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For 3 minutes and 52 seconds of pure, party-popping genius, look no further than the funk-spangled, arm waving, masterpiece of fun that is Deee-Lite's "Groove Is in the Heart", an obvious standout of their Very Best Of. The ultimate crowd pleaser, it was--in true fairy tale style--the B-side that their record company didn't want to release... and became an international smash thanks to the universal appeal of its retro sense of fun. And it still sounds as fresh, cool and wacky as it did when it reached No. 2 in 1990. Unfortunately for Deee-Lite, as this best-of illustrates, it wasn't really what they were about. Immers
For 3 minutes and 52 seconds of pure, party-popping genius, look no further than the funk-spangled, arm waving, masterpiece of fun that is Deee-Lite's "Groove Is in the Heart", an obvious standout of their Very Best Of. The ultimate crowd pleaser, it was--in true fairy tale style--the B-side that their record company didn't want to release... and became an international smash thanks to the universal appeal of its retro sense of fun. And it still sounds as fresh, cool and wacky as it did when it reached No. 2 in 1990. Unfortunately for Deee-Lite, as this best-of illustrates, it wasn't really what they were about. Immersed in late 1980s New York club culture, singer Lady Miss Kier, DJ Dimitry and DJ Towa Tei, spent much of their time on the more credible side of the dance-floor, delivering the likes of "Good Beat" and "Power of Love", which boast the same piano bashing house that Black Box made their name with. Follow-up hits weren't forthcoming. But while "Groove Is in the Heart" is never surpassed here, where their taste for all things hip-hop and 1970s kicks in--as with their Theme, the sassy "Who Was That?" and latter tracks "Say Ahh" and the oddly ecological "I Had a Dream I Was Falling Through a Hole in the Ozone Layer"--their funkadelic dance is still crazy, sexy and very cool. --Dan Gennoe
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Manufacturer: Elektra
Release date: 29 October 2001
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0081227838928 UPC: 081227838928
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