THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

366-Aretha Franklin-Until You Come Back to Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do.)

1973-Number 24 single.

Best Bit-At 1.21. If a woman sings this song she’s a hopeless romantic, but if a man sings the song he is a psycho stalker.

Aretha Louise Franklin was born on March 25th, 1942, in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Franklin suffered health issues for most of her adult life having been at times clinically obese, a chain smoker, and a alcoholic, she died on August 18th, 2018, at the age of 76. It was the American broadcaster, and music promoter Pervis Spann who after seeing Aretha perform at the Regal Theater in Chicago, ceremonially placed a crown on her head and announced to the audience that she should be crowned ‘The Queen of Soul.’

Aretha Franklin (see also best songs 644) released 38 studio Albums between 1962-2014, and 131 singles. Two of her singles ‘Respect,’ and the duet with George Michael, ‘I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me’) were both Billboard Number 1 songs, while in the UK only the George Michael duet made the top spot. In total Aretha Franklin has sold in excess of 75 million records worldwide, making her one of the best selling solo artists of all time.

‘Until You Come Back to Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do’) was co-written by Morris Broadnax, (1931-2009) Clarence Paul, (1928-1995) and a 16 year old Stevie Wonder (see also best songs 920-843-834-682-570-503-205-152 and 65.) Clarence Paul was a staff songwriter for Motown records, and had also been hired as an early mentor for Stevie Wonder. Other notable compositions co-written by Paul include Stevie Wonder’s first Billboard Number 1 single ‘Fingertips,’ and ‘Hitch Hike’ for Marvin Gaye.

It was Stevie Wonder who recorded the first version of this song in 1967, but his recording remained unreleased until first appearing on his 1977 anthology ‘Looking Back.’ As for the songs meaning,the narrator tells of their abandonment by their partner, but declares their determination to contact and win their partner back.

‘Though you don’t call anymore, I sit and wait in vain. I guess I’ll rap on your door, tap on your window pane. I wanna tell you baby changes I’ve been going through, missing you.’

THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

367-Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood-Some Velvet Morning.

1967-Has never charted in the UK.

Best Bit-At 1.39. Nancy Sinatra once said,’I’ve been singing this song for over 20 years, and I still don’y know what the damned thing means.’

Lee Haxlewood was born Barton Lee Hazlewood on July 9th, 1929, in Mannford, Oklahoma, United States, he died on August 4th, 2007, from renal cancer at the age of 78. In the late 1950’s, and early 1960’s he found great success when teaming up with the pioneering guitarist Duane Eddy to co-write, and produce Rock instrumentals such as ‘Rebel Rouser,’ and (‘Dance With The Guitar Man,’) He first teamed up with Nancy Sinatra in 1965 when Nancy’s father Frank (see also best songs 877-567-469-120 and 73) stepped in and asked Hazlewood to give his daughters career a boost, which led to Hazlewood writing and producing Nancy’s UK and U.S. Number 1 single ‘These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ (see also best songs 978.)

‘Some Velvet Morning’ was written and produced by Lee Hazlewood, and first appeared on Nancy Sinatra’s fourth Album release ‘Movin’ with Nancy,’ from 1967, the Album is the soundtrack to her 1967 television special of the same name. The song was next released as a single, before appearing on the 1968 Album ‘Nancy & Lee.’

Nancy has said she has no idea what the song is about, and the songs writer Lee Hazlewood has admitted that he is not fully sure about the songs meaning either. The song was definitely inspired by the Greek mythological character ‘Phaedra,’ In Greek mythology Phaedra falls in love with her husbands stepson Hippolytus, who rejects her advances. Her husband Theseus learns of her actions, she lies to her husband that Hippolytus tried to rape her. This angers Theseus who immediately curses his son with one of three wishes granted to him by Poseidon, the God of the sea. Hippolytus is torn apart by a bull that rises from the sea, but somehow Phaedra’s treachery is discovered, (unclear how) and to avoid a more painful death she decides to take her own life.

Of the song Hazlewood (see also best songs 1010-978 and 124) has said,’It’s not meant to mean so much. I’m not a druggie, so it was never to do with that.’ He has also said,’I had problems with people telling me ‘I really like the song you wrote Lee, you can really dance to it,’ I don’t like people dancing to my music, I was very contrary. The next thing I sat down to write what happened to be that song, and I go,-‘Dance to this, sons of bitches.”

‘Some velvet morning when I’m straight, I’m gonna open up your gate, and maybe tell you ’bout Phaedra, and how she gave me life, and how she made it end. Some velvet morning when I’m straight.’

THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

368-Delerium featuring Sarah McLachlan-Silence.

2000-Number 3 single.

Best Bit-At 4.21. Silence is Golden.

Delerium was formed by Bill Leeb in 1987 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, as a side project. Leeb who was born on September 21st, 1966, in Vienna, Austria, and had moved to Canada with his family at the age of 14. He was a founding member of the Canadian ‘Industrial Electronic’ band ‘Front Line Assembly who have released 16 studio Albums between 1987-2021, and 21 singles. When working as ‘Delerium’ Leeb has either worked with Michael Balch, Rhys Fulber, or Chris Peterson, all three are either current, or former members of Front Line Assembly. Leeb formed Delerium in order to record in different genres including ‘New Age,’ and ‘Ambient.’ As Delerium there have been seven studio Albums released between 1989-2016, and 23 singles, including the re-issued, and remixed ‘Silence’ in 2004, and again in 2008.

‘Silence’ was co-written by Leeb, Fulber, and the songs vocalist Sarah McLachlan, and first appeared as an ‘Ambient’ song in it’s original form on Delerium’s ninth studio Album ‘Karma’ from 1997. The song featured ‘Gregorian Chants’ (think Enigma and Deep Forest) and was very successful in Ireland where it reached Number 1, and in Australia where it made Number 6. The songs vocalist on the original, and the remixes is Sarah McLachlan who was born on January 28th, 1968, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She has released eight solo studio Albums, between 1988-2016, and has sold over 40 million Albums worldwide to date.

In 1999 the first of several ‘Dance’ remixes of the song began to appear. The first was the ‘Sanctuary’ mix by ‘Fade’ which is closer to the original version than subsequent remixes. This was followed by the two ‘Trance’ remixes by ‘Airscape’ and ‘DJ Tiesto,’ (see also best songs 260) which led to the tracks worldwide success. I have chosen to post the Airscape mix, but I feel that the Tiesto version is of equal standing. ‘Airscape’ are a Belgium ‘Trance’ act, with Johan Gielan now only working under that name, but he previously worked as ‘Airscape’ with Sven Maes, and Jos Borremans. ‘Silence’ has received further official remixes, and re-releases in 2004, and again in 2008.

In it’s ‘Dance’ form ‘Silence’ may sound uplifting, but the actual lyrics are anything but. The song is either about depression or illness, with the narrator wanting to die to release their pain, and to see if God will let them into heaven.

‘Heaven holds a sense of wonder, and I wanted to believe that I’d get caught up when the rage in me subsides. In this white wave I am sinking, in this silence I believe.’

THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

369-The Hollies-The Air That I Breathe.

1974-Number 2 single.

Best Bit-At 0.01. Eric Clapton said that the first note of ‘The Air That I Breathe’ had more soul than anything he’d ever heard.

The Hollies certainly have longevity, with Tony Hicks, and Bobby Elliott who joined in 1963, still part of the current active band. The Hollies were formed in 1962 in Salford, England, as a ‘Merseybeat’ group by Allan Clarke, and Graham Nash. Clarke who sings lead vocals on this track was a member between 1962-1971, briefly leaving to pursue a solo career, before returning in 1973 until departing in 2000. Due to musical differences Nash left in 1968 to form the ‘Supergroup’ Crosby, Stills & Nash (see also best songs 417.) In total there have been 19 different members of The Hollies since their formation. They have released 23 studio Albums in the UK between 1964-2009, while in America there have been 17 releases, often with different titles, and track listings. They have achieved 29 top 40 singles in the UK, including two Number 1 songs, and 22 on Billboard, where ‘Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress’ is their highest charting, reaching Number 2 in 1972. The band was named by the bassist Eric Haydock (1943-2019) who was a member between 1962-1966, in relation to a Christmas holly garland. In a 2009 interview Graham Nash said,’ We called ourselves The Hollies, after Buddy, and Christmas,”

The Air That I Breathe’ was co-written by Albert Hammond, and Mike Hazelwood, (1941-2001) and first recorded by Hammond for his 1972 Album ‘It Never Rains in Southern California.’ The pair had both previously been members of the English Rock band ‘The Family Dogg’ who had a UK Number 6 hit with ‘A Way of Life’ in 1969. Albert Hammond was born on May 18th, 1944, in London, England, he is the father of Albert Hammond Jr. (see also best songs 450.) Hammond is a prolific songwriter, he has co-written four UK Number 1 singles, ‘When I Need You’ with Carole Bayer Sager, (1977 Number 1 for Leo Sayer) ‘Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now’ with Diane Warren, (1987 Number 1 for Starship) ‘One Moment in Time’ with John Bettis, (1988 Number 1 for Whitney Houston) and ‘Don’t Turn Around’ (1988 Number 1 for Aswad.) He also had a solo hit single in the UK in 1973 with the Number 19 hit ‘The Free Electric Band,’ while in America ‘It Never Rains in Southern California reached Number 5 in 1972.

The 1992 song ‘Creep’ by Radiohead (see also best songs 33) borrows very heavily from ‘The Air That I Breathe,’ using a similar chord progression, and sharing some melodic content. This songs publishers sued Radiohead for copyright infringement, and a settlement was reached where Hammond, and Hazelwood were given co-writing credits, as well as a portion of the songs royalties.

‘If I could make a wish I think I’d pass, can’t think of anything I need. No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound, nothing to eat, no books to read.’

THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

370-Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra-It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing.)

1932-Has Never charted in the UK. There was no UK chart until 1952.

Best Bit-At 2.43.’For there’s Basie, Miller, Satchmo, and the king of all, Sir Duke.’

It is likely that this song was the first to use the term ‘Swing,’ and therefore this song is responsible for the genre of music that was to become known as ‘Swing Music.’

Edward Kennedy Ellington was born on April 29th, 1899, in Washington D.C. United States, he died from complications from lung cancer, and pneumonia on May 24th, 1974, at the age of 75. Ellington’s mother Daisy sent him to piano lessons at the age of seven, she would teach him good manners, and always make sure that he was immaculately turned out, which led to his friend Edgar McEntree nicknaming him ‘Duke.’ Ellington was a prolific writer, and wrote well over 1000 songs. The American composer and historian Gunther Schuller (1925-2015) wrote in 1989, ‘Ellington composed incessantly to the very last days of his life, music was indeed his mistress. In Jazz he was a giant among giants, and in 20th Century music he may yet one day be recognised as one of the half dozen greatest masters of our time.’

‘It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing.’) was written in 1931 by Duke Ellington, (music) (see also best songs 1039) and Irving Mills (1894-1985) (lyrics.) Mills was born Irving Harold Mills, and at one time was Ellington’s manager, he was also a music publisher, musician, and Jazz music promoter. The unaccredited vocals on the track are provided by Ivie Anderson, (1904-1949) she was a charismatic performer who was a mainstay of the ‘Duke Ellington Orchestra’ between 1931-1942, she had to leave the music business due to chronic asthma, which also caused her premature death in 1949.

The song has been recorded by dozens of other artists down the years. Significant versions include Louis Armstrong, and The Mills Brothers, who both recorded the song in 1932. In 1967 Ella Fitzgerald (who would record and perform the song on many occasions) teamed up with Duke Ellington for the live Album ‘Ella and Duke at the Cote D’Azur.’ In 1973 Ellington named his final studio Album ‘It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing,’ where he revisited many of his older songs, this time the vocals were provided by Teresa Brewer (1931-2007.)

‘It makes no difference if it’s sweet or hot. Just give that rhythm everything you’ve got. Doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo,ah.’

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371-The Harry J Allstars-Liquidator.

1969-Number 9 single.

Best Bit-At 1.23.’Liquidator’ is very well known in the football community. Chelsea Football Club are one of the teams who claim to be the first to play the song when the team came on to the pitch just prior to kick off, and it is still played to this day. Other teams who walk out to the song include Wolverhampton Wanderers, West Bromwich Albion, and St. Johnson in Scotland.

Harry Zephaniah Johnson was born on July 6th, 1945, in Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica, he died after a long battle with diabetes in 2013, at the age of 67. In 1968 he launched his own record label ‘Harry J’ records, releasing some of the first records in the Reggae genre. At it’s peak in the 1970’s the label released two Albums by Bob Marley and the Wailers, and became so famous that artists of the calibre of The Rolling Stones, and The Who would make a special point of visiting the studio when available. In addition Chris Blackwell the founder of Island Records was a regular visitor, prior to moving to England in the early 1970’s.

After hearing the song ‘What Am I to Do’ by Tony Scott, Harry J bought the rights from Scott, and rearranged it, calling the new track ‘Liquidator,’ named after one of his earlier recordings called ‘The Liquidator.’ The Jamaican singer Alton Ellis (1938-2008) has said that the core of ‘Liquidator’ was lifted from his ‘Rocksteady’ track ‘Girl I’ve Got a Date,’ and after taking a listen, it is hard to disagree. The ‘Allstars’ who played on the track included Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett, who played the bass, and his brother Carlton (1950-1987) who played the drums, was also the long term drummer with Bob Marley and the Wailers (see also best 618 and 56.) The organ playing was the work of Winston Wright (1944-1993) who became known as ‘Jamaica’s master of the Hammond Organ,’ he had a long association with the Jamaican band Toots and the Maytals (see also best songs 291.)

In 1972 the American Soul group The Staple Singers sampled the bass line, and intro of ‘Liquidator’ for their American Billboard Number 1 single ‘I’ll Take You There,’ and in 1980 the English Ska revival group The Specials covered ‘Liquidator’ as part of a Ska covers medley for the ‘B’ side of their UK Number 1 ‘Too Much Too Young’ (see also best songs 924.)

THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

372-The Specials-Ghost Town.

1981-Number 1 single.

Best Bit-At 1.42. The song was hailed by the contemporary UK music press as a major piece of social commentary. All of the top three music magazines of the time (Melody Maker, NME, and Sounds) awarded ‘Ghost Town’ the accolade of ‘Single of the Year for 1981.’

The Specials were formed in Coventry, England, in 1977. The classic lineup who performed on ‘Ghost Town’ were, John Bradbury, (1953-2015) (drums) Roddy Radiation, (guitar) Jerry Dammers, (keyboards) Lynval Golding, (guitar) Terry Hall, (lead vocals) Horace Painter, (bass) and Neville Staple (vocals.) This was the last song recorded by this lineup as musical differences led to Staple, Golding, and Hall, leaving in order to form ‘The Fun Boy Three.’ The Specials reformed in 1982 as ‘Special AKA,’ adding new members, and remained active for the next two years. There was a re-union in 1993 when Radiation, Staple, Golding, and Panter collaborated with Desmond Dekker (see also best songs 122) on his ‘King of Kings’ Album. There was further activity between 1996-2001, and then in 2008 Terry Hall officially returned to the group, and as of 2022 the three current members are Hall, Panter, and Golding. In total The Specials have released nine studio Albums between 1979-2019, and 23 singles, nine of which have reached the UK top 40, and two of which have made Number 1 (see also best songs 924.)

‘Ghost Town’ was written by Jerry Dammers who was born on May 22nd, 1955, in Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, India, he was a co-founder of The Specials, and he also founded the record label ‘2 Tone Records’ in 1979. ‘Ghost Town’ was partly influenced by recession hit Britain, and the long lasting effects it would leave. While on tour with The Specials Dammers observed what was happening, he has said,’In Liverpool all the shops were shuttered up, everything was closing down. In Glasgow there were little old ladies on the streets selling their household goods.’ Dammers has also said that the song had a personal meaning as well,”Ghost Town’ was about the breakup of The Specials, it just appeared hopeless, but I just didn’t want to write about my state of mind so I tried to relate it to the country as a whole.’ The lyrics ‘All the clubs have been closed down,’ refer to the ‘Locarno’ club in the band’s home city of Coventry, a venue where Neville Staple and Lynval Golding frequented. The building which housed the club is now Coventry Central Library.

The summer of 1981 saw many riots breakout all over the UK, some commentators linked those events with this song. Terry Hall said,’When we recorded Ghost Town we were talking about 1980’s riots in Bristol, and Brixton. The fact that it became popular when it did was just a weird coincidence.’ Also not everyone was pleased in Coventry, where some residents were angry at the characterisation of their city as a town in decline.

‘Do you remember the good old days before the ghost town? We danced and sang, and the music played in natty boom town.’

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373-Maroon 5-Moves Like Jagger.

2011-Number 2 single.

Best Bit-At 2.16. Up until New Years Day 2021 when the Wham! classic ‘Last Christmas’ finally reached Number 1, after first being released in 1984, it had been the UK’s best selling song not to have topped the chart. ‘Moves Like Jagger’ now has that honour, having spent seven weeks at Number 2 in 2011, and with sales at the time of writing in the UK of just short of 2 million copies.

It is safe to say that Maroon 5 were not an overnight sensation, having formed in 1994, it wasn’t until 2002 that they finally found success. The original line up, Adam Levine, (vocals) Jesse Carmichael, (keyboards) Ryan Dusick, (drums) and Mickey Madden (bass) first met while attending Brentwood School, in Los Angeles, California, United States. They first went by the name of ‘Kara’s Flowers,’ ‘Kara’ was a female pupil at the school who all the band members fancied. As ‘Kara’s Flowers,’ playing a mixture of Alternative Rock, and Pop Rock they released two Albums in 1995, and 1997, and one single ‘Soap Disco’ in 1997, which all met with little success. It was around the year 2000 that Levine and Carmichael began becoming interested in R&B music, and this led to a complete change in the bands style, and look, which gained them attention from ‘A&M Octone Records,’ and their breakthrough Album ‘Songs About Jane’ was released in 2002. As for where the new name ‘Maroon 5′ came from, Adam Levine has said,’The origin of the name is so bad, it’s such a horrendous story, that we decided that shrouding it in mystery will make it a better story than the actual story, and it works.’ Maroon 5 have released seven studio Albums between 2002-2021, and 33 singles, four of which have reached Number 1 on Billboard, including this song.

‘Moves Like Jagger’ was the fourth and final single released from the bands deluxe release of their third studio Album ‘Hands All Over’ from 2010. The song was co-written by Adam Levine, Benny Blanco, (see also best songs 888) Ammar Malik, and Shellback (see also best songs 317.) Guest vocals on the track are provided by Christina Aguilera, who, when this song hit the top spot became only the second female artist to have had Billboard Number 1’s in the 1990’s, 2000’s, and 2010’s, the other being Britney Spears.

The songs lyrics refer to the male narrator trying to impress his love interest with his dance moves, which he compares to those of Mick Jagger, the lead singer of The Rolling Stones (see also best songs 933-662-452-160 and 77.) Of his thoughts about the song Mick Jagger has said,’It’s very catchy. I could say I wish I had written it, but wouldn’t that be weird? It’s fun , very young children like it, which is always cool and funny. Only thing is, it puts a bit of pressure on me when I go out dancing. Other songs to name check Jagger since the turn of the Century, and bringing him to the attention of a whole new audience include, ‘Swagga Like Us’ by T.I. and Jay Z ft Kanye West and Lil Wayne,’The Time (Dirty Bit’) from The Black Eyed Peas, and ‘Swagger Jagger’ by Cher Lloyd.

‘Just shoot from the stars and aim for my heart if you feel like it. Take me away and make it okay, I swear I’ll behave.’

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374-The Smashing Pumpkins-1979.

1996-Number 16 single.

Best Bit-At 1.07. Billy Corgan once joked,’We wrote this song for Michael Jackson, but found he couldn’t do the Moonwalk to it.’

Billy Corgan was born William Patrick Corgan on March 17th, 1967, in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Even before co-founding The Smashing Pumpkins in 1988 he had already chosen the name. Corgan has said ‘I like the idea of smashing being aggressive, as well as wonderful.’ He also has said,’It could have been any vegetable, it has nothing to do with Pumpkins or Halloween, it just came to me, there’s no related story.’

The original lineup of The Smashing Pumpkins was Billy Corgan, (lead vocals, and guitar) D’arcy Wretzky, (bass) James Iha, (guitar) and Jimmy Chamberlin (drums.) In total there have been eight members come and go, with Corgan being the bands only constant. They split in 2000, but Corgan and Chamberlin reconvened in 2006, and as of 2022 they remain active with James Iha rejoining in 2018, and Jeff Schroeder (guitars, and keyboards) being a member since 2007. The Smashing Pumpkins have released 11 studio Albums between 1991-2020, and 54 singles between 1990-2020. In America on Billboard four of their singles have reached the top 40, while in the UK they have charted 10 times, with the 1997 single ‘The End Is the Beginning Is the End’ being their biggest hit when reaching Number 10.

‘1979’ was released as the second single from The Smashing Pumpkins third studio Album ‘Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness’ released in 1995. The song was written by Billy Corgan (see also best songs 623) who named it ‘1979’ as in that year he was 12 years old. The song is partly similar in structure to an unreleased track from around 1992 called ‘Pleasure’ by the American Alternative Rock group ‘The Frogs,’ who have made it clear that they feel Corgan pinched their song. ‘1979’ is about the transition out of youth into adulthood, knowing you are at an age where responsibilities are just around the corner, but not wanting to let go of your carefree youth yet.

‘And I don’t even care to shake these zipper blues. And we don’t know just where our bones will rest, to dust I guess, forgotten and absorbed into the earth below.’

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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.’