Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue (HD Audio)
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the four horsemen, no remorse, for whom the bell tolls, medusa, madhouse, raining blood, altar of sacrifice, peace sells, the conjuring, master of puppets, battery, orion, bonded by blood, a lesson in violence, and many many more
this song is one of them. red, red wine by ub40 is another of many.
(Blough rhymes with how)
the four badalads
This song isn’t on Apple Music too
80's pop??? Today, first song that comes to mind is... ALIVE AND KICKING by Simple Minds (but Electric Ave is always up there... ) Still "makes my day" 40 years later !!!
Perfect song to cast spells at an Arby's to.
Yeah... WIZARDS MADE WITH A.I. . Amazing magic but made with technology... :D
@@asterlofts1565 Abracadabra Illusion has gone so far these days
Magical tomfoolery
Hell ya🔥🔥🔥‼️‼️‼️
Yes sir absolutely 🤣
"Working so hard like a soldier/Can't afford a thing on TV." Killer lyric.
more relatable than ever
I love the next two lines as well: “Deep in my heart I am warrior/Can’t get food for them kid/Good god!”
Amen! That’s actually what made me really like this song… not just the catchy baseline or the beat… but the lyrics. Took me a while to really hear what this song is about. Love it.
@@BriceHaidenOnTheBeat Any real and proper protest song will strike a chord in times like these. This song was written about riots after all.
I always thought it was "...on two feet" but TV makes more sense given the songs title
congratulations, this is now hood wizard music.
Certified classic Schmarbys hit
I'm a hood wizard
Okay I don't pay attention to things or know a lot about current pop culture. So what show used this song?
So deep in the hood its black magic!
@@TheCrowbar474 OOOOHHHHHhhhhhh
Man I sure hope Wizards don't invade my local Arby's
OH NO THERE INVADING ARBYS
🧙♂️🧙♂️
THIS JUST IN
WIZARDS HAVE INVADED AN ARBY'S IN WEST COLLINSVILLE
I hope they do 😉
@@Beastmaster1221 you monster.
Pov: your a wizard causing mischief in an arbies
jajaj
😂
Fr, I just wanna eat my dog food burger at 3AM in peace and these mfs keep opening that da,,mn portal. 😭😭
What is with these wizard in fastfood restaurants jokes?
@@Sothus2 Someone used AI to make pictures of wizards messing around in an Arby’s at 3 AM, that became a meme and used Electric Avenue in it.
the fact this isn't on streaming platforms is insane
I know! I couldn't find it anywhere either.
The Spotify version is AWFUL
@@negator14 Agreed, all the spotify’s version are not great, there is one decent but nothing good.
I'm not even convinced the version on Spotify is Eddy Grant, just doesn't sound right
@@JosephWintersMusic It isn't.
This reminds me of a time some wizards arrived at Arby’s
If this isn't played at my funeral I'm not going.
Why would you want such a dark song played at your funeral?
@@amayzinrayzin8783 I mean aren't funerals dark, I means it's not like somebody died right 😂
At least it rocks. Still sounds great, four days away from 2022!
@@amayzinrayzin8783 picture it like when you die you dance walk your way down electric avenue that leads to the pearly gates
I’m gonna have always look on the bright side, another one bites the dust, highway to hell, and probably something that relates to how I died
thank you Pineapple Express
Haha, yep. Me too.
Homer Simpson and Ned Flanders.
STG
Jackass was the best use of this song 😏👌🏻
You been served Dale Denton
Pineapple Express brought me here, love this song, love that movie
Red!
I’m dead. I’m about to go watch that
This came on the radio in Okinawa Japan today. Had to blast that shit loud with the windows down.
Yeah!
It’s hard to find this song anywhere tbh
i would of done the same
Isnt there a area in japan called electric city?
@@sweeshaman only in Pokemon
This song is still relevant in our present times. Mad love for Eddie Grant
"Dealing in multiplication and they still can't feed everyone, oh no" Timeless.
Your right 🥁!!!!!!!!!
Song is more relevant in 2023 than 1983
@@ecoRfanyou know what the song is about right?
@@duvalt87 what?
@@Upguy-tj3gv go look up 1981 Brixton Riots
I had this song stuck in my head for days 😂
Bro same
Adam lanza is an American hero
Me too
Same here, outta nowhere it was stuck in my head.
Bro same here
unironically one of the best songs of all time
Protesting while singing a banger, Eddie is a legend.
💚🖤❤️This song charted to #2 in the USA in 1983! It was a unifying anthem about hard times - because we were all getting laid off, when our jobs were sent overseas. It has an insatiable, danceable beat because the entire track is personally produced by Eddy Grant!!
who was first place?
Electric Avenue is definitely one of the best songs of its time
Agreed.
Fr
My last Wal-Mart experience was enhanced by this song playing over the store's audio system. I wish everyone would have started dancing, but we can all dream. 😊
a classic!
Certified classic
And good for wizards
Very magical
This is one of the greatest songs of all time.
“You’ve been served” this song is fire for real 🔥
It just is.
One of the very best things out of the 80's. Timeless.
Finally added to Spotify, Praise be! 🙏
My best mate actually lives on electric avenue. I sing this everytime I rock down to see him.
Is that Electric Avenue in Aston, Birmingham?
Love this tune
See you at Electric avenue ❤
Play it as loud as possible. Still won’t be loud enough. Hits like a thunderbolt.
just heard this again on my Sirius radio while jamming it out in my Red hot challenger,, although i actually own a 2011 Camaro and a1986 Chevy Monte Carlo................................
Sage advice, Christian. Great name, btw.
I heard this on the radio recently after years of not having heard it. This is truly a timeless classic
Me too yesterday K103
"Timeless" is the word for it, for sure.
The shear amount of wizard memes that flooded back to here is just amazing.
I was 22 when I snuck out of my parents' house to hang out with my friends in the dead of night. We went to a Denny's, and this song was playing when a group of high as balls wizards came in.
They menaced the entire place, casting every spell they knew, eventually setting it on fire. We booked it without paying for our meal.
So anyway I was grounded for two weeks.
relatable
At 22 you had to sneak out of your parents house? Rrrrrrriiiight.
@@williamdavis2824 as a 70 year old I can relate
@@williamdavis2824😂 22 is the new baby
It's good when you grow up listening to this song and still am and my kid's love it to passing down the good old tunes lol
Exactly. This song is still going after 40 years.
For real...used to listen to this with ma father when I was a kid,he had it on vinyl and I loved this song we used to jam to it together,ha good times.Definitely passing this to ma kid if I ever have one.Thanks radio for bringing this gem back into ma life.
i loved all of eddie grants music what a legent
This is a really good song. The refrain is the best part.
Now in the street there is violence
And, and a lots of work to be done
No place to hang out our washing
And, and I can't blame all on the sun
Oh no we gonna rock down to electric avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Oh we gonna rock down to electric avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Workin' so hard like a soldier
Can't afford a thing on TV
Deep in my heart I am warrior
Can't get food for them kid
Good God we gonna rock down to electric avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Oh we gonna rock down to electric avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Oh no
Oh no
Oh no
Oh no
Oh no, we gonna rock down to electric avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Oh, we gonna rock down to electric avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Who is to blame in one country
Never can get to the one
Dealin' in multiplication
And they still can't feed everyone
Oh no, we gonna rock down to electric avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Oh no, we gonna rock down to electric avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Out in the street
Out in the street
Out in the playground
In the dark side of town
Oh, we gonna rock down to electric avenue
And then we'll take it higher
We gonna rock down to electric avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Oh we gonna rock down to electric avenue
(Rock it in the night) And then we'll take it higher (electric avenue)
(Rock it, Miami mama, meh) We gonna rock down to electric avenue
(Whoa, in a Brixton) And then we'll take it higher (electric avenue)
Nice. 🤘🏼
Thx
Brings Back Great Memories From The Summer of 1983.
Yep
My dad grew up on this song, and for the past decade and a half it has been ingrained in my head because of how often he'd sing it. On the 25th of January, he commited suicide. Ill never forget him, and it's obvious to me that this song had an immense effect on him. Thank you eddy grant, for giving me these memories of dad. Things like this song are what i remember him by.
Só de saber que eu cresci ouvindo estas músicas e a grande prova que minha juventude foi bem divertida.
POV: you are a tired worker in a local arby and you see wizards putting Mountain Dew on a cauldron:
Remember when those wizards came to Arby’s at 3am? Good times.
I remember dude, it was both funny but freaky that they weren’t getting their orders
I remember going to the skating rink and hearing this song there. It’s a jam!
⛸
My old bowling alley plays it all the time.
Me too in the 70s.
Me too .
I’m the kid with the sunglasss from the park video vibing ✌🏽😎
So many nights dancing this in my youth... Maybe my life is justified. 😎
This song makes me want to commit shenanigans with wizards in fast food restaurants
Excellent backroad tune, 8 beer in and staying between the ditches! Love this song!
Hope you’re keeping this tradition alive
This song plus wizards plus Arby's equals chaos
One of my all the favourite songs.
Timeless classic!
Back in elementary school in the 80s we used to sing "We gonna rock down to Kmart and buy some shoes....they only cost one dollar!"
Who’s here 1985?
This guy is a genius.
Haven't heard this in so many years
"Who is to blame in what country? Never can get to the one!"
SAME PROBLEM TODAY RIGHT HERE PEOPLE!!!!!!
Wizarding with the bois
That was the jam back in the day
According to my 4 year old it still is 😆
What a BAD Ass motherf'in song..Roller Skating at Laces (Long Island) every Friday nite 1981-1982.....ahhhhhh
Rolller skating @ Elwood skating rink , Philly Pa 1981 - 1984 ❤️😊
This is straight gas
Thanks Steve Stine for reminding me of this great Song! Never would have believed that when I was Dancing to this at Clubs almost 40yrs later I'd be Scratching out the Rhythm while learning Guitar!
Perfect song to listen to while smoking a joint while driving on your way to serve papers
My childhood in the 1990s always brings me back to these legend 80s hits. My hat is always off to these. Nostalgia! 😎❤️💯👌
Thanks brother for teaching me good music xxx
Amazing song!!! Eddy is a gem!
I remember being about 5-6years old and my mum had Eddie Grant on Record and I would play this for my little brother and sister. I remember my little brother pretending to be riding a motorcycle to this song lol.
Was working in Birmingham last year, driving through Electric Avenue twice a day, always made me smile - Thanks Eddy...
This song is about Electric Avenue in Brixton London though.
Very first ever song I bought, on TAPE, as an teenager !!!
My father was so mad, I spend my money on it ! LOL ! I just liked it so much !
If this was playing at the BBQ you knew it was gonna be lit!
This might be the greatest hook for any song ever
When this song came out on the radio I was 12 and the only thing in the fridge was a brick of salty WIC cheese. It’s more relevant today then back then.
Absolute incredible song from eddy grant
Released in the spring of '83
April 1983
This song was featured in the film "pineapple express "
One of my favourites from the 80s👍
You just been served
Awesome song to listen to while you get your gear together.
One of the funnest, funkiest, grooviest songs ever. I’ve heard very few songs that sound like it. It sounds like three genres of music in one. I love it!
I like this song straight from electric avenue
Such a jam!
Eu procurei essa música por 10 anos, e por mera coincidência encontrei ela acidentalmente kkkkkk escutei e lembrei da última vez que eu era so um muleke que ouviu em DVDs, essa musica é muita boa!!! Vou escutar ate o fim da minha vida
Essa música é muito bom!!
If my dad heard this song, he would immediately go to Arby's with his friends
Electric Avenue was the first street in London to be lit by electric street lights. It was the scene of the Brixton riots in 1981 which is what this song is about.
I play this every time the power comes back on after a storm. It's a tradition now
lol
This fantastic song played before The Rolling Stones hit the stage in Amsterdam last night. Awesome!
This song was stuck in my head and caused a relapse but fuck it. AND WE TAKE IT HIGHER!!
I always think of Pineapple Express when I hear this song 😄
That’s why am here 😂🕺🏽🕺🏽🕺🏽
I love this song ❤
Before like 3 months ago: Banger song about workers being laid off all the way back in the 80s
After: Banger song for wizards to cast spells and cause mischief in local food establishments.
We’re gonna rock on to Electric Avenue and then we’ll take it higher. Genuinely love those fucking lyrics
Was working today when this came in the radio ha talk about getting a gas to work.Nothing better than a classic from the old days popping in the radio.
2024 anyone ???
My favorite Christmas song
he’s still alive and kicking if anyone was wondering
One time..." ELECTRIC 💡💡⚡ AVENUE"...OH NO...WE GONNA ROCK ON TOO ELECTRIC AVENUE...💯‼️
This is the good classic music
"f"ing love this song!!!!
And I'm iRISH!
🎸🎼☘
Eu Amo ❤️ Seu País a Irlanda é Sensacional e Linda Demaiis ! ❤️☘️👍✌️
Magic carpet ride
Good combo song
After forty years this song still stands tall. It sounds as hot & fresh as ever!
Just Heard a few seconds of intro on a Netflix movie, I knew exactly who it was. Hadn’t heard this track for 30 years. 😊takes me back.
"Electric Avenue" is a song written, recorded and produced by British singer and songwriter Eddy Grant, who released it on his 1982 album Killer on the Rampage. In the United States, with the help of the MTV video he shot for it, it was one of the biggest hits of 1983. The song refers to Electric Avenue in London, and to the 1981 Brixton riot in the Brixton district of the city.
Contents
1 Composition
2 Music video
3 Other release information
4 Reception
5 Charts
5.1 Weekly charts
5.1.1 Original version
5.1.2 Ringbang Remix
5.2 Year-end charts
6 Refugee Camp All-Stars version
6.1 Charts
6.2 Year-end charts
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
Composition
The song's title refers to Electric Avenue in the south London district of Brixton which was the first market street to be lit by electricity. According to Grant, he first became aware of the street's existence during a stint acting at the Black Theatre of Brixton.[1] The area is now known for its high population of Caribbean immigrants. At the beginning of the 1980s, as identified by the Scarman Report, tensions over unemployment, racism and poverty exacerbated by racist policing culminated in the street events now known as the 1981 Brixton riot. Grant, horrified and enraged, wrote and composed a song in response to these events. Shortly after, Grant left the UK to live in Barbados, and his most recent batch of songs were lost during baggage transit. "Electric Avenue" was one of the songs he wrote immediately afterwards to make up for the lost material.[1]
Music video
Filmed in Barbados,[1] the song's music video helped it to gain popularity in the United States. In the early years of MTV, the network ran music videos almost exclusively by white artists and was criticized by famous musicians, such as David Bowie, for not having black artists on the network.[5] After "Billie Jean" aired and was successful, MTV soon scrambled to get other black artists into their rotation. Once "Electric Avenue" aired, it did not take long for the song to climb up to the No. 2 spot on the Billboard Hot 100.[6]
Other release information
The original B-Side to this song was a non-LP track entitled "Time Warp". The 45 sold more than one million copies in the United States, earning a platinum certification. It was later re-issued with "I Don't Want to Dance" as the flip side.
In 2001, Peter Black remixed "Electric Avenue" as the "Ringbang Remix", which was released on 28 May 2001.[7][8] The single featured and reached number 5 in the UK Singles Chart in June 2001,[9] as well as number 16 on the US Dance Chart.[10]
Reception
Grant initially released it as a single in 1983, and reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. In 1983, CBS decided to launch the single in the U.S., where it spent five weeks at No. 2 on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 charts[11] and hit No. 1 in Cash Box Magazine. (It was kept out of the No. 1 spot on Billboard's Hot 100 by a combination of two songs, "Flashdance... What a Feeling" by Irene Cara and that year's song of the summer, "Every Breath You Take" by the Police.) "Electric Avenue" was a hit on two other US charts: On the soul chart it went to No. 18,[12] and on the dance charts, it peaked at No. 6.[13] It was nominated for a Grammy Award as Best R&B Song of 1983,[14] but lost to Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean".
Grant sued former president Donald Trump and his administration over the use of the song in an ad in 2020.[15]
Charts
Weekly charts
Original version
Chart (1983) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[16] 2
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[17] 6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[18] 3
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[19] 1
France (IFOP)[20] 37
Germany (Official German Charts)[21] 9
Ireland (IRMA)[22] 3
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[23] 6
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[24] 8
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[25] 32
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[26] 9
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[27] 9
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[28] 6
UK Singles (OCC)[29] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[10] 2
US Billboard Hot Black Singles[10] 18
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[10] 6
US Billboard Top Rock Tracks[10] 12
US Cash Box[30] 1
Chart (2001) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[17] 56
Denmark (Tracklisten)[31] 20
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[27] 26
Ringbang Remix
Chart (2001) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[32] 4
Ca
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Dude i coulda just looked this all up
@@crispylad6294 well look no further my friend lol
My guy is Guyanese first. He's awesome
Neeeeerrrrrrrrrddddddddddddd
Thanks for the copy and paste
Taking us back memory lane. Who can forget?
When my kids were very small, we finally moved into our first REAL house - it was on KANSAS AVENUE, but we used to jump around to this song and sing, "We're gonna rock down to Kansas Avenue, and then we'll take it high-ahhh!!" Hard to believe that was 40 years ago!!
Wizards brought me here
wizards at arbys brought me back here
This is my ringtone 🙌
Excellent instrumentation. The use of the synthesizer was as good asJoe Walsh ever did