| “Boogie Wonderland” | |||||
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| Single by Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions from the album I Am |
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| Released | 1979 | ||||
| Format | 7" | ||||
| Genre | Disco | ||||
| Length | 4:55 | ||||
| Label | CBS | ||||
| Writer(s) | Allee Willis, Jon Lind | ||||
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"Boogie Wonderland" is a 1979 hit disco single for Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions, written by Allee Willis, taken from the album I Am. Earth Wind & Fire is an African - American Funk band led by Maurice White that achieved worldwide success in the 1970s The Emotions are an all female soul, Disco, and R&B singing group of the late-1970s and into the 1980s I Am is a 1979 album by Funk / Disco group Earth Wind & Fire, featuring " Boogie Wonderland " with The Emotions A gramophone A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Disco is a Genre of dance-oriented music whose origins are hard to define In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Alta Sherral Willis better known as Allee Willis is an American Songwriter, Artist, Set designer, Multimedia artist, Earth Wind & Fire is an African - American Funk band led by Maurice White that achieved worldwide success in the 1970s " After the Love Has Gone " is a 1979 hit single for Earth Wind & Fire, written by David Foster, Jay Graydon, and Chicago band Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Disco is a Genre of dance-oriented music whose origins are hard to define Earth Wind & Fire is an African - American Funk band led by Maurice White that achieved worldwide success in the 1970s The Emotions are an all female soul, Disco, and R&B singing group of the late-1970s and into the 1980s Alta Sherral Willis better known as Allee Willis is an American Songwriter, Artist, Set designer, Multimedia artist, I Am is a 1979 album by Funk / Disco group Earth Wind & Fire, featuring " Boogie Wonderland " with The Emotions It is regarded as a classic of the disco age and peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The repeated line from the chorus sums up the song: "I find romance when I start to dance in Boogie Wonderland".
The song won the 1980 Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance. The Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance was awarded from 1970 to 1990 and in 1993
The song has been remade several times. Most recently, it was sung by Brittany Murphy for the soundtrack to the movie Happy Feet. Brittany Anne Murphy (born Brittany Bertolotti on November 10, 1977) is an American actress and Recording artist. Happy Feet is an Australian -produced 2006 computer-animated Comedy-drama musical Film, directed and co-written This version of the song gave it new popularity.
This song was used in a 1980 disco comedy skit on The Benny Hill Show, roller boogie song track, and was later used in the animated movie Madagascar. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) The Benny Hill Show is a British Comedy television show starring Benny Hill and various comedy character actors In the Cartoon Network animated movie Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure the song was featured in the main commercial "trailer" for the US premiere and is used during the ending credits of the movie. The bouncing ball animation (below consists of these 6 frames This is a list of episodes of the Animated television series The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. A remix of the song was also used in the Playstation 2 video game Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME. Dance Dance Revolution Extreme (stylized as Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME) is the 8th game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of Boogie Wonderland has also been made into different variations by the Southern University Marching Band and the Marching 100. For other Southern University campuses see Southern University System. The Marching 100 is a Marching band at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU in the United States
Boogie Wonderland was also the name of hugely popular 1970's Revival Night which ran weekly at Theatre Royal in Limerick Ireland from December 1995 to February 1997. Pre-Empting the run of 70's and 80's nights which became popular in the following years, Limerick's Boogie Wonderland was popular for its eclectic crowd in the unique surroundings of the 19th century theatre and during its hey day saw everything from on stage marriage proposals to live goodfish regurgitation among the side shows along with a soundtrack from Abba to Bowie and The Slits to the Specials.
In Australia, Priscilla: the Musical uses this song for one of the minor sequences in Laciter's casino in Northern Territory.
Chart positions
| Charts | Peak position |
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| U. S. Billboard Hot 100 | 6 |
| U. S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 2 |
| UK Singles Chart | 4 |
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