Electric Avenue (song)
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| "Electric Avenue" | |
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| Single by Eddy Grant | |
| from the album Killer on the Rampage | |
| Released | January 1983 |
| Genre | Pop, reggae, New Wave |
| Length | 3:47 |
| Label | Parlophone, EMI |
| Producer | Eddy Grant |
"Electric Avenue" is a song by Eddy Grant. It was released in January 1983, and went on to be very popular, reaching #2 on both US and UK singles charts. It was included in the 1983 album Killer on the Rampage, and has been covered by several other artists since then. The song is named after Electric Avenue, a market street in the Brixton area of London, England.
It is often sampled in commercials and other media, such as advertisements for Sears, the opening sequence of Pineapple Express, the opening to one episode of Everybody Hates Chris, and a montage on The Simpsons episode, "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes". In the Family Guy episode "And the Wiener Is...", the band plays the song during halftime. LSU first baseman Sean Ochinko uses this song as his intro for each plate appearance. The ending of issue #17 of Deadpool (vol. 3) features a scene where the titular character sings part of the song while on a mission.
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[edit] Other versions
- Canadian rapcore band Raggadeath covered the song on their self-titled 1997 album.
- The Christian rock band Tait covered the song on their album, Lose This Life.
- Refugee Camp All Stars (featuring Pras Michel, former member of The Fugees) covered the song in 1997 for the original soundtrack of the movie Money Talks. This cover was titled "Avenues", featuring Reggae artist Ky-Mani Marley. Their version peaked at #35 on the Billboard Hot 100.
- Los Rabanes covered the song on their album "Kamikaze", using their own lyrics in Spanish.
- Rapper C-Rayz Walz covered the song on his 2007 album Monster Maker.
- House duo Firefox sampled the song for their single "Pull My Trigger".
- "Weird Al" Yankovic has been attributed to but not officially verified as the performer of a parody this song[1][2] as part of a food medley, called "Flatbush Avenue".[3]
- Grindcore band Anal Cunt covered the beginning of the song on track "Eddy Grant" from their 1994 album Everyone Should Be Killed.
- Velvet, a Swedish singer sampled it on her (2006) album "Finally". Velvet's version is called "Rock Down To (Electric Avenue)"
[edit] Skindred Cover
| "Electric Avenue" | ||||
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| Single by Skindred | ||||
| from the album Shark Bites and Dog Fights | ||||
| Released | Early 2009 | |||
| Genre | reggae, Metal | |||
| Length | 3:10 | |||
| Label | Bieler Bros. | |||
| Producer | Eddy Grant, Benji Webbe | |||
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Electric Avenue is a cover of the Eddy Grant song by Skindred included on their third studio album Shark Bites and Dog Fights[4].
[edit] Track Listing
- Electric Avenue - 3:10
[edit] Personnel
- Benji Webbe (vocals)
- Daniel Pugsley (bass)
- Mikey Demus (guitar)
- Dirty Arya (drums)
[edit] References
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