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Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Hear
Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart


Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: World Clique
Released: 1990

Groove Is in the Heart Lyrics


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  • This was the only hit for the group, who were composed of DJ Dimitry, DJ Towa Towa, and a vocalist named Lady Miss Kier. Kier and Dimitry were married.
  • Before they recorded this, DJ Dimitry wrote to Bootsy Collins and sent him a tape. Collins, a funk pioneer who recorded with George Clinton, liked it and flew in to play bass. He appeared in the video.
  • Collins recruited fellow funk-masters Maceo Parker and Fred Wesley to play on this. Parker played sax and Wesley trombone.
  • The rap in the middle is Q-Tip, who was a member of A Tribe Called Quest at the time. He has been a guest rapper for many artists, including De La Soul, Mariah Carey, and The Beastie Boys.
  • The whistles were sampled from Vernon Burch's song "Get Up." (thanks, Adam - Dewsbury, England)
  • Deee-Lite had an image to match their funky sound. They wore exaggerated '70s clothes with loud colors, feather boas, and high platform shoes.
  • The group got their name from a Cole Porter song called "It's De-Lovely," which is about falling madly in love. They mention that song in the line, "Just de-lovely and delicious."
  • This was a hit in New York clubs before it went mainstream. Like Madonna's "Vogue," which came out the same year, it was very popular in gay clubs.
  • Dee-Lite had a minor follow up hit called "Power Of Love," but their next two albums tanked and they broke up around 1996.
  • This was used on the soundtrack to the 2000 movie Charlie's Angels. It was also used in commercials for Dasani water that started airing during the 2002 Winter Olympics.