Let It Whip
| "Let It Whip" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Side A of U.S. 7-inch vinyl | ||||
| Single by Dazz Band | ||||
| from the album Keep It Live | ||||
| B-side | "Everyday Love" | |||
| Released | February 12, 1982 | |||
| Format | 12" | |||
| Genre | Post-disco, funk | |||
| Length |
4:42 (album version) 4:06 (7" single version) 6:22 (12" single version) 7:00 (instrumental) | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Writer(s) | Reggie Andrews, Leon "Ndugu" Chancler | |||
| Producer(s) | Reggie Andrews | |||
| Dazz Band singles chronology | ||||
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"Let It Whip" is a 1982 hit single by the Dazz Band and their biggest hit, peaking at number one on the R&B chart for five non-consecutive weeks.[1] The single also reached number two on the Dance chart[2] and number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[3] The song won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1983.
Song
Co-written by producers Reggie Andrews and Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, performed by the Dazz Band, "Let It Whip" features a percolating drum machine rhythm underneath live drums, and a Minimoog bassline, underneath an electric bass guitar.
This song has been featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, in the video game Scarface: The World Is Yours, in commercials for Tampax and Reese's Whipps candy, and the skateboard film DVS skate more as well as the 1997 film Grosse Pointe Blank; and it has been covered by Boyz II Men and by pop rock band SR-71 on the soundtrack to The New Guy. This is also covered by George Lam, a singer from Hong Kong, as the Cantonese song titled "愛到發燒". CDB also covered it on their 1997 album Lifted. The song was also covered by fictional a cappella group The Treblemakers in the 2012 movie Pitch Perfect and is featured on the movie's soundtrack.
The Treacherous Three, a pioneering hip-hop group, sampled the song in their version, called "Whip It", also released in 1982.
Hip-hop artist Lecrae sampled the song in his song "Let It Whip" (featuring Paul Wall) on his 2013 mix tape Church Clothes 2.
Justin Timberlake sampled the song in a remix version of his 2003 hit Cry Me A River.
The song is also sampled in the song "Let It Whip" by Purple Disco Machine (2012).
In popular culture
The song is featured in Ari Gold's 2008 film Adventures of Power.
In 2015, the song was sampled in LunchMoney Lewis's "Whip It!".[4]
References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 149.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 72.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
- ↑ "INTERVIEW : LunchMoney Lewis". auspOp. November 2, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
External links
| Preceded by "It's Gonna Take A Miracle" by Deniece Williams |
Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number one single May 29 - June 19, 1982: July 3, 1982 |
Succeeded by "Early in the Morning" by The Gap Band |