Groove Is in the Heart
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| Single by Deee-Lite from the album World Clique |
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| Released | August 1990 | ||||
| Format | 7" single 12" maxi CD maxi Cassette |
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| Recorded | Spring 1990 | ||||
| Genre | Dance-pop/House | ||||
| Length | 3:29 | ||||
| Label | Elektra Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Dmitry Brill Chung Dong Wha Kierin Kirby |
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| Producer | Deee-Lite | ||||
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"Groove Is in the Heart" (1990) is the most successful song by the dance music band Deee-Lite. It is included as the ninth track on their debut album, World Clique.
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[edit] Background
"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 hip-hop. The backing track was built around many samples (one of them from Herbie Hancock's track "Bring Down the Birds" on the Blowup soundtrack), and even included a slide whistle. Parliament-Funkadelic legend Bootsy Collins played bass guitar and provided guest vocals, and the rap is provided by Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest.
Rosie Ribbons has recorded a cover of this song.
[edit] Chart performances
An immediate smash in nightclubs, the song crossed over to pop radio and after going to number one on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart, it eventually hit number four on the Billboard Hot 100. It managed to peak at number-one for one week in Australia in November 1990.
In the UK, the record was equally popular and was released as a double A-side with "What Is Love", and eventually reached number two during the summer of 1990. Its placing second was due to a rule instituted in the UK Singles Chart in the 1980s, which settled any "ties" over chart positions due to equal sales: the single with sales that had increased most from the previous week would reside above the other. In September 1990, "The Joker" by the Steve Miller Band and "Groove Is in the Heart" sold enough copies to be the joint number-one, but because of the ruling, Deee-Lite was relegated to the number two spot 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 again allowed.
[edit] Music video
The song was accompanied by a psychedelic music video, with Deee-Lite, Super DJ Dmitri (Dmitri Brill), Towa Tei (Chung Dong Wha), Rapper Q-Tip, Maceo Parker, and Bootsy Collins superimposed over a cartoonish background of various shifting shapes and colors. The video opens and closes with quotes by the band: Lady Miss Kier has an opening dialog consisting of "faux-French" originally spoken in the song's A-side, "What Is Love?",[1] and the ending 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] Samples used
- "Get Up" performed by Vernon Burch
- "Bring Down the Birds" performed by Herbie Hancock (bassline)
- "Hateful Head Helen" performed by Sweet Pussy Pauline (second break, after "one, two, three")
- "Bel-Sha-Zaar with Tommy Genapopoluis and the Grecian Knights" in The Art of Belly Dancing (intro "we're going to dance, and have some fun")
- "Like This, Like That" performed by dance act, with Sharon Phillips (background music of the intro). This song peaked at #63 in the UK.
[edit] Use in other media
Note that this list is incomplete.
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[edit] Credits
- Produced and arranged by Dee-Lite for Sampla-Delic Productions
- Recording and mixing enginner : Mike 'Tweekin' Rogers at D.N.D.
- Additional enginner : Bob Power at Calliope
- Dubbed by Tom Steele and Rick Essig at Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs, 1697 Broadway, NYC 10019
- Original version from the album World Clique
- Executive producer and hooker upper : Bill Coleman
[edit] Charts
| Chart (1990-1991)[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs | 28 |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 1 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 25 |
| French Singles Chart | 31 |
| German Singles Chart | 17 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 8 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 13 |
| UK Singles Chart | 2 |
| Preceded by "Jukebox in Siberia" by Skyhooks |
Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single November 17, 1990 - November 24, 1990 |
Succeeded by "Unchained Melody" by The Righteous Brothers |
| Preceded by "Dirty Cash (Money Talks)" by The Adventures of Stevie V |
Hot Dance Club Play number-one single August 25, 1990 |
Succeeded by "Let's Get Busy" by Clubland featuring Quartz |
[edit] References
- ^ liner notes.
- ^ "Groove Is in the Heart", in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
- ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
- ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
- ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
- ^ Billboard Billboard.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
