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Choreographer and dancer Richard L. "Ric" Silver claims to have created the dance in 1976. [1] Dance popularity is sometimes attributed to its setting to Marcia Griffiths and Bunny Wailer's song "Electric Boogie", which was written and recorded for the first time in December 1982. [2] [3] [4] There are several variations of the dance.
"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.
DJ Casper enlisted the help of M.O.B. Music Publishing to produce, edit, and engineer the new version of the song "Cha-Cha Slide". Men On Business also produced several other accompanying songs to produce the entire Slide Album. DJ Casper and Men On Business licensed the Slide Album to Universal Records, and it was released on September 19, 2000.
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.
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 ...
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Recorded in Florida, the album was produced by Rafael Vigil, Lawrence Dermer, and Joe Galdo. [6] Many sources claim that a version of "Electric Boogie" was written by Bunny Wailer in 1976 or 1980, a statement Griffiths has sought to refute; [10] [11] the album contains a house-influenced dub remix of the track.
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