club Welcome, welcome to the club You made the cut, now you're one of us Welcome to the club Yeah, you got the vibe Yeah, you made the move Now you're in, now you know Welcome to the club
Oh-oh, you made it in Oh-oh, good to see you again Oh-oh, now you know what's up Welcome to the club
We see everything from where we sit Who brings the energy, who's really legit Who says thank you, who holds that door Who leaves the place a little better than before No application, no interview It's all in the little things you do Keep showing love, keep showing up Pretty soon you might be one of us
We know your face We know your name You've been coming through You know the game Passed the vibe check Yeah, you're one of us Come a little closer We can tell you're ready
Welcome to the club Welcome, welcome to the club You made the cut, now you're one of us Welcome to the club Yeah, you got the vibe Yeah, you made the move Now you're in, now you know Welcome to the club
Every guest is a rep Every shift is a set Giving love all day And we ain't missed one yet Know your face, know your name Around here, that's the game Everybody knows us Front desk famous
Did you say hello? Yeah Good to the crew? Always Bring that good energy? You know it Okay then... You're in.
Welcome to the club Welcome, welcome to the club You made the cut, now you're one of us Welcome to the club Yeah, you got the vibe Yeah, you made the move Now you're in, now you know Welcome to the club Welcome to the club Welcome, welcome to the club If you know, then you know Welcome to the club
No card No list No velvet rope Just good energy And now you know Front desk famous Nothing but love Welcome Welcome Welcome to the club
Because they see everyone, and everyone walks past them without thinking about it.
Front desk work only gets noticed when it goes wrong. The line moves, the phone gets answered, the new member gets shown around, and the day runs on somebody being reliably warm at seven in the morning. This song hands them the microphone instead.
The idea is that the crew has been running a club of their own the whole time. Not the gym. The other one. There is no application and no fee, and the only way in is how you treat people when nobody is keeping score. Say hello. Hold the door. Come back. The second verse says it plainly: they see everything from where they sit, and they have been keeping track.
That flips who the song is really for. On the surface it welcomes the member. Underneath it says the front desk decides, which is a way of saying they matter, without ever making them stand there while somebody thanks them.
That is the whole idea behind an appreciation song. It is not a plaque and it is not a gift card. It is three minutes that names what somebody actually does, in a form they can play again.
This one was written for a front desk. The same thing works for any crew that holds a place together.
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