Boogie Shoes by jomel77

jomel77 - Boogie Shoes

jomel77

Jul 14, 2024 11:41pm

Thanks for letting me jam with you, Cindy. 🙏 That was fun! 😊 Hugs Joe 😎 "Boogie Shoes" is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">funk</a>/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">disco</a> song by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KC_and_the_Sunshine_Band" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">KC and the Sunshine Band</a>, which first appeared on their <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KC_and_the_Sunshine_Band_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1975 self-titled album</a>. The song became a hit after it appeared on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Fever_(soundtrack)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Saturday Night Fever soundtrack</a> in 1977. It was subsequently released as a single and peaked at number 35 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billboard Hot 100</a> and number 29 on the soul chart in 1978.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogie_Shoes#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[3]</a> Before its 1978 release as an A-side, the song was the B-side to the 1976 single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(Shake,_Shake,_Shake)_Shake_Your_Booty" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Shake Your Booty</a>".Structurally, it uses the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteen-bar_blues" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sixteen-bar blues</a> chord progression. As with several of KC's disco songs, some of the lyrics are playfully suggestive: "I want to do it till the sun comes up / I want to do it till I can't get enough."In addition to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Fever" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Saturday Night Fever</a>, the song is featured in numerous other films, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Escape_(1994_film)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">No Escape</a> (1994), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallrats" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mallrats</a> (1995), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogie_Nights" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Boogie Nights</a> (1997), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Rock_City_(film)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Detroit Rock City</a> (1999), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wedding_Date" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Wedding Date</a> (2005), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hop_(film)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hop</a> (2011),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Intern_(2015_film)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Intern</a> (2015), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock_at_the_Cabin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Knock at the Cabin</a> (2023) as well as the television series <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Night" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sports Night</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desperate_Housewives" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Desperate Housewives</a> (both, coincidentally, with star <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicity_Huffman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Felicity Huffman</a> dancing to it), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_Forward" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Flash Forward</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pose_(TV_series)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pose</a>.The song peaked at number 34 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UK Singles Chart</a> in the week of 6 May 1978 and was on the chart for a total of five weeks.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogie_Shoes#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[4]</a>The song has been <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_(music)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sampled</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bloodhound_Gang" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the Bloodhound Gang</a> in the song "One Way", <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trick_Daddy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trick Daddy</a> in the song "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_It_to_da_House" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Take It to da House</a>", and Icandy in the song "Keep Dat". <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Chilton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alex Chilton</a> covered "Boogie Shoes" on his 1979 album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like_Flies_on_Sherbert" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Like Flies on Sherbert</a>. In 2012, the song was sung by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Newell" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alex Newell</a> (playing a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">transgender</a> teen) in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glee_(TV_series)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Glee</a> episode "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Glee-ver" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Saturday Night Glee-ver</a>".