THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

375-Jimmy ”Bo” Horne-Dance Across the Floor.

1978-Has never charted in the UK.

Best Bit-At 2.39. Just when you think Wow! that’s a great song, definitely a 9 out of 10, along comes what can only be described as ‘the monster drop,’ and you realise it’s now a 10 out of 10.

Jimmie Horace Horne, Jr. was born on September 28th, 1949, in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States. He has recorded three studio Albums between 1978-1991, and there is also a compilation ‘The Best of the T.K. Years 1975-1985’ available. He has also issued 25 singles between 1967-1995, with this song being his only entry on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching Number 38.In the mid 1970’s Horne relocated to Miami, Florida, signing with ‘T.K. Records,’ which was also the home of Harry Wayne Casey, and Richard Finch, of KC and the Sunshine Band, the writers of this song.

In the mid to late 1970’s Casey and Finch were producing hits like they were coming off of a conveyor belt, so I can only imagine that with not wanting to flood the market with yet another ‘KC’ hit, Jimmy ”Bo” Horne became the lucky recipient of this track (see also best songs 893.) In total Casey and Wayne co-wrote six Billboard Number 1 singles between 1974-1979, five of which are credited to KC and the Sunshine Band, and the other was ‘Rock Your Baby’ recorded by George McCrae (see also best songs 64.)

When Jimmy ”Bo” Horne’s music career came to an end he worked in event management, running his own company ‘Joy Productions.’ His songs have been sampled by other artists over the years. Casey and Finch wrote ‘Gimme Some’ originally recorded by Horne in 1975, and covered by the British singer Brendon Dunning, reaching Number 14 in the UK in 1977, the Brendon version has gone on to become a staple of party music played at celebrations in the UK, with the song having it’s own ‘dance moves’ which have been passed down from one generation to the next. Another Casey and Finch composition ‘Let Me (Let Me Be Your Lover’) also originally recorded by Horne was sampled by the Stereo MC’s for their 1992 UK Number 18, and Billboard Number 20 hit ‘Connected.’ ‘Dance Across the Floor’ which was also the title of Horne’s debut studio Album has been sampled by the Hip-Hop community, notably by Da Lench Mob for their 1993 single ‘Freedom Got an AK,’ and also by DJ Cash Money & Marvelous in their 1988 song ‘The Mighty Hard Rocker.’ In 2011 the song was sampled by CeeLo Green and Christina Aguilera under the title ‘Nasty’ for the ‘Burlesque’ film soundtrack, but was never used because they couldn’t get sample clearance in time. In 2014 the English singer Pixie Lott released her version of ‘Nasty’ which peaked at Number 9 in the UK.

‘With you baby all night long, doin’ the boogie to a Funky song. Havin’ a good time doin’ it all, gettin’ happy havin’ a ball, yall.’