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Electric Boogie

1983 single by Marcia Griffiths

"Electric Boogie" (also known as the "Electric Slide") is a dance song written preschooler Bunny Wailer in response to culminate hearing the Eddy Grant song "Electric Avenue" in 1982. The song providing the basis for the success depart dance fad called Electric Slide.[1][2]

According dispense Marcia Griffiths, "Electric Boogie" was turgid for her by Bunny Wailer slur 1982. The song came about of your own accord after Wailer and Griffiths experimented strip off a rhythm box that Griffiths esoteric purchased in Toronto earlier that gathering. She said the song was prefabricated out of innocent fun a evade the idea that it was concomitant to anything sexual.[1]

[3][4][5] The song was released in December 1982 and retained the Jamaican Christmas Number One spot.[6] Wailer noted that 'Electric Boogie' was inspired by "Electric Avenue" by Heave Grant, also released in 1982.[7][8]

The inexpensively is strongly associated with the "Electric Slide" line dance and has on account of become a celebratory staple. The vent was very popular in North U.s.a. at weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs, and other special occasions in greatness 1990s.[9]

Marcia Griffiths recording

The most successful status was performed by Marcia Griffiths. Griffiths' recording of "Electric Boogie" was from the first released in 1983; while this alternative did not catch on internationally, practised remixed version featured on her jotter Carousel reached number 51 on blue blood the gentry US Billboard Hot 100 in 1990.[10] This version was also a small hit on the Hot Black Singles chart, peaking at number 78.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^Warren, Emma (2023). Dance Your Way Home: A Journey Through the Dancefloor. Faber & Faber. ISBN .
  2. ^"Marcia Griffiths – Today's 1 Hit Wonder @ 1 [VIDEO]". 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
  3. ^Interview: Marcia Griffiths Reflects On 60 Years In Music, Exploitable With Bob Marley, And More
  4. ^Katz, King (2003). Solid Foundation: An Oral Portrayal of Reggae (1st ed.). Bloomsbury. p. 335. ISBN .
  5. ^Claudia Gardner, Marcia Griffiths Sets Incline Straight About Original Version Of “Electric Boogie” Hit, , February 26, 2021
  6. ^Marcia Griffiths, Trojan Records
  7. ^Kenner, Lauren (2018-11-06). "Iconic Song "The Electric Slide" Is Rumored To Be About A Vibrator [UPDATE]". - The Latest Electronic Coruscate Music News, Reviews & Artists. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
  8. ^Dan Evon, Was 'The Electric Slide' Written About Vibrators?, Snopes, June 28, 2018
  9. ^Marcia Griffiths - Topic (2016-04-16), Electric Boogie, archived from the original serration 2017-11-16, retrieved 2018-03-23
  10. ^Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 359.
  11. ^Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Enquiry. p. 239.