Jump to content

I'm Your Boogie Man: Difference between revisions

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Source
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
 
(11 intermediate revisions by 8 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{short description|Song by KC & the Sunshine Band}}
{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| name = I'm Your Boogie Man
| name = I'm Your Boogie Man
Line 7: Line 8:
| album = [[Part 3 (KC and the Sunshine Band album)|Part 3]]
| album = [[Part 3 (KC and the Sunshine Band album)|Part 3]]
| B-side = Wrap Your Arms Around Me
| B-side = Wrap Your Arms Around Me
| released = 1976
| released = 1977
| recorded =
| recorded =
| studio =
| studio =
Line 21: Line 22:
| next_year = 1977
| next_year = 1977
}}
}}
"'''I'm Your Boogie Man'''" is a song written and produced by [[Harry Wayne Casey]] and [[Richard Finch (musician)|Richard Finch]], and performed by Casey's band [[KC and the Sunshine Band]] from the band's fourth album ''[[Part 3 (KC and the Sunshine Band album)|Part 3]]'' (1976).
"'''I'm Your Boogie Man'''" is a song written and produced by [[Harry Wayne Casey]] and [[Richard Finch (musician)|Richard Finch]], and performed by Casey's band [[KC and the Sunshine Band]], from their fourth album ''[[Part 3 (KC and the Sunshine Band album)|Part 3]]'' (1976).


==Background==
==Background==
Richard Finch said that the song was written about a DJ at a [[Miami]], [[Florida]], radio station named Robert W. Walker, who was the first to give their hit single "[[Get Down Tonight]]" airplay.<ref>{{cite web|title= I'm Your Boogie Man by KC & The Sunshine Band |website= Songfacts |access-date= December 9, 2009 |url= http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=17607}}</ref>
Richard Finch said that the song was written about a DJ at a [[Miami]], [[Florida]], radio station WFUN named Don Wright, who was the first to give their hit single "[[Get Down Tonight]]" airplay, followed by Robert W, Walker of Y100 <ref>{{cite web|title= I'm Your Boogie Man by KC & The Sunshine Band |website= Songfacts |access-date= December 9, 2009 |url= http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=17607}}</ref>

The song was originally titled "I'll Be a Son of a Gun" before KC changed the title to "I'm Your Boogie Man".{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}

==Reception==
''[[New York Times]]'' critic [[John Rockwell]] called the song "another alluring, catchy, sleepily kinetic dance [disc]" and a "perfect summer (or spring, fall or winter) party record."<ref>{{cite news|via=newspapers.com|accessdate=2022-06-21|newspaper=Charlotte Observer|author=Rockwell, John|date=June 17, 1977|page=10D|title=Top 10 Singles Are All Eclectic|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104153570/the-charlotte-observer/}}</ref>

''[[Record World]]'' said that "re-defining their hit formula with a sharp, syncopated beat and sassy vocals, it's poised to go all the way."<ref name=rw>{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=February 19, 1977|accessdate=2023-02-16|title=Hits of the Week|page=1|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/77/RW-1977-02-19.pdf}}</ref>


==Chart performance==
==Chart performance==
In [[1977 in music|1977]] the song reached the number one position on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and No. 3 on the soul charts. ''Billboard'' ranked it as the #11 song of 1977. The song was also an international chart hit, reaching number one in Canada and charting in Australia (No. 38), Belgium (No. 16), the Netherlands (No. 6), New Zealand (No. 12) and the United Kingdom (No. 41).
In [[1977 in music|1977]] the song reached the number one position on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and No. 3 on the soul chart. ''Billboard'' ranked it as the #11 song of 1977. The song was also an international hit, reaching number one in Canada and charting in Australia (No. 38), Belgium (No. 16), the Netherlands (No. 6), New Zealand (No. 12), and the United Kingdom (No. 41).


==Charts==
==Charts==
Line 96: Line 104:
|}
|}
{{col-end}}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=K.C. and the Sunshine Band|title=I'm Your Boogie Man|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=1977|access-date=August 4, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=KC & The Sunshine Band|title=I'm Your Boogie Man|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1976|certyear=2022|access-date=December 14, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true}}


==White Zombie version==
==White Zombie version==
Line 125: Line 139:
| misc =
| misc =
}}
}}
American band [[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]] originally recorded a cover of "I'm Your Boogie Man" for ''[[The Crow: City of Angels (soundtrack)|The Crow: City of Angels Soundtrack]]''. However, since the song's release date, it has also appeared on [[Rob Zombie|Rob Zombie's]] [[greatest hits album]] ''[[Past, Present & Future (Rob Zombie album)|Past, Present & Future]]'' and as a remixed version on the [[extended play|EP]] ''[[Supersexy Swingin' Sounds]]''.
American band [[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]] originally recorded a cover of "I'm Your Boogie Man" for ''[[The Crow: City of Angels (soundtrack)|The Crow: City of Angels Soundtrack]]''. However, since the song's release date, it has also appeared on [[Rob Zombie|Rob Zombie's]] [[greatest hits album]] ''[[Past, Present & Future (Rob Zombie album)|Past, Present & Future]]'' and as a remixed version on the [[extended play|EP]] ''[[Supersexy Swingin' Sounds]]''.


The audio samples in the song where children are heard saying "He's gonna get you! The Boogieman is coming!" are taken from the 1978 film ''[[Halloween (1978 film)|Halloween]]'', which would later be [[Halloween (2007 film)|remade]] in 2007 by Rob Zombie. The remixed version was also heard on a Halloween episode of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television series ''[[666 Park Avenue]]''.
The audio samples in the song where children are heard saying "He's gonna get you! The Boogieman is coming!" are taken from the 1978 film ''[[Halloween (1978 film)|Halloween]]'', which would later be [[Halloween (2007 film)|remade]] in 2007 by Rob Zombie. The remixed version was also heard on a Halloween episode of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television series ''[[666 Park Avenue]]''.


===Reception===
===Reception===
Although the song failed to chart, it earned White Zombie their third and final [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance|Best Metal Performance]] in [[39th Annual Grammy Awards|1997]].<ref name=Grammy1997>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HKQaAAAAIBAJ&pg=4773,8816303&dq|title=Babyface is up for 12 Grammy awards|date=January 8, 1997|access-date=June 24, 2010|work=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|first=Mary|last=Campbell|page=8B|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712192922/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HKQaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ci4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4773,8816303&dq|archive-date=July 12, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[AllMusic]] called the cover "embarrassingly predictable, humorless, and clueless."<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|author=[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]]|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-crow-city-of-angels-original-soundtrack--mw0000038054|title=The Crow: City of Angels [Original Soundtrack]|accessdate=February 7, 2022}}</ref>
The song earned White Zombie their third and final [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance|Best Metal Performance]] in [[39th Annual Grammy Awards|1997]].<ref>{{cite news|first= Mary |last= Campbell |title= Babyface is up for 12 Grammy awards |date= January 8, 1997 |newspaper= [[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]] |page= 8B}}</ref> [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[AllMusic]] called the cover "embarrassingly predictable, humorless, and clueless."<ref>{{cite web|first= Stephen Thomas |last= Erlewine |author-link= Stephen Thomas Erlewine |title= The Crow: City of Angels [Original Soundtrack] |publisher= [[AllMusic]] |accessdate= February 7, 2022 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-crow-city-of-angels-original-soundtrack--mw0000038054}}</ref>

===Music video===
A video was released for White Zombie's version, directed by the band's vocalist [[Rob Zombie]].

The video opens up in black and white on the set of the ''Dr. Spooky Show'', which is in a mad scientist lab and hosted by the titular Dr. Spooky. Dr. Spooky begins to introduce a special guest for the show, but forgets who it is. His assistant, Vampira, hands him a clipboard and he introduces the band the Boogiemen. The show band start to perform the song in front of a crowd of children. Once the verse begins, the video switches to color and shows Rob Zombie singing the song in a rundown building filled with metal cages, cobwebs, and zombies. During the chorus, the song switches back to the Dr. Spooky set, showing Dr. Spooky, Vampira, and the children dancing along to the song, along with shots of the show's production crew. The second verse and chorus switch between footage of Zombie and Dr. Spooky. During the bridge, Zombie sings the song while strapped to a throne by barbed wire as rats crawl over him. Following this, the camera moves down a hallway while the other members of White Zombie briefly appear. The rest of the video switches back and forth between the Zombie and Dr. Spooky footage.


===Track listing===
===Track listing===
Line 147: Line 156:
| headline = European promo single
| headline = European promo single
| title1 = I'm Your Boogieman
| title1 = I'm Your Boogieman
| note1 = [[Dust Brothers|Sex On the Rocks Mix]]
| note1 = Sex on the Rocks mix
| length1 = 4:50
| length1 = 4:50
}}
}}

===Personnel===
;White Zombie
*[[Rob Zombie]] – vocals
*[[Jay Yuenger]] – guitar
*[[Sean Yseult]] – bass
*[[John Tempesta]] – drums

;Additional
*[[Charlie Clouser]] – keyboards, programming

{{Clear}}


==See also==
==See also==
Line 173: Line 170:


==External links==
==External links==
* {{YouTube|HT0wGSbASZE|KC & the Sunshine Band - I'm Your Boogie Man}}
*{{YouTube|HT0wGSbASZE|KC & the Sunshine Band - I'm Your Boogie Man}}


{{KC and the Sunshine Band}}
{{KC and the Sunshine Band}}

Latest revision as of 05:48, 5 July 2024

"I'm Your Boogie Man"
Single by KC and the Sunshine Band
from the album Part 3
B-side"Wrap Your Arms Around Me"
Released1977
GenreDisco[1]
Length4:04
LabelTK
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Harry Wayne Casey
  • Richard Finch
KC and the Sunshine Band singles chronology
"I Like to Do It"
(1976) 		"I'm Your Boogie Man"
(1977) 		"Keep It Comin' Love"
(1977)

"I'm Your Boogie Man" is a song written and produced by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch, and performed by Casey's band KC and the Sunshine Band, from their fourth album Part 3 (1976).

Background

[edit]

Richard Finch said that the song was written about a DJ at a Miami, Florida, radio station WFUN named Don Wright, who was the first to give their hit single "Get Down Tonight" airplay, followed by Robert W, Walker of Y100 [2]

The song was originally titled "I'll Be a Son of a Gun" before KC changed the title to "I'm Your Boogie Man".[citation needed]

Reception

[edit]

New York Times critic John Rockwell called the song "another alluring, catchy, sleepily kinetic dance [disc]" and a "perfect summer (or spring, fall or winter) party record."[3]

Record World said that "re-defining their hit formula with a sharp, syncopated beat and sassy vocals, it's poised to go all the way."[4]

Chart performance

[edit]

In 1977 the song reached the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 3 on the soul chart. Billboard ranked it as the #11 song of 1977. The song was also an international hit, reaching number one in Canada and charting in Australia (No. 38), Belgium (No. 16), the Netherlands (No. 6), New Zealand (No. 12), and the United Kingdom (No. 41).

Charts

[edit]

Certifications

[edit]
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[22] Gold 75,000^
United States (RIAA)[23] Gold 500,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

White Zombie version

[edit]
"I'm Your Boogieman"
Promotional single by White Zombie
from the album The Crow: City of Angels Soundtrack
Released1996
Length4:27
LabelHollywood
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
White Zombie singles chronology
"The One"
(1996) 		"I'm Your Boogieman"
(1996) 		"Ratfinks, Suicide Tanks and Cannibal Girls"
(1996)

American band White Zombie originally recorded a cover of "I'm Your Boogie Man" for The Crow: City of Angels Soundtrack. However, since the song's release date, it has also appeared on Rob Zombie's greatest hits album Past, Present & Future and as a remixed version on the EP Supersexy Swingin' Sounds.

The audio samples in the song where children are heard saying "He's gonna get you! The Boogieman is coming!" are taken from the 1978 film Halloween, which would later be remade in 2007 by Rob Zombie. The remixed version was also heard on a Halloween episode of the ABC television series 666 Park Avenue.

Reception

[edit]

The song earned White Zombie their third and final Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance in 1997.[24] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic called the cover "embarrassingly predictable, humorless, and clueless."[25]

Track listing

[edit]
American promo single
No.TitleLength
1."I'm Your Boogieman"4:27
European promo single
No.TitleLength
1."I'm Your Boogieman" (Sex on the Rocks mix)4:50

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Nagy, Evie (March 3, 2009). "Watching the 'Watchmen' Soundtrack". Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  2. ^ "I'm Your Boogie Man by KC & The Sunshine Band". Songfacts. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
  3. ^ Rockwell, John (June 17, 1977). "Top 10 Singles Are All Eclectic". Charlotte Observer. p. 10D. Retrieved 2022-06-21 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. February 19, 1977. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  5. ^ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – CHART POSITIONS PRE 1989". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  6. ^ "KC & The Sunshine Band – I'm Your Boogie Man" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  7. ^ "Top RPM Dance/Urban: Issue 5131." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  8. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 5248a." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  9. ^ "Le Détail par Artiste". InfoDisc (in French). Select "K.C. & The SUNSHINE Band" from the artist drop-down menu. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  10. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 18, 1977" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  11. ^ "KC & The Sunshine Band – I'm Your Boogie Man" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  12. ^ "KC & The Sunshine Band – I'm Your Boogie Man". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  13. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  14. ^ a b c "KC & the Sunshine Band – Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  15. ^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending JUNE 4, 1977". Cash Box. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012.
  16. ^ "The Singles Chart" (PDF). Record World. June 11, 1977. p. 39. ISSN 0034-1622. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  17. ^ "Top 200 Singles of 1977". RPM. Vol. 28, no. 14. December 31, 1977. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  18. ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1977" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  19. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1977" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  20. ^ "Top 100 Hits for 1977". The Longbored Surfer. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  21. ^ "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1977". Cash Box. Archived from the original on August 26, 2012.
  22. ^ "Canadian single certifications – K.C. and the Sunshine Band – I'm Your Boogie Man". Music Canada. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  23. ^ "American single certifications – KC & The Sunshine Band – I'm Your Boogie Man". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  24. ^ Campbell, Mary (January 8, 1997). "Babyface is up for 12 Grammy awards". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. 8B.
  25. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Crow: City of Angels [Original Soundtrack]". AllMusic. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=I%27m_Your_Boogie_Man&oldid=1232710986"