Everybody Everybody
"Everybody Everybody" | ||||
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Single by Black Box | ||||
from the album Dreamland | ||||
Released | 15 March 1990 | |||
Recorded | September 1989 | |||
Studio | Madison Recording Studios | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 5:24 | |||
Label | RCA | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Groove Groove Melody | |||
Black Box singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Everybody Everybody" on YouTube | ||||
Alternative cover | ||||
File:Everybody everybody (maxi).jpg CD maxi |
"Everybody Everybody" is a song by the Italian music group Black Box featuring singer Martha Wash. It was the third single from their debut album Dreamland (1990), and was released in March 1990 in most countries worldwide. The song contains a sample from Oran "Juice" Jones' song "Shaniqua".
"Everybody, Everybody" was a success on many charts, including the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number eight. In 2010 the song was named the 171st best track of the 1990s by Pitchfork Media.[3]
Critical reception
Billboard wrote about the song: "U.K. house act wears disco-era influences on its sleeves once again on a tasty jam that will make you hanker for those good old Studio 54 days. Love those horn and string fills."[4]
Chart performances
The song was a hit on several charts, particularly on the Hot Dance Club Play in the United States, where it reached #1 for three consecutive weeks from July 21 to August 4, 1990. The song also peaked at #2 on the U.S. R&B Chart, #8 on Billboard Hot 100, #16 on the UK Singles Chart,[5] and achieved a great success in Ireland (#6). In Zimbabwe "Everybody Everybody" peaked at #1 for 9 weeks in total.
The song features an uncredited Martha Wash on lead vocals. In a 1990 settlement with RCA Records, Wash was guaranteed proper credit in recordings. As was customary in their music videos, live performances and album cover art, Katrin Quinol, a French model, was featured lip-synching the lyrics sung by Wash.
Uses in the media and remixes
The song was featured in the 1991 film Cool as Ice.
The vocal chorus hook "Everybody Everybody" was used in the D Mob single, "One Day" in 1994.
Eurodance and electronic music DJ and producer Benny Benassi remixed "Everybody Everybody" in 2007.
The song was featured on "Play It Again, Brian," the tenth episode of the sixth season of Family Guy. The episode was originally broadcast on March 2, 2008. In the episode, Peter Griffin laments that his friend Cleveland Brown is unavailable for babysitting services because he is touring with Black Box. A clip is then shown of a rather portly, singlet-clad Brown performing "Everybody Everybody."
In 2016, the song was featured in the final episode of the FX series The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story during O.J. Simpson's celebration party after his acquittal.
The song has been featured in a couple of television commercials for "Downy Unstopables" that aired in Canada and the United States, beginning in 2018. [6] [7]
Impact and legacy
The Village Voice listed "Everybody Everybody" number 55 in their list of "Top Singles Of The 90's" in 1999.[1]
BuzzFeed listed the song number 14 in their "The 101 Greatest Dance Songs of the '90s" list in 2017.[8]
Track listings
- UK 7" single
- "Everybody Everybody" (love unlimited edit) — 3:58
- "Everybody Everybody" (le freak instrumental) — 4:32
- German 7" single
- "Everybody Everybody" — 3:10
- "Everybody Everybody" (instrumental) — 3:40
- US & Canadian 12" maxi
- "Everybody Everybody" (le freak mix) — 5:20
- "Everybody Everybody" (le freak mix 7" edit) — 4:07
- "Everybody Everybody" (love unlimited edit) — 3:58
- "Everybody Everybody" (rockapella) — 4:37
- "Everybody Everybody" (le freak instrumental) — 4:32
- UK 12" maxi
- "Everybody Everybody" (le freak mix) — 5:20
- "Everybody Everybody" (love unlimited edit) — 3:58
- "Everybody Everybody" (rockapella) — 4:38
- German 12" maxi
- "Everybody Everybody" (club mix) — 5:30
- "Everybody Everybody" (rockapella) — 4:36
- "Everybody Everybody" (instrumental) — 4:48
- Alternative German 12" maxi
- "Everybody Everybody" (house special) — 5:02
- "Dreamland" — 1:58
- "Everybody Everybody" — 5:18
- UK CD maxi
- "Everybody Everybody" (love unlimited edit) — 3:58
- "Everybody Everybody" (le freak mix) — 5:20
- "Everybody Everybody" (rockapella) — 4:38
- "Everybody Everybody" (house mix) — 5:02
- German CD maxi
- "Everybody Everybody" (le freak mix) — 5:20
- "Everybody Everybody" (rockapella) — 4:36
- "Everybody Everybody" (instrumental) — 4:48
Charts
Peak positions
Chart (1990) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA)[9] | 35 |
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[10] | 39 |
Canada Top Singles (RPM) | 28 |
France (SNEP)[11] | 11 |
West Germany (Official German Charts)[12] | 41 |
Ireland (IRMA)[13] | 6 |
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[14] | 32 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[15] | 29 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] | 21 |
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[17] | 16 |
US Billboard Hot 100[18] | 8 |
US Billboard R&B Singles [18] | 2 |
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[18] | 1 |
Zimbabwe (ZIMA)[19] | 1 |
Year-end charts
Chart (1990) | Position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100[20] | 81 |
References
- ^ "Black Box - Everybody Everybody at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
- ^ "Best of House Music: Disco Nights, Vol. 5 - Various Artists - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ^ "The Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
- ^ "Billboard: Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard magazine (1990-06-09, page 84). Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 59. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Still Fresh | Downy Unstopables". YouTube. 2018-10-29. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
- ^ "Still Still Fresh | Downy Unstopables", YouTube, 2019-07-15, retrieved 2019-09-20
- ^ Stopera, Matt; Galindo, Brian (2017-03-11). "The 101 Greatest Dance Songs of the '90s". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
- ^ "Black Box – Everybody Everybody". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
- ^ "Black Box – Everybody Everybody" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
- ^ "Black Box – Everybody Everybody" (in French). Les classement single.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Black Box – Everybody Everybody" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
- ^ Irish Singles Chart Irishcharts.ie Archived 2009-06-03 at WebCite (Retrieved February 14, 2008)
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Black Box" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
- ^ "Black Box – Everybody Everybody" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
- ^ "Black Box – Everybody Everybody". Swiss Singles Chart.
- ^ "Everybody Everybody", UK Singles Chart Official Charts Company (Retrieved August 2, 2008)
- ^ a b c Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved August 2, 2008)
- ^ * Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
- ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1990". Archived from the original on 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2009-09-15.