The Electric (better known as The Electric Slide ) is a four wall line dance . Choreographer and dancer Richard L. "Ric" Silver claims to have created the dance in 1976.
16-626: Dance popularity is sometimes attributed to its setting to Marcia Griffiths and Bunny Wailer 's song " Electric Boogie ", which was written and recorded for the first time in December 1982. There are several variations of the dance. The original choreography has 22 steps, but variants include the Freeze (16-step), Cowboy Motion (24-step), Cowboy Boogie (24 step), and the Electric Slide 2 (18-step). The 18-step variation became popular in 1989 and for ten years
32-470: A solo artist, with "Feel Like Jumping", which like her other early Studio One solo hits (including "Truly" and "Melody Life"), were written by Andy. From 1970 to 1974, she worked together with Bob Andy as a duo ( Bob and Marcia ), on the Harry J label. She also recorded for Lloyd Charmers . Between 1974 and 1981, she was a member of the I Threes , a trio of backing singers, which supported Bob Marley &
48-601: Is a Jamaican singer best known for the 1989 remix of her single " Electric Boogie ", which serves as the music for the four-wall " Electric Slide " line dance. It is the best-selling single of all time by a female reggae singer. Born in West Kingston , Jamaica , Griffiths started her career in 1964, performing on stage with Byron Lee and the Dragonaires at the behest of Phillip James of The Blues Busters , who had heard her singing in her home neighbourhood. Her performance
64-732: Is currently the highest-selling single by a female reggae singer of all time. She has more recently had further hits with producer Donovan Germain . Griffiths was featured on the album True Love by Toots and the Maytals , which won the Grammy Award in 2004 for Best Reggae Album, and showcased many notable musicians including Willie Nelson , Eric Clapton , Jeff Beck , Trey Anastasio , Gwen Stefani / No Doubt , Ben Harper , Bonnie Raitt , Manu Chao , The Roots , Ryan Adams , Keith Richards , Toots Hibbert , Paul Douglas , Jackie Jackson, Ken Boothe , and The Skatalites . Griffiths appeared in
80-500: The 18-step dance variation. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit on behalf of videographer Kyle Machulis against Silver, asking the court to protect Machulis's free speech rights in recording a few steps of the dance in a documentary video posted to the Internet . On May 22, 2007, the EFF came to an agreement to settle the lawsuit: the settlement states that Silver will license
96-807: The 2011 documentary Reggae Got Soul: The Story of Toots and the Maytals which was featured on BBC and described as "The untold story of one of the most influential artists ever to come out of Jamaica". A Brazilian documentary film about Griffiths, Reggae Meets Samba , was in production as of December 2013. In January 2014, she announced that as part of her fiftieth year in the music business she would be releasing an album of her favorite songs by other artists, Songs That Inspire Me, Songs I Love to Sing , recorded with Germain. In January 2018, Griffiths signed an exclusive booking deal with New York-based Donsome Records ' booking agency. Griffiths had two children with JBC disc jockey Errol Thompson, and raised them alone after his death in 1983. In August 2014, it
112-424: The Electric Slide 2 (18-step). The 18-step variation became popular in 1989 and for ten years was listed by Linedancer Magazine as the number-one dance in the world. The original dance was choreographed to be danced in two lines facing each other and in the course the opposite dancers circle each other. In 2007, Silver filed DMCA -based take-down notices to YouTube users who posted videos of people performing
128-450: The Electric Slide under a Creative Commons noncommercial license and to also post the new license on any of his current or future websites that mention the Electric Slide. In recent decades, there has been some controversy regarding the creation year of the Electric Slide line dance. Silver claimed that he received a demo of the song 'Electric Boogie' in 1976, which he used to create his dance steps. However according to Marcia Griffiths,
144-466: The Electric Slide. In recent decades, there has been some controversy regarding the creation year of the Electric Slide line dance. Silver claimed that he received a demo of the song 'Electric Boogie' in 1976, which he used to create his dance steps. However according to Marcia Griffiths, the song 'Electric Boogie' was written for her by Bunny Wailer in early 1980s. Marcia Griffiths Marcia Llyneth Griffiths OJ OD (born 23 November 1949)
160-566: The Wailers . She continued to record as a solo artist throughout the 1970s, working with producers such as Sonia Pottinger , and Joseph Hoo Kim . In December 1982, Marcia Griffiths released the song 'Electric Boogie,' which was written exclusively for her by Bunny Wailer. The song came about spontaneously after Wailer and Griffiths experimented with a rhythm box that Griffiths had purchased in Toronto earlier that year. Wailer noted that 'Electric Boogie'
176-412: The court to protect Machulis's free speech rights in recording a few steps of the dance in a documentary video posted to the Internet . On May 22, 2007, the EFF came to an agreement to settle the lawsuit: the settlement states that Silver will license the Electric Slide under a Creative Commons noncommercial license and to also post the new license on any of his current or future websites that mention
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#1732856050676192-400: The dance in 1976. Dance popularity is sometimes attributed to its setting to Marcia Griffiths and Bunny Wailer 's song " Electric Boogie ", which was written and recorded for the first time in December 1982. There are several variations of the dance. The original choreography has 22 steps, but variants include the Freeze (16-step), Cowboy Motion (24-step), Cowboy Boogie (24 step), and
208-576: Was announced that Griffiths would receive the Jamaican Order of Distinction (Commander class) in October that year. In October 2023, Griffiths was conferred with the Order of Jamaica ( OJ ) Jamaica’s fourth-highest national honour. Electric Slide The Electric (better known as The Electric Slide ) is a four wall line dance . Choreographer and dancer Richard L. "Ric" Silver claims to have created
224-612: Was inspired by 'Electric Avenue' by Eddy Grant, also released in 1982. In the first few months of 1983, the song reached the top of the charts in Jamaica. Although the 1983 version became a minor hit for Griffiths, the song was remixed in 1989, and it was this version that made the Electric Slide , a line dance , an international dance craze. It reached number 51 on the US Billboard Hot 100 , making it her most successful single. It
240-473: Was listed by Linedancer Magazine as the number-one dance in the world. The original dance was choreographed to be danced in two lines facing each other and in the course the opposite dancers circle each other. In 2007, Silver filed DMCA -based take-down notices to YouTube users who posted videos of people performing the 18-step dance variation. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit on behalf of videographer Kyle Machulis against Silver, asking
256-461: Was sufficiently impressive that the following day Ronnie Nasralla and Clement Dodd both offered her recording contracts. She chose to record for Dodd's Studio One label, where she recorded a series of duets with male singers such as Tony Gregory ("You're Mine"), Bob Marley ("Oh My Darling"), Jeff Dixon ("Words"), and Bob Andy ("Always Together"), with whom she would have a relationship lasting several years. In 1968 she had her first success as
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