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In it, they claim Drake did not credit the group for having used the infamous chorus line from their 1984 single “West End Girls” on “All the Parties,” which also features verses from ...
Drake’s song ‘All the Parties’ includes the lyrics: ‘East End boys and West End girls’
Boys and girls together we would sing and waltz While the Guinea played the organ on the sidewalks of New York. East Side, West Side, all around the town The tots sang "ring-around-rosie," "London Bridge is falling down" Boys and girls together, me and Mamie O'Rourke Tripped the light fantastic on the sidewalks of New York
In 1993, English boy band East 17 covered "West End Girls" for their debut album, Walthamstow (1993). The single was released in June 1993 by London Records and was a top-10 hit in Australia, Finland, Israel and Portugal. On the UK Singles Chart, it peaked at number 11. The music video for the song was directed by L. Watson & C. Clunn. [104]
Hip hop music and hip hop culture is widely considered to have originated on the East Coast of the United States in New York City. [4] [5] [6] As a result, New York rappers were often perceived as feeling their hip hop scene was superior to other regional hip hop cultures whereas those on the West Coast of the United States had developed an inferiority complex.
The West Side Boys were heavy users of poyo (homemade palm wine), locally grown marijuana, and heroin bought with conflict diamonds. Conflict diamonds were also used to purchase many of their weapons, which ranged from FN FAL/L1A1 rifles, AK-47/AKM rifles and RPG-7 grenade launchers to 81 mm mortars and ZPU-2 anti-aircraft guns. Most of their ...
In the United States, the song was released as a double A-side with "A Red Letter Day". The Pet Shop Boys' version also uses elements of two other West Side Story songs, "One Hand, One Heart" and "I Feel Pretty", and includes a sample of dialogue from the 1993 film Menace II Society.
The boys she played with and against as kids encouraged Ladish to try out at Shawnee Mission East, and she made the team. But the coach made no locker room accommodations for her.