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"School Boy Crush" is a song from Average White Band's 1975 album, Cut the Cake. It has been heavily sampled in hip hop, rap and R&B songs such as: [1] [better source needed] "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" by TLC "Wanna B Where U R (Thisizzaluvsong)" by Floetry
The Average White Band (also known as AWB) were a Scottish funk and R&B band that had a series of soul and disco hits between 1974 and 1980. They were best known for their million-selling instrumental track " Pick Up the Pieces ", and their albums AWB and Cut the Cake .
School Boy Crush", song from Average White Band's 1975 album Cut The Cake "Schoolboy Crush", a song originally sung by American singer Bobby Helms, also recorded by Cliff Richard as B-side to his major single hit "Move It
Average White Band. Alan Gorrie – vocals, bass, guitar on "Cut the Cake" and "School Boy Crush" Hamish Stuart – vocals, guitar, bass on "Cut the Cake" and "School Boy Crush" Roger Ball – keyboards, synthesizer, alto and baritone saxophones, arranger (Dundee horns) Malcolm Duncan – tenor saxophone; Onnie McIntyre – guitar, backing vocals
The guitar line of the song came from Hamish Stuart, while Roger Ball wrote the first part of the horn melody. The song was produced by Arif Mardin.According to Malcolm 'Molly' Duncan, he had disagreed with releasing the song as a single because the song is a "funk instrumental played by Scotsmen with no lyrics other than a shout".
[1] Featuring a prominent sample of Average White Band's 1975 hit "School Boy Crush", the song was further evidence of Eric B.'s fondness for soul samples and became one of the most quoted songs in hip hop. Rakim has described the song's theme as evolving from an initial concept of being in love with the microphone:
"School Boy Crush" by Average White Band "Nothin' but a "G" Thang" by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg "Throb" † Janet Jackson: Janet Jackson; Janet: 1993 — "Because of ...
"Cut the Cake" is a song written and performed by Average White Band. It was featured on their 1975 album Cut the Cake. [2] The song was arranged by Roger Ball and produced by Arif Mardin.