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A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie
A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie


A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: A Taste of Honey
Released: 1978

Boogie Oogie Oogie Lyrics


If you're thinkin' you're too cool to boogie
Boy oh boy have I got news for you
Everybody here tonight must boogie
Let me tell ya, you are no exception to the rule

Get on up, on the floor
'Cause were gonna Boogie Oogie Oogie
'Till you just can't boogie no more
Ah boogie, boogie no more
You can't boogie no more
Ah boogie, boogie no more
Listen to the music

There's no time to waste let's get the show on the road
Listen to the music and let your body flow
The sooner we break down the longer we got to groove
Listen to the music and let your body move

Now get on up, on the floor
'Cause were gonna boogie oogie oogie
Till you just can't boogie no more
Ah boogie, boogie no more
You can't boogie no more
Ah boogie, boogie no more
Listen to the music

Get down boogie oogie oogie
Get down boogie oogie oogie
Get down boogie oogie oogie
Get down boogie oogie oogie

Writer/s: JANICE MARIE JOHNSON, PERRY L. KIBBLE
Publisher: WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC INC, MUSIC SALES CORPORATION, SPIRIT MUSIC GROUP
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Boogie Oogie Oogie
  • The band got the idea for this song when they played a show at a military base. It was a tough crowd, and the audience was not responding to their songs. Lead singer Hazel Payne admonished them from the stage: "If you're thinking that you're too cool to boogie, we've got news for you. Everyone here tonight must boogie and you are no exception to the rule." Afterwards in her hotel room, bass player Janice Marie Johnson wrote down the line, thinking that it would be a good song lyric. The single went on to sell over 2 million copies.
  • A Taste of Honey were a US R &B group formed in Los Angeles in 1972 by Janice Marie Johnson (bass/vocals), Hazel Payne (vocals/guitar), Perry Kibble (keyboards) and Donald Johnson (drums). They won the 1978 Grammy Award for Best New Artist, beating out Elvis Costello and The Cars. A Taste Of Honey had one other hit: their cover of Kyu Sakamoto's "Sukiyaki" went to #3 in the US.
  • Johnson came up with the famous bass intro when she was warming up before the recording session, unaware that she was being recorded.