Everybody Everybody (song)

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"Everybody Everybody"
Single by Black Box
from the album Dreamland
Released March 15, 1990
Format CD maxi, 7" single, 12" maxi
Recorded Madison Recording Studios, September 1989
Genre Italo house[1]
Length 5:23 (album version)
Label Polydor
Writer(s) Mirko Limoni, Daniele Davoli,
Valerio Semplici
Producer Groove Groove Melody
Black Box singles chronology
"I Don't Know Anybody Else"
(1990)		 "Everybody Everybody"
(1990)		 "Fantasy"
(1990)
Alternative cover
CD-Maxi

"Everybody Everybody" is a song recorded in 1989 by the Italo-house music band Black Box. It was the third single from their debut album Dreamland and was released in 1990 in most countries worldwide.

Contents

Chart performances

The song was a hit on several charts, particularly on the Hot Dance Club Play in the US, where it reached #1 for three consecutive weeks from July 21 to August 4, 1990. The song also peaked at #2 on the U.S. R&B Chart, #8 on Billboard Hot 100, #16 on the UK Singles Chart,[2] and achieved a great success in Ireland (#6).

The song features an uncredited Martha Wash on lead vocals. Wash later sued the record label for royalties and directly contributed to legislation ensuring proper credit for vocalists on both songs and music videos.

Uses in the media and remixes

Eurodance and electronic music DJ and producer Benny Benassi remixed "Everybody Everybody" in 2007.

The song was featured on "Play It Again, Brian," the tenth episode of the sixth season of Family Guy. The episode was originally broadcast on March 2, 2008. In the episode, Peter Griffin laments that his friend Cleveland Brown is unavailable for babysitting services because he is touring with Black Box. A clip is then shown of a rather portly, singlet-clad Brown performing "Everybody Everybody."

Track listings

UK 7" single
  1. "Everybody Everybody" (love unlimited edit) — 3:58
  2. "Everybody Everybody" (le freak instrumental) — 4:32
German 7" single
  1. "Everybody Everybody" — 3:10
  2. "Everybody Everybody" (instrumental) — 3:40
US & Canadian 12" maxi
  1. "Everybody Everybody" (le freak mix) — 5:20
  2. "Everybody Everybody" (le freak mix 7" edit) — 4:07
  3. "Everybody Everybody" (love unlimited edit) — 3:58
  4. "Everybody Everybody" (rockapella) — 4:37
  5. "Everybody Everybody" (le freak instrumental) — 4:32
UK 12" maxi
  1. "Everybody Everybody" (le freak mix) — 5:20
  2. "Everybody Everybody" (love unlimited edit) — 4:00
  3. "Everybody Everybody" (rockapella) — 4:38
German 12" maxi
  1. "Everybody Everybody" (club mix) — 5:30
  2. "Everybody Everybody" (rockapella) — 4:36
  3. "Everybody Everybody" (instrumental) — 4:48
Alternative German 12" maxi
  1. "Everybody Everybody" (house special) — 5:02
  2. "Dreamland" — 1:58
  3. "Everybody Everybody" — 5:18
UK CD maxi
  1. "Everybody Everybody" (love unlimited edit) — 3:58
  2. "Everybody Everybody" (le freak mix) — 5:20
  3. "Everybody Everybody" (rockapella) — 4:38
  4. "Everybody Everybody" (house mix) — 5:02
German CD maxi
  1. "Everybody Everybody" (le freak mix) — 5:20
  2. "Everybody Everybody" (rockapella) — 4:36
  3. "Everybody Everybody" (instrumental) — 4:48

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[3] 35
French SNEP Singles Chart[3] 11
German Singles Chart[3] 41
Irish Singles Chart[4] 6
Swiss Singles Chart[3] 21
UK Singles Chart[5] 16
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 8
U.S. Billboard R&B Singles Chart[6] 2
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[6] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1990) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7] 81
Preceded by
"Don't You Love Me" by 49ers		 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
July 21, 1990 - August 4, 1990 (3 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Dirty Cash (Money Talks)" by The Adventures of Stevie V

References

  1. ^ "Black Box - Everybody Everybody at Discogs". Discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/Black-Box-Everybody-Everybody/master/113704. Retrieved 2011-10-16. 
  2. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 59. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 
  3. ^ a b c d "Everybody Everybody", various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 13, 2008)
  4. ^ Irish Singles Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved February 14, 2008)
  5. ^ "Everybody Everybody", UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved August 2, 2008)
  6. ^ a b c Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved August 2, 2008)
  7. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1990". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1990. Retrieved 2009-09-15. 
Black Box
Daniele Davoli · Valerio Semplici · Mirko Limoni · Katrin Quinol · Martha Wash · Charvoni
Albums
Dreamland · Mixed Up! / Remixland · Positive Vibration · Hits & Mixes
Singles
"Ride on Time" · "I Don't Know Anybody Else" · "Everybody Everybody" · "Fantasy" · "The Total Mix" · "Strike It Up" · "Bright on Time" · "Hold On" · "Rockin' to the Music" · "Not Anyone" · "I Got the Vibration/A Positive Vibration" · "A Native New Yorker"
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