Boogie Down
{{for|the 1974 album|Boogie Down!}}
{{short description|1973 song by Eddie Kendricks}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Boogie Down
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Eddie Kendricks
| album = Boogie Down!
| B-side = Can't Help What I Am
| released = December 1973
| recorded = 1973
| studio =
| venue =
| length = 3:48 (single edit)
7:02 (album version)
| label = Tamla
T 54243
| writer = Leonard Caston Jr.
Anita Poree
Frank Wilson
| producer = Frank Wilson & Leonard Caston, Jr.
| prev_title = Keep On Truckin'
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = One Tear
| next_year = 1974
| misc = {{External music video|header=Official audio|{{YouTube|lMQ7tkEPwF4|"Boogie Down"}}}}
}}
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"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.{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=319}}
It 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.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1974-03-09|title=The Hot 100 Chart|magazine=Billboard }} However, it was Kendricks' 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, hitting #39 on the UK Charts.
Personnel
Credits adapted from The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w0xLAAAAYAAJ|title=The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits|author1=Adam White|author2=Fred Bronson|publisher=Billboard Books|year=1993|isbn=9780823082858}}
- Eddie Kendricks – vocals
- Ed Greene – drums
- Dean Parks – guitar
- Greg Poree – guitar
- King Errisson – congas
- James Jamerson – bass
- Jerry Peters – organ
- Leonard Caston Jr. – piano, clavinet, writer, producer
- Anita Poree – writer
- Frank Wilson – writer, producer
Other charting versions
Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony recorded a version of the song which was released on Avco 4868 in 1974. It was backed with "A Rainy Night in Georgia".Hitparade.ch - [https://hitparade.ch/song/Van-McCoy-&-The-Soul-City-Symphony/Boogie-Down-554271 Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony – Boogie Down] It made it to no. 67 on the US R&B Charts that year.Soul Years - [https://app.soulyears.com/song18246.htm Van McCoy, Boogie Down]MusicVF.com - [https://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Boogie+Down+by+Van+McCoy&id=133976 Boogie Down By: Van McCoy]
References
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Category:Songs written by Frank Wilson (musician)
Category:Tamla Records singles
Category:Songs written by Leonard Caston Jr.
Category:Songs written by Anita Poree
Category:Song recordings produced by Frank Wilson (musician)
Category:Eddie Kendricks songs
Category:Cashbox number-one singles
Category:Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Hugo & Luigi
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