Turn the Beat Around

21 Jul 2018

Playlist Friday, 20 July 2018

Music

9PM

LOVE THANG First Choice 1979
LOVE EXPLOSION Tina Turner 1979
HEAVEN’S IN THE BACKSEAT OF MY CADILLAC Hot Chocolate 1976
AIN’T NOTHIN’ GOIN’ ON BUT THE RENT Gwen Guthrie 1986
I DIDN’T MEAN TO TURN YOU ON (Extended Dance Mix) Robert Palmer 1985
ONLY LOVE Mary J. Blige 2018
SELF CONTROL Raf 1984
HYPNOTIC TANGO My Mine 1983
AIN’T NOBODY Rufus & Chaka Khan 1983
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST Sugar Daddy 1980

10PM

LOVE MAGIC (Louie Vega Edit) John Davis & The Monster Orchestra 1979/2018
DANCE WITH YOU Carrie Lucas 1979
WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES The Doobie Brothers 1978
SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE Carrie Lucas 2018
AIN’T NO STOPPIN’ US NOW (12″ Disco Mix) McFadden & Whitebread 1979
DON’T YOU WANT MY LOVE (Dimitri From Paris Classic Re-Edit) Debbie Jacobs 1979/2018
GAMBLER Madonna 1985
LOVERGIRL Teena Marie 1984
HOOKED ON YOU Sweet Sensation 1988
CROSS MY HEART Eighth Wonder 1988
THE PASSION Jody Watley & SRL 2018
I CAN’T GO FOR THAT (NO CAN DO) Daryl Hall & John Oates 1981

Soul music legend, Tina Turner aka The Acid Queen, puts the word longevity to shame. With a career ranging from the 60s right through to the present day (she is currently working alongside the team on the Broadway adaptation of her biopic ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It’). In 1979 she joined the ranks of the disco divas and released an epic disco single called Love Explosion. The song was produced by French disco connoisseur Alec R. Costadinos, who had already given us Thank God It’s Friday and was a helping hand in writing Cerrone’s Love In C Minor. Love Explosion was taken from the LP with the same name.

I had to check myself when I realised this song was 35!! years old. Originally released in 1983, Rufus & Chaka Khan certainly delivered the most timeless funk jam in Ain’t Nobody. A song that fills a dancefloor anywhere in the world within the first five seconds of the songs unmistakable intro. The song also featured in a prominent dance scene and on the soundtrack to 80s flick, Breakdance (aka Breakin’).