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Mass Production is an American funk/disco musical group, best known for their 1979 hit, "Firecracker." Based in Norfolk, Virginia, the ten-piece group had a series of minor R&B hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s. "Firecracker" is commonly misattributed to the similarly named (and sonically/stylistically similar) band Brass Construction.
The band headed into the studio that fall to begin work on their fourth LP, the follow-up to 2006's Threes. A short tour of the southwestern US followed in May 2012. Sparta released a new song on May 17, 2012 called "Chemical Feel". The song was free to download, and was the first new song the band had released in six years. [15]
A video for the song "The Sound of Names Dropping" was released that year. [9] In 2005, the band shared the stage with the famed funk musician George Clinton. [10] They have mostly been inactive since 2005, reuniting in 2009 for a few benefit shows with Evergreen Terrace and Bane [11] and for a one-off show at Within These Walls in 2011. The ...
The Allman Brothers Band: 1969 409 Everlong: Foo Fighters: 1997 408 Father and Son: Cat Stevens: 1970 407 Free Bird: Lynyrd Skynyrd: 1973 406 Sucker M.C.'s: Run-DMC: 1984 405 Amor Prohibido: Selena: 1994 404 Rock and Roll All Nite: Kiss: 1974 403 Ain't Nobody: Rufus and Chaka Khan: 1983 402 Lovely Day: Bill Withers: 1977 401 Go Your Own Way ...
Two songs by U2 and two by Jay-Z were added to the list. Jay-Z is featured in two other new songs on the list: "Crazy in Love" by Beyoncé, and "Umbrella" by Rihanna. The only artist to have two songs dropped from the list is the Crystals; their "Da Doo Ron Ron" (previously number 114) was the highest-ranked song to have been dropped.
The song lyrics seem to be written from the perspective of a Greek football fan, with references to rivalries with Galatasaray and Chelsea F.C. Smith said that "Elena came up with some great words and I added some words I thought were like the Greek football fans' attitude, you know. I do know quite a few Greek football fans, and their attitude ...
It is ranked as the 50th biggest U.S. hit of 1969. [2] In Canada, it reached number six [ 3 ] and is ranked as the 63rd biggest hit of the year. [ 4 ] The group soon released their debut album, titled after the song along with a few more singles including the follow-up, "She's Ready", and "No One for Me to Turn To" after signing with Columbia .
"I'd Rather Jack" reached the top ten in all the European countries it was released. It peaked at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart in April 1989 where it remained for 12 weeks, [4] [5] number 6 in Ireland, [6] number 6 in Finland, [7] number 8 in the Netherlands, [8] number 7 in the Flanders region of Belgium, [9] and number 43 in Australia. [10]