Marcia griffiths electric boogie

1983 single by Marcia Griffiths

"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 dance fad called Electric Slide.^[1][2]

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. She said the song was made out of innocent fun a shun the idea that it was related to anything sexual.[1]

^[3][4][5] The song was released in December 1982 and held the Jamaican Christmas Number One spot.^[6] Wailer noted that 'Electric Boogie' was inspired by "Electric Avenue" by Eddy Grant, also released in 1982.^[7][8]

The song is strongly associated with