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There are several variations of the dance. The original choreography has 22 steps, [5] but variants include the Freeze (16-step), Cowboy Motion (24-step), Cowboy Boogie (24 step), and the Electric Slide 2 (18-step). The 18-step variation became popular in 1989 and for ten years was listed by Linedancer Magazine as the number-one dance in the world.
"Electric Boogie" (also known as the "Electric Slide") is a dance song written by Bunny Wailer in response to his hearing the Eddy Grant song "Electric Avenue" in 1982. The song provided the basis for the success of dance fad called Electric Slide. [1] [2] According to Marcia Griffiths, "Electric Boogie" was written for her by Bunny Wailer in 1982.
Grandmaster Slice was an American hip-hop musician whose album Electric Slide (Shall We Dance) helped popularize the electric slide dance. [1] [2]Slice was born in South Boston, Virginia and attended Halifax County High School.
Angelina Jolie hits the dance floor as she celebrates her daughter, Zahara, accepting a spot at HBCU Spelman College. The actress dances the electric slide at an event welcoming new students ahead ...
Marcia Llyneth Griffiths OJ OD (born 23 November 1949) [1] [2] is a Jamaican singer best known for the 1989 remix of her single "Electric Boogie", which serves as the music for the four-wall "Electric Slide" line dance. It is the best-selling single of all time by a female reggae singer.
[8] [9] Another 70s line dance is the Nutbush, performed to Tina Turner's song "Nutbush City Limits". [10] [11] The popular dance Electric Slide, associated with the song "Electric Boogie," was created in 1976. The song "Electric Boogie" was originally released by Marcia Griffiths in December 1982.
The song is a popular line dancing song often initiating the Electric Slide dance at weddings and parties. The song appears in the 1999 film The Best Man. The song appears on the radio station Bounce FM in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The song appears in the 2010 film Death at a Funeral.
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