Southern Freeez (song)

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"Southern Freeez"
Single by Freeez
from the album Southern Freeez[1]
Format 7", 12"
Recorded 1980, Vineyard Studios.
Genre Jazz-funk, Boogie, Fusion
Length 5:40 (LP version)
Label Beggars Banquet (UK)
Writer(s) Andy Stennett, John Rocca, Peter Maas
Producer(s) John Rocca
Freeez singles chronology

"Keep In Touch"
(June, 1980)		 "Southern Freeez"
(February, 1981)		 "Flying High"
(April, 1981)

"Southern Freeez" is the second single from British dance music group Freeez. It was released on the debut album of the same name.

Song information

Freeez gained higher sales with this record than with the previous single, "Keep In Touch". "Southern Freeez" reached the top 10[2] of the UK national charts during February 1981[3] ("Keep In Touch" only reached number #49 in UK[4]).

Special musical guest Ingrid Mansfield Allman provided vocals on the record.[citation needed]

The titular Southern Freeez is attested to derive from a dance move, "The Freeze," used by clubbers in the "Royalty" club, Southgate in the early 1980s. A then-popular track, The Groove by Rodney Franklin, has moments where the band drops out for a bar, and a style of freezing movement at these points took hold.[5]

Remix

"Southern Freeez (Remix)"
Single by Freeez
Released September 1987
Format 7", 12", CD
Genre House, Synth-pop, Soul
Label Total Control (UK)
Warner Bros. Records/FMR (Worldwide)
Writer(s) Andy Stennett, John Rocca, Peter Maas
Freeez singles chronology

"I.O.U. (remix)"
(January, 1987)		 "Southern Freeez (remix)"
(September 1987)

In August/September, 1987, the song was remixed and re-released by the label Total Control. The remix reached number #23 in the British singles chart

Cover Versions

UK Soul Singer Beverley Knight covered 'Southern Freeez' for her 2011 album 'Soul UK.'[6]

Track listing

UK single (1981 version)

  1. "Southern Freeez" - 5:40
  2. "Southern Freeez (LP Version)"

UK single (1987 version)

  1. "Southern Freeez (Dance Mix)"
  2. "Southern Freeez (Avenger Mix)"
  3. "Southern Freeez (7" Edit)"

Charts

1981

Chart Peak
position
UK Singles[7] #8

1987

Chart Peak
position
UK Singles[8] #63

Credits

1981

  • John Rocca (Percussion)
  • Peter Maas (Bass guitar)
  • Andy Stennet (Keyboards)
  • Paul Morgan (Drums)
  • Gordon Sullivan (Electric guitar)
  • Ingrid Mansfield Allman (Vocals)

1987

See also

  • Freeez discography

References

  1. ↑ Freeez Discography.
  2. ↑ search for Freeez performed at Everyhit.com database
  3. ↑ Freeez on site Britfunkheaven - biography
  4. ↑ search for Freeez performed at Everyhit.com database
  5. ↑ "Robert Elms Show". October 4, 2013. Event occurs at 2:30:20. BBC London 94.9.
  6. ↑ WhoSampled - Beverley Knight's Southern Freeez cover
  7. ↑ Search for "Freeez" performed at Everyhit.com database.
  8. ↑ Search for "Freeez" performed at Everyhit.com database.
  1. "Southern Freeez" (12" 1981)

External links

  • Freeez on AMG.com
  • Biography about Freeez
Freeez
Studio albums
Singles
Production
Related articles
  • Discography
  • IOU
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