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| Single by KC and the Sunshine Band | ||||
| from the album Part 3 | ||||
| Released | January 24, 1977 | |||
| Format | 7", 12" | |||
| Recorded | 1976 | |||
| Genre | Disco | |||
| Label | TK | |||
| Writer(s) | Harry Wayne Casey / Richard Finch | |||
| Producer | Harry Wayne Casey / Richard Finch | |||
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"I'm Your Boogie Man" is a song originally performed by KC and the Sunshine Band from their 1976 album Part 3.
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Richard Finch said that the song was written about a DJ at a Miami, Florida radio station called Robert W. Walker, who was the first to give their hit single "Get Down Tonight" airplay.[1] In 1977 the song reached the #1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 and #3 R&B Singles chart. The song was also an international chart hit, reaching #1 in Canada and charting in Australia (#38), Belgium (#11), the Netherlands (#6), New Zealand (#12), and the UK (#41).
The song was sampled in at least one preview for all four of the Scary Movie films, as well as in the 2005 film Roll Bounce, the 2007 film Superbad and comic-to-film-adaptation Watchmen.
| Chart | Peak position |
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| Australian Kent Music Report | 38 |
| Belgium VRT Top 30 | 11 |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 1 |
| Dutch Top 40 | 6 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Top 40 | 12 |
| UK Singles Chart | 41 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| US Billboard R&B Singles | 3 |
| US Billboard Dance Club Play | 9 |
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| Single by White Zombie | ||||||||||
| from the album The Crow: City of Angels Soundtrack | ||||||||||
| Released | 1996 | |||||||||
| Format | CD single | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||||||||
| Genre | Alternative metal, heavy metal, disco | |||||||||
| Length | 4:27 | |||||||||
| Label | Miramax/Hollywood | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Harry Wayne Casey Richard Finch |
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| Producer | Terry Date Ulrich Wild White Zombie |
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White Zombie originally recorded a cover of "I'm Your Boogie Man" for the The Crow: City of Angels Soundtrack. However, since the song's release date, it has also appeared on Rob Zombie's greatest hits album Past, Present & Future and as a remixed version on the EP Supersexy Swingin' Sounds. The song is another different music style for the band as they are fusing disco with heavy metal. The audio samples in the song where children are heard saying, "He's gonna get you! The Boogieman is coming!" are taken from the 1978 film Halloween which would later be remade in 2007 by Rob Zombie.
Although the song failed to chart, it earned White Zombie their third and final Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance in 1996.
The music video features Rob Zombie singing along to the lyrics of the song. Rob's screen time is cut multiple times, flashing to select scenes from the film The Crow: City of Angels. The video also features Zombie's brother Spider One as a sort of mad scientist host of a television show.
| Preceded by "Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single June 11, 1977 |
Succeeded by "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac |
| Preceded by "When I Need You" by Leo Sayer |
Canadian RPM number-one single June 4, 1977 |
Succeeded by "Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder |
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