I'm Your Boogie Man

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"I'm Your Boogie Man"
I'm Your Boogie Man - KC and the Sunshine Band.jpg
Single by KC and the Sunshine Band
from the album Part 3
B-side "Wrap Your Arms Around Me"
ReleasedJanuary 24, 1977
Genre Disco [1]
Length4:04
Label TK
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Harry Wayne Casey
  • Richard Finch
KC and the Sunshine Band singles chronology
"I Like to Do It"
(1976)		"I'm Your Boogie Man"
(1977)		"Keep It Comin' Love"
(1977)

"I'm Your Boogie Man" is a song written and produced by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch, and performed by Casey's band KC and the Sunshine Band, from their fourth album Part 3 (1976).

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Background

Richard Finch said that the song was written about a DJ at a Miami, Florida, radio station named Robert W. Walker, who was the first to give their hit single "Get Down Tonight" airplay. [2]

The song was originally titled "I'll Be a Son of a Gun" before KC changed the title to "I'm Your Boogie Man".[ citation needed ]

Reception

New York Times critic John Rockwell called the song "another alluring, catchy, sleepily kinetic dance [disc]" and a "perfect summer (or spring, fall or winter) party record." [3]

Record World said that "re-defining their hit formula with a sharp, syncopated beat and sassy vocals, it's poised to go all the way." [4]

Chart performance

In 1977 the song reached the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 3 on the soul chart. Billboard ranked it as the #11 song of 1977. The song was also an international hit, reaching number one in Canada and charting in Australia (No. 38), Belgium (No. 16), the Netherlands (No. 6), New Zealand (No. 12), and the United Kingdom (No. 41).

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [22] Gold75,000^
United States (RIAA) [23] Gold500,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

White Zombie version

"I'm Your Boogieman"
White Zombie Im Your Boogieman.jpg
Promotional single by White Zombie
from the album The Crow: City of Angels Soundtrack
Released1996
Length4:27
Label Hollywood
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
White Zombie singles chronology
"The One"
(1996)		"I'm Your Boogieman"
(1996)		"Ratfinks, Suicide Tanks and Cannibal Girls"
(1996)

American band White Zombie originally recorded a cover of "I'm Your Boogie Man" for The Crow: City of Angels Soundtrack . However, since the song's release date, it has also appeared on Rob Zombie's greatest hits album Past, Present & Future and as a remixed version on the EP Supersexy Swingin' Sounds .

The audio samples in the song where children are heard saying "He's gonna get you! The Boogieman is coming!" are taken from the 1978 film Halloween , which would later be remade in 2007 by Rob Zombie. The remixed version was also heard on a Halloween episode of the ABC television series 666 Park Avenue .

Reception

The song earned White Zombie their third and final Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance in 1997. [24] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic called the cover "embarrassingly predictable, humorless, and clueless." [25]

Track listing

American promo single
No.TitleLength
1."I'm Your Boogieman"4:27
European promo single
No.TitleLength
1."I'm Your Boogieman" (Sex on the Rocks mix)4:50

See also

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