Ice (The Ritchie Family song)
{{short description|2016 song by The Ritchie Family}}
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| type = single
| artist = The Ritchie Family
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| released = 2016
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| genre = Dance
| length = 4:10
| label = Purple Rose Records 190394598624
| writer = Zach Adam
| producer = Purple Rose Records
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"Ice" was a hit for The Ritchie Family on the Billboard dance chart in 2016. It featured two of the original members and a new member.
Background
The single was released in July 2016 on Martha Wash's Purple Rose Records label.HuffPost, 01/31/2017 - [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/on-the-a-wsouleo-1970s-disco-group-the-ritchie_b_589105dfe4b02c397c178d98 On the “A” w/Souleo: 1970s Disco Group, The Ritchie Family is Back ‘…in Town’ - Peter “Souleo” Wright]Apple Music - [https://music.apple.com/us/album/ice-single/1126499407 Ice – Single by The Ritchie Family on Apple Music – iTunes, Ice - Single] It was composed by Zach Adam and produced by Martha Wash's Purple Rose label team.International Artists - [https://international-artists.com/audio/the-ritchie-family/ THE RITCHIE FAMILY] The singers on this recording were Cassandra Wooten, Cheryl Mason-Dorman and Renée Guillory-Wearing.HuffPost, 01/31/2017 - [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/on-the-a-wsouleo-1970s-disco-group-the-ritchie_b_589105dfe4b02c397c178d98 On the “A” w/Souleo: 1970s Disco Group, The Ritchie Family is Back ‘…in Town’ - Peter “Souleo” Wright] This was their first hit in nearly 40 years and it reached No. 40 on the Billboard dance chart in November 2016.Pop Matters, 06 Aug 2018 - [https://www.popmatters.com/ritchie-family-interview-2591667600.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1 MUSIC, African Queens' and Disco Royalty: An Interview with the Ritchie Family By CHRISTIAN JOHN WIKANE]
Versions
The song was later remixed and released as a maxi-single of six tracks.Apple Music - [https://music.apple.com/us/album/ice-remixes/1156211063 Ice Remixes] Remixes were done by Chris Cox and Moto Blanco.Global News Wire, November 11, 2016 - [https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2016/11/11/1006873/0/en/40-Years-Later-The-Ritchie-Family-Is-Back-on-Billboard-s-Dance-Club-Chart.html 40 Years Later, The Ritchie Family Is Back on Billboard's Dance Club Chart]
References
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External links
- [https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2016/11/11/1006873/0/en/40-Years-Later-The-Ritchie-Family-Is-Back-on-Billboard-s-Dance-Club-Chart.html Global News Wire, November 11, 2016 - 40 Years Later, The Ritchie Family Is Back on Billboard's Dance Club Chart]
- [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/on-the-a-wsouleo-1970s-disco-group-the-ritchie_b_589105dfe4b02c397c178d98 HuffPost, 31 January 2017 - 1970s Disco Group, The Ritchie Family is Back ‘…in Town’ - Peter “Souleo” Wright]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocDINXyGpSA The Ritchie Family - Ice (Official Lyric Video)]