The Hustle (song)

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"The Hustle"
The Hustle - Van McCoy.jpg
Single by Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony
from the album Disco Baby [1]
B-side "Hey Girl, Come and Get It"
ReleasedApril 18, 1975
Recorded 1975
Studio Mediasound, New York City
Genre
Length3:29 (single version)
4:10 (album version)
Label Avco Records
Songwriter Van McCoy
Producers Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore
Music video
"The Hustle" on YouTube

"The Hustle" is a disco song by songwriter/arranger Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony. It went to No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts during the summer of 1975. [3] It also peaked at No. 1 on the Canadian RPM charts, No. 9 on the Australian Singles Chart (Kent Music Report) and No. 3 in the UK. [4] [5] It would eventually sell over one million copies. [5] The song won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance early in 1976 for songs recorded in 1975.

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History

While in New York City to make an album, Van McCoy composed the song after his music partner, Charles Kipps, watched patrons do a dance known as "the Hustle" in the nightclub "Adam's Apple." The sessions were done at New York's Mediasound Studios with pianist McCoy, bassist Gordon Edwards, drummer Steve Gadd, keyboardist Richard Tee, guitarists Eric Gale and John Tropea, and orchestra leader Gene Orloff. Producer Hugo Peretti contracted multi-woodwind player Phil Bodner to play the piccolo lead melody.[ citation needed ]

On the week of May 16, 1975, "The Hustle" entered the Radio & Records Trend chart at no. 38. [6] The following week, "The Hustle" entered the Radio & Records Pop/30 chart at no. 30. [7]

During the summer of 1975, "The Hustle" became a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts. [3] Billboard ranked it as the No. 22 song for 1975. It also peaked at No. 9 on the Australian Singles Chart (Kent Music Report) and No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart. [4] [5] On popular New York City Top 40 station 770 WABC, "The Hustle" was the #1 song for the year 1975, after spending five weeks in the top spot on WABC's weekly charts. [8]

According to producers Hugo & Luigi, who owned the Avco record label that originally released "The Hustle", McCoy met with them shortly before his death in 1979. He wanted to discuss ideas for a new, longer version of the song, in order to appease Avco's UK and German affiliates who were clamoring for a 12" disco single release. [9] The new version, clocking in at just under six and a half minutes, was assembled posthumously as a remix, using parts of the original recording plus new parts, including drum, Syndrum, and a "little" Moog synthesizer. [9] It was credited to Van McCoy alone or with an unnamed orchestra, mixed by "The Mix Masters", identity unknown. [10]

Appearances in other media

The song has been featured in numerous movies, such as Stuck on You , Vampires Suck , and The Lorax , and television shows including the Shark Tale short film Club Oscar , That '70s Show , SMG4 , Speechless , American Dad! , and Futurama . [11]

Chart performance

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [31] Gold75,000^
Japan—500,000 [32]
United Kingdom (BPI) [33] Silver250,000^
United States (RIAA) [34] Gold1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Other versions

Italian rapper Talko made a rap cover of "The Hustle". It was released in 1983 on Babalu Records. [35]

Filipino comedienne Rufa Mae Quinto covered this song as "Booba (Do The Hustle)", which served as the theme song of the 2001 film Booba . Her version was included on her album Rated R from Viva Records. [36]

In 2023 the American composer Joseph Shirley covered this song as "Hustle Dimension", which appeared in the 2023 DreamWorks Animation American animated jukebox musical comedy film Trolls Band Together . [37]

References

  1. ↑ "Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony – Disco Baby". Discogs.com. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
  2. ↑ Smith, Troy L. (December 14, 2021). "Every No. 1 song of the 1970s ranked from worst to best". Cleveland.com . Retrieved January 30, 2023.
  3. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 388.
  4. 1 2 Steffen Hung. "Forum - One Hit Wonders (General: Music/Charts related)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 338. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  6. ↑ Radio & Record, VOL 3., NUMBER 19 FRIDAY MAY 16, 1975 - Page 36 Radio & Records THE INDUSTRY'S NEWSPAPER, TREND: MAY 16, 1975
  7. ↑ Radio & Records, VOL 3., NUMBER 20 FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1975 - Page 36 RADIO & RECORDS POP, Radio & Records POP/30
  8. ↑ Musicradio77.com "WABC Top 100 of 1975" Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  9. 1 2 "Label preparing 12-inch 'Hustle'". Billboard . July 21, 1979. p. 86.
  10. ↑ " The Hustle (Disco Mix) " at Discogs (list of releases)
  11. ↑ "The Hustle: Across Media". July 2, 2018.
  12. 1 2 "National Top 100 Singles for 1975". Kent Music Report. December 29, 1975. Retrieved January 15, 2022– via Imgur.
  13. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony - The Hustle". Austriancharts.at. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony - The Hustle". Ultratop.be. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 3996a." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  16. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. July 17, 2013. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  17. ↑ "Charts singles Top 50 en France: 23 Nov 1975". 2017.
  18. ↑ "InfoDisc : Tout les Titres par Artiste". Archived from the original on January 27, 2012. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
  19. ↑ "Home - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Officialcharts.de. September 30, 2016. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  20. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – The Hustle". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
  21. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony - The Hustle". charts.nz. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  22. ↑ "South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (M)". Rock.co.za. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  23. 1 2 "The Hustle (song by Van McCoy)". Music VF.com. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
  24. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 158.
  25. ↑ "Top 100 1975-07-19". Cashbox Magazine . Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  26. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca.
  27. ↑ "Top Selling Singles of 1975 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. December 31, 1975. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  28. ↑ "Britain's best selling records of '75" (JPG). Scans.chartarchive.org. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  29. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1975/Top 100 Songs of 1975". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  30. ↑ "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1975". Cashbox Magazine . Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  31. ↑ "Canadian single certifications – Van McCoy – The Hustle". Music Canada . Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  32. ↑ "Big Resurgence Of Japan". Billboard . Vol. 88, no. 51. December 18, 1976. p. 18. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  33. ↑ "British single certifications – Van Mccoy – The Hustle". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  34. ↑ "American single certifications – Van Mc Coy – The Hustle". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  35. ↑ "Talko's The Hustle Rap on YouTube". Youtube.com. October 3, 2010. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
  36. ↑ "Rufa Mae Quinto: A sex bomb on the loose - CONVERSATIONS with Ricky F. Lo". The Philippine STAR .
  37. ↑ "Joseph Shirley Trolls Band Together - KiDS Movie by DreamWorks". YouTube Music .
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