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I got maybe about 700 dollars, and I invested in a keyboard in Canada—a rhythm box—and it was the greatest buy I've ever made, because it had every single sound on it. I took it in the studio with brother Bunny, and Bunny was fascinated with the same sound that I loved, which was the piano playing the repeater sound, "nenga-nenga-nenga-nenga," so that was what we put down first on tape, and then the rhythm, "boom, baff, boom, baff." Bunny is a talented songwriter, and one of the greatest producers I know. He took that home in the country, and the following morning he came back with the song "Electric Boogie." The song was released coming up to Christmas in 1982
- ↑ Claudia Gardner, Marcia Griffiths Sets Record Straight About Original Version Of “Electric Boogie” Hit, Dancehallmag.com, February 26, 2021
- ↑ Marcia Griffiths, Trojan Records
- ↑ Kenner, Lauren (2018-11-06). "Iconic Song "The Electric Slide" Is Rumored To Be About A Vibrator [UPDATE]". EDM.com - The Latest Electronic Dance Music News, Reviews & Artists. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
- ↑ Dan Evon, Was 'The Electric Slide' Written About Vibrators?, Snopes , June 28, 2018
- ↑ Marcia Griffiths - Topic (2016-04-16), Electric Boogie, archived from the original on 2017-11-16, retrieved 2018-03-23
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 359.
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