Boogie Down

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"Boogie Down"
Single by Eddie Kendricks
from the album Boogie Down!
B-side"Can't Help What I Am"
ReleasedDecember, 1973
Recorded1973
GenreDisco, funk, R&B
Length3:48 (single edit)
7:02 (album version)
LabelTamla
T 54243
Songwriter(s)Leonard Caston, Jr.
Anita Poree
Frank Wilson
Producer(s)Frank Wilson & Leonard Caston, Jr.
Eddie Kendricks singles chronology
"Keep on Truckin'"
(1973)
"Boogie Down"
(1973)
"One Tear"
(1974)

"Boogie Down" is a 1973 song which was recorded by Eddie Kendricks for Motown Records' Tamla label. The song was co-written by Leonard Caston Jr., Anita Poree and Frank Wilson, the same songwriting team that had composed "Keep on Truckin'", Kendricks' first major hit as a solo artist. Caston and Wilson co-produced the song and the arrangement was handled by Caston, Wilson and David Van De Pitte.

Chart performance[]

Like "Keep on Truckin'", "Boogie Down" is an up-tempo, disco, dance number that saw heavy rotation in dance clubs. Released as a single from the album of the same name, "Boogie Down" became Kendricks' second consecutive single to top the Billboard's R&B Singles Chart, holding the number one position for three weeks,[1] and just missed becoming his second straight #1 on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart, peaking at number two for two straight weeks, behind Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks.[2] However, it was his second #1 single on the Cash Box Top 100 chart. Billboard ranked it as the #30 Pop single of 1974. Outside the US, it was a Top 40 hit in Britain as well, making #39 on the UK Charts.

Personnel[]

Credits adapted from The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 319.
  2. ^ "The Hot 100 Chart".
  3. ^ Adam White; Fred Bronson (1993). The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN 9780823082858.

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