Boogie Shoes

"Boogie Shoes" is a song by the disco group KC and the Sunshine Band, released in 1975 on the album KC and the Sunshine Band. The song became a hit after it appeared on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in 1977. It peaked at number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 29 on the soul chart in 1978.^[1]

Structurally, it uses the twelve-bar blues chord progression. As with several of KC's disco songs, some of the lyrics are playfully suggestive: "I want to do it till the sun comes up / I want to do till I can't get enough."

The song is part of the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever, and is featured in numerous other films, including No Escape (1994), Mallrats (1995), Boogie Nights (1997), Detroit Rock City (1999), The Wedding Date (2005) as well as television series, Sports Night, Desperate Housewives (both, coincidentally, with star Felicity Huffman dancing to it), and Flash Forward.

The song has been sampled by The Bloodhound Gang in the song "One Way", and more recently by Trick Daddy in his song "Take It to Da House." Alex Chilton famously covered "Boogie Shoes" on his 1979 album Like Flies on Sherbert. In 2012, the song was sung by Alex Newell (playing a transgender teen) in the Glee episode "Saturday Night Glee-ver".

Personnel

Harry Wayne Casey – keyboards, vocals
Jerome Smith – guitar
Richard Finch – bass guitar
Robert Johnson – drums
Oliver C. Brown – percussion
Ken Faulk – trumpet
Vinnie Tanno – trumpet
Mike Lewis – tenor saxophone
Whit Sidener – baritone saxophone
Beverly Champion – background vocals
Margaret Reynolds – background vocals
Jeanette Williams – background vocals

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 315.

KC and the Sunshine Band
Harry Wayne "K.C." Casey Maria De Crescenzo Anika Ellis Fermin Goytisolo Robert E. Lee David Simmons Chris Cadenhead Jeffery Reeves Steve Lashley John Reid Michael Cordone Fernando Diaz Miles Fielder Kenetha Morris Janell Burgess Richard Finch Jerome Smith Robert Johnson Oliver C. Brown Mike Lewis Vinnie Tanno Ken Faulk Margaret Reynolds Beverley Champion Jeanette Williams
Studio albums	Do It Good (1974) KC and the Sunshine Band (1975) The Sound of Sunshine (1975) Part 3 (1976) Who Do Ya (Love) (1978) Do You Wanna Go Party (1979) Space Cadet: Solo Flight (1981) The Painter (1981) All in a Night's Work (1982) KC Ten (1984) Oh Yeah! (1993) I'll Be There for You (2001) Yummy (2007)
Live albums	Get Down Live! (1995)
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits (1980) The Best of KC and the Sunshine Band (1990) 25th Anniversary Collection (1999) In a Mellow Mood (2005)
Singles	"Get Down Tonight" "That's the Way (I Like It)" "Rock Your Baby" "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" "I'm Your Boogie Man" "Keep It Comin' Love" "Boogie Shoes" "It's the Same Old Song" "Please Don't Go" "Give It Up"
Related articles	Discography
Book Category

Saturday Night Fever soundtrack
Side one	"Stayin' Alive" "How Deep Is Your Love" "Night Fever" "More Than a Woman" (The Bee Gees) "If I Can't Have You" (Yvonne Elliman)
Side two	"A Fifth of Beethoven" (Walter Murphy) "More Than a Woman" (Tavares) "Manhattan Skyline" (David Shire) "Calypso Breakdown" (Ralph MacDonald)
Side three	"Night on Disco Mountain" (David Shire) "Open Sesame" (Kool & the Gang) "Jive Talkin'" "You Should Be Dancing" (The Bee Gees) "Boogie Shoes" (KC and the Sunshine Band)
Side four	"Salsation" (David Shire) "K-Jee" (MFSB) "Disco Inferno" (The Trammps)

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