Groove Is in the Heart
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| "Groove Is In The Heart" | ||
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| Single by Deee-Lite | ||
| from the album World Clique | ||
| Released | August 1990 | |
| Format | 7" / 12" / CD Single | |
| Recorded | Spring 1990 | |
| Genre | Dance-Pop/House | |
| Length | 3 min 29 s | |
| Label | Elektra Records | |
| Writer(s) | Dmitry Brill Chung Dong Wha Kierin Kirby |
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| Producer(s) | Deee-Lite | |
| Chart positions | ||
| Deee-Lite singles chronology | ||
| - | Groove Is In The Heart (1990) |
Power Of Love (1990) |
Groove Is In the Heart (1990) is one of the earliest and most famous songs by the dance music band Deee-Lite. It is included as the eighth track on their first album, World Clique. An immediate smash in nightclubs, the song crossed over to pop radio and eventually hit number four on the Billboard Hot 100 (it had already gone to number one on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart).
In the UK, the record was equally as popular and was released as a double-A side with "What Is Love", eventually reaching number two during the summer of 1990.
"Groove Is In the Heart" is a funky, cheerful love song that compares the new feelings of infatuation with hearing a good ("groovy") song. Essentially a house music track, it also features elements of disco, funk and early hip-hop. The backing track is built around many samples (one of them from Herbie Hancock's track 'Bring Down The Birds' on Blowup soundtrack) and even includes a slide whistle. Bootsy Collins provided guest vocals and played bass guitar and the rap is provided by Q-Tip, formerly of A Tribe Called Quest.
[edit] Music video
The song was accompanied by a music video with a very psychedelic style, with the members of the band appearing as "cut-outs" over a cartoonish background of various abstract, warm-coloured shapes. The beginning and end of the video include extra quotes by the band: Lady Miss Kier has an opening dialog consisting of "faux-French" (as described in their album liner notes, originally spoken in the song's B-side, "What Is Love?"), and the closing features Collins saying, "I just wanted you to know that groove is in the heart, and Deee-Lite have definitely been known to smoke... on stage, that is!" and Lady Miss Kier exclaiming "Deee-groovy!"
[edit] In the media
- Played in the 1999 movie Can't Hardly Wait
- Played in the 1999 movie Lost and Found
- Played in the 2000 movie Charlie's Angels
From UK Singles Chart:
In the 1950s, singles had frequently shared the number 1 position for a week, due to sales ties. This had never been an issue ever since. However, in the 1980s, a new rule was instituted to deal with any joint positions in the chart (not just at number one): the single whose sales had increased most from the previous week would reside above the other. In September 1990, "The Joker" by the Steve Miller Band and Deee-lite's "Groove Is In The Heart" sold enough copies to be joint number 1, but because of the rule, Deee-lite were relegated to number 2 and "The Joker" topped the chart. Following the controversy and complaints from Deee-lite's record company, WEA, the rule was scrapped and joint positions were once more allowed, although there have been no more joint chart-toppers since.
The song is included as a selection in the Playstation 2 karaoke game Singstar.
