Eddy Grant in the context of Electric Avenue


Eddy Grant in the context of Electric Avenue

⭐ Core Definition: Eddy Grant

Edmond Montague Grant (born 5 March 1948) is a Guyanese-British singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. Noted for his genre-blending style and socially conscious lyrics, he is the creator of the musical genre known as ringbang.

Grant rose to prominence as a founding member of the Equals, one of the UK's first racially mixed bands who are best remembered for the hit song "Baby, Come Back" (1967), which Grant wrote and performed lead guitar and backing vocals on. His subsequent solo career spawned songs such as "I Don't Wanna Dance" (1982), "Electric Avenue" (1983), and the anti-apartheid anthem "Gimme Hope Jo'anna" (1988). "Electric Avenue" reached platinum status, became his biggest international hit, and earned a Grammy Award nomination.

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Eddy Grant in the context of Electric Boogie

"Electric Boogie" (also known as the "Electric Slide") is a dance song written by Bunny Wailer in response to his hearing the Eddy Grant song "Electric Avenue" in 1982. The song provided the basis for the success of a dance fad called Electric Slide.

According to Marcia Griffiths, "Electric Boogie" was written for her by Bunny Wailer in 1982. The song came about spontaneously after Wailer and Griffiths experimented with a rhythm box that Griffiths had purchased in Toronto earlier that year. Griffiths has said the song was made in innocent fun and has denied that it was related to anything sexual.

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Eddy Grant in the context of Electric Avenue (song)

"Electric Avenue" is a song by Guyanese-British musician Eddy Grant. Written and produced by Grant, it was released on his 1982 studio album Killer on the Rampage. In the United States, with the help of the MTV music video he made, it was one of the biggest hits of 1983. The song refers to Electric Avenue in London during the 1981 Brixton riot.

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