Let It Whip

"Let It Whip"
Single by Dazz Band
from the album Keep It Live
Released 1982
Format 12"
Genre R&B, funk
Length 4:42 (album version)
4:06 (single version)
Label Motown
Writer(s) Reggie Andrews, Leon "Ndugu" Chancler
Producer Reggie Andrews
Dazz Band singles chronology
"Knock Knock"
(1981)		 "Let It Whip"
(1982)		 "Keep It Live (On the K.I.L.)"
(1982)

"Let It Whip" is a 1982 hit single by the Dazz Band and their biggest hit, peaking at number one on the R&B chart for five non-consecutive weeks.[1] The single also reached number two on the Dance chart[2] and number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[3] The song won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1983.

Song

Co-written by producer Reggie Andrews, and performed by the Dazz Band, "Let It Whip" features a percolating drum machine rhythm underneath live drums, and a Minimoog bassline.

This song has been featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, in the video game Scarface: The World is Yours, in commercials for Tampax and Reese's Whipps candy, and the skateboard film DVS skate more; and it has been covered by Boyz II Men and by pop rock band SR-71 on the soundtrack to The New Guy. This is also covered by George Lam, a singer from Hong Kong, as the Cantonese song titled "愛到發燒". CDB also covered it on their 1997 album Lifted.

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 149. 
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 72. 
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
Preceded by
"It's Gonna Take A Miracle" by Deniece Williams		 Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number one single
May 29 - June 19, 1982: July 3, 1982		 Succeeded by
"Early in the Morning" by The Gap Band