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"Electric Avenue" is a song by Guyanese-British musician Eddy Grant. Written and produced by Grant, it was released on his 1982 studio album Killer on the Rampage. In the United States, with the help of the MTV music video he made, it was one of the biggest hits of 1983. The song refers to Electric Avenue in London during the 1981 Brixton riot.
Electric Avenue was formed in 2013 when a group of musicians came together to perform 1980s music for a one-time event. [4] [5] Following shifts in the music industry influenced by platforms like Napster and iTunes, which impacted traditional album sales, the group decided to become a permanent tribute band. [4]
Electric Avenue was originally recorded before it was released on the Greatest Hits album. Trump's lawyer argued that the individual songs in Dylan's "The Basement Tapes" and Swift's "Taylor's ...
On Monday, Donald Trump lost a lawsuit against singer Eddy Grant over the his usage of the song "Electric Avenue" in a 2020 campaign ad. On Monday, Donald Trump lost a lawsuit against singer Eddy ...
A federal judge in Manhattan found Trump liable for damages in the "Electric Avenue" copyright case. Trump has zero defense for a 2020 tweet that included 40 seconds of the dance hit, the judge found.
Killer on the Rampage is the sixth studio album by Eddy Grant.It remains his most successful album, hitting the top 10 in the US and the UK. It features the hits "Electric Avenue" (which was a big hit in the US and UK at #2), "I Don't Wanna Dance" (a UK #1 hit) and "War Party".
Electric Avenue was formed in 2013 when a group of musicians came together to perform 1980s music for a one-time event. [4] [5] Following shifts in the music industry influenced by platforms like Napster and iTunes, which impacted traditional album sales, the group decided to become a permanent tribute band. [4]
His single "Electric Avenue" received Platinum accreditation in the US, and "I Don't Wanna Dance" topped the charts in five countries including Belgium, Ireland and the UK. In 2001, his ringbang remix of "Electric Avenue" reached number 5 in the UK Singles Chart .