Electric Boogie

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| type = single

| artist = Marcia Griffiths

| album = Carousel

| A-side = Electric Boogie (vocal)

| B-side = Electric Boogie (dub)

| released = 1983 (original release)
1989 (remix)

| recorded = December 1982 (original recording)

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| genre = Freestyle, reggae

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| label = Island / Mango

| writer = Neville Livingston

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"Electric Boogie" (also known as the "Electric Slide") is a dance song written by Bunny Wailer in response to his hearing the Eddy Grant song "Electric Avenue" in 1982. The song provided the basis for the success of a dance fad called Electric Slide.{{cite book |last1=Warren |first1=Emma |title=Dance Your Way Home: A Journey Through the Dancefloor |date=2023 |publisher=Faber & Faber |isbn=978-0-571-36605-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TQl8EAAAQBAJ&pg=PT44}}{{cite web|author= |url=http://wblk.com/marcia-griffiths-todays-1-hit-wonder-1-video/ |title=Marcia Griffiths – Today's 1 Hit Wonder @ 1 [VIDEO] |publisher=Wblk.com |date=2013-02-18 |accessdate=2013-09-07}}

According to Marcia Griffiths, "Electric Boogie" was written for her by Bunny Wailer in 1982. The song came about spontaneously after Wailer and Griffiths experimented with a rhythm box that Griffiths had purchased in Toronto earlier that year. Griffiths has said the song was made out of innocent fun and has denied that it was related to anything sexual.[https://worldmusicviews.com/marcia-griffiths-sets-record-straight-about-her-career-and-origin-of-billboard-hit-electric-boogie/]

[https://www.dancehallmag.com/2023/07/15/features/interviews/interview-marcia-griffiths-reflects-on-60-years-in-music-working-with-bob-marley-and-more.html Interview: Marcia Griffiths Reflects On 60 Years In Music, Working With Bob Marley, And More]{{Cite book |last=Katz |first=David |title=Solid Foundation: An Oral History of Reggae |publisher=Bloomsbury |year=2003 |isbn=978-0747564027 |edition=1st |location= |publication-date=2003 |pages=335 |language=en|quote=I got maybe about 700 dollars, and I invested in a keyboard in Canada—a rhythm box—and it was the greatest buy I've ever made, because it had every single sound on it. I took it in the studio with brother Bunny, and Bunny was fascinated with the same sound that I loved, which was the piano playing the repeater sound, "nenga-nenga-nenga-nenga," so that was what we put down first on tape, and then the rhythm, "boom, baff, boom, baff." Bunny is a talented songwriter, and one of the greatest producers I know. He took that home in the country, and the following morning he came back with the song "Electric Boogie." The song was released coming up to Christmas in 1982}}Claudia Gardner, [https://www.dancehallmag.com/2021/02/26/news/marcia-griffiths-sets-record-straight-about-original-version-of-electric-boogie-hit.html Marcia Griffiths Sets Record Straight About Original Version Of “Electric Boogie” Hit], Dancehallmag.com, February 26, 2021 The song was released in December 1982 and held the Jamaican Christmas Number One spot.[https://trojanrecords.com/artist/marcia-griffiths/ Marcia Griffiths], Trojan Records Wailer noted that 'Electric Boogie' was inspired by "Electric Avenue" by Eddy Grant, also released in 1982.{{Cite web |last=Kenner |first=Lauren |date=2018-11-06 |title=Iconic Song "The Electric Slide" Is Rumored To Be About A Vibrator [UPDATE] |url=https://edm.com/news/electric-slide-truth-vibrator |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=EDM.com - The Latest Electronic Dance Music News, Reviews & Artists |language=en}}Dan Evon, [https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/electric-slide-written-vibrators/ Was 'The Electric Slide' Written About Vibrators?], Snopes, June 28, 2018

The song is strongly associated with the "Electric Slide" line dance and has since become a celebratory staple. The song was very popular in North America at weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs, and other special occasions in the 1990s.{{Citation|last=Marcia Griffiths - Topic|title=Electric Boogie|date=2016-04-16|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_D7rngm0YE&lc=z13kxfghckqixdw2y22gyhookkbqetpf4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116080917/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_D7rngm0YE |archive-date=2017-11-16 |url-status=dead|accessdate=2018-03-23}}

The song contains an interpolation of "I Don't Know What It Is, but It Sure Is Funky" by Ripple.