Electric Avennue
Eddy Grant Lyrics

@viktoreccon8702

😂😂

@palefork4941

Damn that was how I found this song

@CustodialDaniel

I feel like there’s a much bigger meaning I could gleam from this but instead I just keep thinking of wizards having a blast

@imbw267

A Baja Blast

@coalkingryan881

It's about a person (and assumedly people) rioting because despite working hard, they can't feed their families due to economic reasons. He doesn't blame anyone in particular, just the people making decisions, assumedly the government, although one can pin it on some other factors such as CEOs or some other sort of ruling class.

Alternatively, wizards.

@Weisenberg952

For those wondering why this absolute bop ain’t on streaming services, Eddy Grant refuses to have his music be on streaming platforms because of how they pay artists (supposedly)

(1/27/24) Edit: the song is now finally on Apple Music and Spotify

@austinbaker3139

This song would be #1 on Spotify single-handedly by me if it were on it

@almighty5839

@@austinbaker3139 same but that sucks he refuses to

@38kdoncorleone

Oh thanks for that, the Spotify version is disgusting. This version is a masterpiece.

@ChristopherTradeshow

its not even on YouTube music either. just this vid

@mandya.8203

Some of these artists and bands need to learn to live on less money like the majority (The 99 Percent) of most people do and stop being so greedy.

@NICKY752

There really is a street in London called ELECTRIC AVENUE and above it someone has spraypainted "We're gunna rock down to ...  The local Council always paint over the spray painted words but someone else always replaces them again.  This has been going on for years.

@GaelicCelt1990

Nice...that's brilliant.

@kickingkelly9303

Yep and I live near there in Brixton

@thementallyillpotatoe3587

That's cool I only live in Bedfordshire I am gonna come up and see it one day and take a picture

@rocafella142

The street in London is what this song is named after. It's referring to the Brixton riots

@innertubez

As in Guns of...? :-)

@tannerlawson6279

He looks like he caught you shoplifting, but he is doing the same so he just looks at you and nods.

@JJH-jc1fg

Vladimir Putin this is too specific 😂

@jawaratoyloy7780

😂😂😂😂

@tannerlawson6279

@@ArtieTheodore no racism here my friend

@roccoxanders8074

Vladimir Putin cause he’s black?

@lettucekisses

Vladimir Putin thank you Putin, very cool

@dawwie815

Somehow a wizard casting lighting spell remind of this song

@Holy_san

Wizard lunch time

@filipkauzynski1179

Thank god I'm not the only one

@springbross26934

Correct!

@conorstabler6093

I have a sudden need to go to Arby's and do a summoning ritual.

@s3dchr

Fucking wizards wrecking havoc.

@wgg1997

Those wizards at arby's are insane

@jack0lantern03

Don't remind me. You just want to eat in peace, let the employees do their job, and then comes in some bearded old fogey who starts throwing transformation spells around while hogging the drinking stand for his damn cauldron

@wartimestudios2898

indeed

@pastorateu4249

Fuck yeah

@EggTheOne

Fr

@anthonybrady-lb5ve

Arbys sucks​@@pastorateu4249

@wheresmyalmondmilk727

this song is so groovy, it’s hard to believe it’s about riots

@angiesavage2500

Right? It’s like there going to a club on Electric Avenue. The “we’re gunna rock down to electric avenue” with that funky dance beat to it. Is a bit misleading.

@prestonfoster6516

Where tf did you get starvingkids from?

@weezerplease9049

Oh

@ceddyd

Oh shit you’re right.

@jasonchen9982

@Ayden Wolf wait...

@sbz88

"You've been served."

@MrDuckworth420

haha

@dailydosage2274

Seth Rogan agrees

@myaimiscrakd7601

Classiccc

@imandadkhah2426

I know take that shit to the next level

@darkstream5017

Hell yeah

@abelincoln3287

Anyone interested in an Arby's big roast beef combo served by a wizard while listening to this song?

@nickolaslevin

10 years ago this track came on shuffle right at the exact moment I was turning down a real life Electric Avenue on my skateboard and I’ve still never vibed harder. Good memory!

@robk7266

Well, this song has suddenly become very relevant.

@omasego5572

Rob K how i don’t get it

@robk7266

@@omasego5572 This song is about the Brixston Riots that occurred in London in 1981.

@seanjuth

@@robk7266 wow

@robk7266

@@seanjuth Yeah, Electric Ave is a real street and it is where the Riots started.

@tomatoketchup507

Rob K next song will be Minneapolis Avenue XD

@halorenegade9495

Thanks to Jackass, this song always reminds me of the part where they try to run through the narrow corridor with suspended stun guns.

@GodisTruth2003

Lmao 😂 same but it was actually Pineapple Express that brought me to this song 👉👉

@tronald_dump0386

Pineapple express😂😂😂😂 one of the best movies

@treseancann1261

Lol That's what brought me here too.

@jaxonanderson5059

I’m glad that’s what comes to your mind haha

@ryanfoster1348

Great story

This song sure brings back memories from the 80’s, and of course MTV.

@roshelltannen9698

This song popped into my head. It was great in 1982, and it's even better in 2023. 🔥

@SMack-kg7dx

Same 🎉

@d-cryptoe3638

He is da man then, now & forever

@JorgeChicago1

2024 🎉

@elijahsheets3762

Yaint lyin

@panzerfaust9196

@@JorgeChicago1Blud it’s 2023

@jackiechan1914

I'm proud of Eddy, he's from my country, Guyana and even village

@jonmacdonald5345

That's what's up!

@WocklessGamingforAnimeMoms

That's pretty impressive,I'd be proud too.

@jaredsandoval2229

You are from Hong Kong..Jackie Chan..

@jackiechan1914

@@jaredsandoval2229 lol

@themegaislandman

Shotts out to Guyana from TnT 🇹🇹

@ricefarmer5246

damn song is 37 years old and still groovy

@thabombaa9055

Groovy songs always stay groovy luckily

@enamelalchemist

groovy

@Nepko360

Couldn't find this song for a good 2 years

@Dedicated_Loomer

i love this song i was dusting all of my queen records (my family and me love queen) when i found this i love it as much as news to the world

@casualcyberguy1314

And then we take it higher

@luckthewolf7123

Did you guys see those wizards in Arbys

@Cursibyss

The sorcerers got a bit quirky last night

@Reflox1

Love the fact memes are leading me to oldies I didn't know of before. Impeccable music taste

@vetealsanti

Yes

@mauricegauna6639

2024!!! Anyone else??🤘🤘🤘

@KTHR666

HECK YEAH!!! 🧙‍♂️

@braiker3435

A fat raccoon told me to listen to this

@tajwarba

Ay same

@amonkey4465

Haha same

@austinsnyder5830

electric avenue jpg

@shepfaulk229

wAhT SAME!

@NotUrProfile

same

@edl4114

He looks like he just snitched on someone and he's watching them get taken away.

@wko78ms

Haha yeah

@davyatx

edl411 nah he would never how dare you claim good old Ed is a narc

@Crondo420ReFrEsHe

Shit hes seeing the struggle, only a snitch would say that.

@Mextlatec

LOL🤣

@fanbazoiner

Dude your pfp gives me serious nostalgia

@PeterPan-vt6sy

You didn't search for this song. This song searched for you

@Huskiewr12

I absolutely love the unique vibe of this song

@TheOriginalRatGang

he's giving us the look like






i know you only remember the chorus

@caseybarrett8352

BOY

@datsun100a3

BOY

@mariachiaranuzzo7581

AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHA

@datsun100a3

@Mariachiara Nuzzo you forget to take your pills?!

@zeebee90952

omg ....you made me smile cause its true😁😁😁

@benlogicfactsshapiro

They weren’t kidding when they said “history repeats itself”.

@AntiPWN69

Ben shapiro is a zionist who wants to eradicate Palestinian people from earth.

@dvh3113

Whatchu talkin' 'bout Willis??

@cireorhcs898

People are still easily brainwashed.

@Anonymous_Music

He means this cause this song is about the riots bacc many years ago. And now it's relevant because...the riots

@brianwilkins4438

"History does not repeat itself it rhymes." Mark Twain

@MaxFranceschelli-ku8hl

I can only think of those goddamn ai generated wizard videos hearing this

@tiffanythebeautifful3051

Sang this at my dad home going he was in Korea listening to this when he was in the service then once I was born he would blast this at 3/4am n yell it’s a G.I party (clean up party) still love this song in 2023

@megabean8255

My 3 brain cells grooving when I really need them for an exam

@photog1738

Relatable

@2023Integra

+Klice
yes.

@ironicchannelname6457

I agree

@lucasolszowy2062

Dolphins win !! Victory dance

@spencerfaria1822

@@lucasolszowy2062 they never will 😂😂😂

@davidmoreira8046

Motherf*cker has been in my head for 10 years..

@keeganreynolds9225

I feel yah bugs the shit out of me that spotify doesnt have it so I have to come here

@deaneawilliams2272

Lol😆

@sydneybaker9303

I remember when it first started playing when I was 16.

@lilboujeexo9022

Lmao 😂

@israelisrealallpraisestoth8129

U too! Dam!!!

@freedom4mealways

This Reggae Classic entered the airwaves back in 1983. In 2023 this Eddy Grant timeless tune still resonates!

@roshelltannen9698

I was 3 in 1983 It's so great. I remember this song as toddler. I always loved the guitar.

@609renny5

Classic music like this never gets old.

@gabepizza

love this song. Calling it reggie, I'm not sure

@nellie2816

2024**

@zeRoyalBattalion

Ye 2024 it is still bangin!

@megustaelmate5499

Huh, strange. I tought the comments would be flooded with wizards. I guess they went to Arby's

@alexharper388

We hide in the slime

@nexxis3510

Of course you though. Sheep

@Levi_99

"I've got Hairy legs that turn blonde in the sun"

@markknight6364

“Then I learned about roaches, and I learned about kids jumping on my lap, I love kids jumping on my lap!”

@goodfella998

LOLLL

@sparky12337

😂😂😂

@johnrice1943

Corn Pop was a bad dude

@alexanderkutsik9140

That’s what brought me here 😂

@cut--

Don't forget what this song is about: the riots of Brixton, in 1981
one of the streets with rioting was the real life Electric Avenue, which is called that because it was the first one there to receive electricity back in the day

@kysci7315

@@SteveInScotland That's... literally what they said?

@SteveInScotland

@@kysci7315 the comment has been edited since I posted my reply.

@kysci7315

@@SteveInScotland I see that, but even before it was edited it was accurate.

@SteveInScotland

@@kysci7315 well no.....that’s why I posted my post to correct it. Anyway I’ve now deleted my post as it’s no longer valid.

@fishopsgaming4990

@@SteveInScotland what was it

@Badass_Brains

This is one of those videos that make you happy that YouTube enables you to "loop" videos.

@citrusorange794

This song fits perfectly for any Wizard that works in Arbys.

@kaya3841

It is a priviledge to meet a man of culture 🤝🧙‍♂️🍔🍟

@alejandraolivares6746

Math teacher teaching
My brain: EleCtrIc AvEnUe

@mommyslittlehamburgerhelpe4700

gay is good :D are you not listening to this music MAN? how can you not be rocking so hard that your brain blocks all the bitching parts so that you only come down to the comments to spread these insanely good vibes all over the friggin place?~!?~? i wish you nothing but peace

@lukelewis7695

That’s really stupid

@arct1cs938

Luke Lewis stfu 💕

@aquat715

@@mommyslittlehamburgerhelpe4700 haha exactly

@edwinwooden4046

@@lukelewis7695 8f

@metaldelph

We're gonna Lockdown 2: Electric Boogaloo. This time we're getting fired!

@libertiesbreathe5014

Put this at the top comment please

@brandonfoley7519

Oof

@robertc2204

Omg haha

@josheii22

Here before this gets a thousand likes

@kaifriedrich1763

🤩🤩🤩😭😂😂😂

@scrapykatofficial

I remember hearing this play on my school bus and I thought of 3am at Schmarby's. Granted it was playing fairly quiet but I could still hear the "oh no"

@wabrims7041

My Grandpa (Rest in Peace) showed me this song one night we were sipping beers on his porch, I really miss that old man ❤️ I’ll play this song til the day I die because it reminds me of you old man 🕊️ fly high man

@jayjoejeanz

waBrims you're killing me here. my dad (in his late 70s now, child) was a radio DJ weekdays and part-time wedding DJ. still alive thankfully, he would come home with cassette tapes...mixes for us...he comes home with a tape. first song was Funkytown....every song with a cool beat made it on to our playlist....music lover I am.

@ryancolao2878

im an electronic producer and I still play this song in 2023! these synths are phenomenal along w the lyrics and production! your grandpa was a g my man!

@altrfryd5859

He was a very old man indeed

@neoforrester4401

Due to prison overpopulation, we're gonna give these boys here a chance to escape. This side represents Incarceration, that side Freedom. This is Electric Avenue.

@heyitslemon7434

"WELCOME TO JACKASS"

@TheRealTerranMarine

That bit ruined this song for me in all the right ways

@rohanrohan9326

Fukin jackass

@nathanibarra6013

Yo deadass cant get that out of my head when i see this cover😂

@gunneredwards7710

“Tazers are the new first thing I hate”

@infinityhammer3601

Wizards in Arbys brought me here. Now i can never leave.

@bangman6980

Pineapple Express is what brings me here over the years lmao

@woldgamer58

Hit that Pineapple Express...don’t choke

@momauko422

Me too

@chadneider9511

Take that shit to the next level

@Brokn-lm7qj

I seent it!!!!

@Nixn_From_Da_Hood

Dopest dope I ever smoked

@ziggyarellano3248

lmao same here

@jgreico11

"Due to prison overpopulation, we're gonna give these boys a chance to escape. This side represents incarceration, that side freedom. This is Electric Avenue. Each of these stun guns has 950,000 volts. There's 15 of them hanging here plus four cattle prods. Good luck fellas!"

@guilhermehank4938

Ehren: *staring at the Avenue thinking "it just keeps getting worse and worse..."

@guilhermehank4938

@Miss Isabelle Jackass 3D

@captivatingabandon1084

We're going to exert brutality for their own SAFETY.

HMMH HM HUH HAAH HAA HA

@aaronl221

I’ll never stop thinking of that scene when I listen to this song now

@wickedmisfit1379

My favorite scene in that movie lol. Bam kicking and punching the wall. Steve-O was like ima pass out dude

@TerraTuso

When the wizards commit crimes at Arby's

@charlienorton2337

fuck up

@coolbluelights

This song is so unique. There's no other song that sounds even remotely like this

@beeu9841

Yes, I'm really old and felt Dee - same way when it came out.
Good song to skate to

@toshiba1134

Didn't eddy grant sue damon albarn for copying this for his song "stylo"

@beeu9841

@@toshiba1134 I have no idea

@Julia-nl3gq

No, it's not very unique at all. It's actually pretty boring. Okay, to be fully honest, it's really boring and plain. I remember it from when I was a kid, so I came looking for it, and, while the nostalgia element of it is nice, that's all it has going for it it. It's just so bland. Totally plain, and one dimensional.

Good, unique songs are ones that draw you in because of all their facets, because of all their dimensions. This has one dimension. It just plods along, one exact same beat after the next.

There's no unique sounds, nothing that grabs you and makes you pay attention. What a complete dissapointment of a song.

@Abruzzo333

@@Julia-nl3gq On the contrary, the best music is simple. Complexity has no place in music in my opinion. You can't think of very many great songs in history that are complex and complicated. There are plenty of interesting sounds to hear in this song but they're subtle. Minimalist music allows the mind to wander, to dream, allows the imagination to go to work.... where as music with constant changed forces the listener to pay attention to every second....which I don't find very interesting at all.

@odhran3300

when your mom types 'p' in your search bar
1:26

@briangriffinfamilyguyfan81

😂

@sheealex04

Lmao

@valenzzz115

O H N O

@5cylinderdreamz

More like y or h for me

@comrademax5302

pp

@marisarivera5040

Listening to this song always makes me want to watch "Pineapple Express."

@dominickmartino2778

Same

@rubricalspyk-9238

I love that movie.

@TeamSESH-yk3fh

Correct.

@brandonsampybomp2686

Makes wanna fucking dance boom yeah !!funky shit yo !

@brandonsampybomp2686

@@tylerchamberlain7511 makes me want to hit the bowl waaaaaayy too haarddd onporpose and dance even more

@SansMORTADELA8

Came here for th wizards 🧙‍♂️🧙‍♂️🧙‍♂️

@philhudson...5017

I remember this as kid, 58 now still sounds great.... 🤔🤣👍🍺🇳🇿

@JF-NYC-NJ-Girl

Phil me too! Born in 1963 - this song was HUGE - It was infectious to everyone even to the people that hated disco and were only heavy metal! Even my Black Sabbath friends would rock out to this

@philhudson...5017

@@JF-NYC-NJ-Girl Absolutely... 100%.... 🙂🇳🇿

@jayjoejeanz

I’m 46 and this song is pure joy!

@Dogeymcdogerdogeface61371

Cool!

@SPORTSNUTIM

60 next month and remember vividly this classic hit.

@jwilson4187

it’s a crime against humanity that this masterpiece isn’t available on apple music

@jayjoejeanz

not on Spotify either

@ajacita1611

Why is that? I feel like I used to have it on my phone

@jayjoejeanz

@@ajacita1611 I had it on iTunes for years and poof gone.

@pedalflix

Still isn’t, in late 2022. Best version for sure.

@jayjoejeanz

@@pedalflix I’m in my late 40s. I need this track in my life. We need to channel our prayers to Eddy.

@LordPrometheous

They should play this song as death row inmates are marched to the chair.

@jalintroutman4164

SuperN0va shitttt

@zipgow

Among my other last requests, I'd ask for my last meal to contain a single Lays potato chip.

@rappingbeaniedog347

@@zipgow what flavor would it be??

@LordPrometheous

@@zipgow don't torture yourself like that. No one can eat just one. Wait, you must intend to disprove the theory by eating one and then dying. Genius!

@zavavbi5146

Shit
You have 69 likes but only 4 comments. (now 5)

@user-wj3ul5pc7x

my very closer friend Eddy... 1984. Their I bought his Record in a Store called GIGANTE, who doesn´t exist. This was on earlies 80´s. CDMX IZTAPALAPA, Great Song !

@KrisKTBFFH

Pineapple Express❤️ “inhale that shit”😂 too good .

@zubairzahid8562

Top movie

@rsjones9303

I feel like a slice of butter melting on top a big ol pile of flappy jacks....yeah..

@chuckwilliams970

Take that shit to the next level 😂😂😂😁

@randy5107

Inhale it chachi😂

@Taylasto

Hes giving me that looks that he knows I’m high

@boboem8289

smoke a weed man XDDDDD

@doctapeppur1900

@@boboem8289 SnoRt WEED BRO xDdd SMoking weed in school and joint bong "´!!!!!

@jeffmunger

Lmfao

@donnamariedavidson5065

Me too!

@Taylasto

Doctapeppur I’m so confused 😂😭

@vagnerpapillon2733

Tenho 45 anos, moro no Brasil, adoro essa música!

@andresbarbo

tenho 40 y adoro essa musica

@paullee9397

My greatest regret is when I rocked on down to Electric Avenue and never took it higher.

@theinconceivableglueman8222

We Gonna Rock Down 2: Electric Boogaloo

@mesmylimkiesa

The Inconceivable Glue Man this.

@mesmylimkiesa

The Inconceivable Glue Man you are a genius.

@markbours6173

break-in 2 electric boogaloo

@wilsond3874

DESPACITO 2

@lukesalazar9283

The Inconceivable Glue Man im impressed. Bravo

@TMBN

This song absolutely slaps. Never thought it would become more relevant than ever tho

@TMBN

@Park Lee Studios Well not just London unfortunately, things have quiet down but there is still trouble with the police

@fortitudevalance8424

@@TMBN they need to stop pandering to the rainbow gender bender people and be a force feared by criminals and respected by those they protect.

@crashoverride4920

Big facts @ synthavision!

@jgrizzly9754

@Aaron Pauwels lmao he saying the songs a banger, its good.

@Black.Sabbath

@@jgrizzly9754 What is a "banger"?

@user-ex7bm4pr6q

its wild that this song is having such a cultural resurgence solely because of a 30 second wizard animation joke. I fw it.

@ChrisTyson-up8jv

Guyana very own 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾❤️❤️❤️💐💐💐💐💐💐

@HollowGraphicVibes

The song's title refers to Electric Avenue in the south London district of Brixton which was the first market street to be lit by electricity. At the beginning of the 1980s, tensions over unemployment, racism and poverty culminated in the street events now known as the 1981 Brixton riot. Grant, horrified and enraged, wrote and composed the song in response; a year afterwards, the song was playing over the airwaves. Grant had left the UK shortly after the riots to live in Barbados: his most recent batch of songs had been lost in baggage transit, and "Electric Avenue" was one of the songs he wrote immediately afterwards to make up for the lost material.

@mrrreddy8067

HollowGraphic Vibes, he was born in Guyana...

@kattoneycliffe6715

Awesome info! Thanks!

@thelank4892

@@mrrreddy8067 he didn't say he wasn't born there did he

@mrrreddy8067

The Lank, I know he didn’t, that’s why I was referring it as fact to add on what he said.... now go somewhere else to be jerk dumb dumb

@simpforcharlie8951

Nice to know you can copy and paste ;)

@unfortunate1489

Wouldn't mind dying to this song

@wickedmisfit1379

😂

@coopdawg7203

I will be alive at my funeral so i can see its beuty then i will die to clasic rock and new wave

@taylorh.3484

The theme song of death row, on the walk to the electric chair.

@callumboyd1034

😂😂

@coopdawg7203

@Miguel Ângelo יְהֹוָה damn your are on meth or something man.

@alisonwilliams4862

I used to drive past a road called 'Electric Avenue' on my commute and this song would always enter my head!

@samo_ammo

Did you turn on this song and bop your head? 🙄

@AAAASMAR

in Venice Beach ?

@ryancolao2878

​@@AAAASMAR venice beach electric avenue!! I always use to park on electric avenue off abbot Kinney.. def have always had this song running through my head every time! Venice & Santa best cities in the world!!

@jeffstauffer5496

In Lewistown PA, maybe 5k population, there's an Electric Avenue.

@suburbia2050

The song is about Electric Avenue in Brixton

@Royinszki

I can't listen to this anymore without thinking about wizards summoning chaos at an Arby's night shift

@justinredfeather3860

I'm an electrician, everyone else hates me cause I've played this on repeat, 10 hours a day for the last 4 days (chuckles) I'm in danger

@littlenakota223

Yo that’s a dope last name bro, not even gonna lie
Also sorry for being weird and looking at the last name just wondering if you are native America

@littlenakota223

Native American*

@justinredfeather3860

Yes I'm Native American.

@JJH-jc1fg

Justin Red feather what nation?

@spoiled_bleach3011

@@JJH-jc1fg Bruh he is native american which is anywhere in north america

@AndyKusanagi86

i heard this song on Jackass 3D and it never got out of my head. xP

@mariozepeda5612

isn't that the truth? I was about to post that, but I guess you beat me to it.

@stephenboyton6274

+Andrey Kusanagi the hanging tazers

@wesleycook7687

Eddie did a song called Come Back under the name the Equals..1969..

@djseriousbizness

We gonna rock down too
Walmart to get some shoes
They only cost a dollar

@Nick-iu7wl

best comment lmao

@friend-nn2zk

nice

@borgullet3376

HAHAHAHHA !!!!

@cookiemorecookie4204

hahaha props man thats a good one

@EndermanPierce

djseriousbizness
Underrated gold comment

@johnsesame9182

Cant help but picture Seth Rogan smoking big joints everytime

@ScorpioSoul-pe2pm

John Sesame
Lol same, but I’m sitting in the passenger seat in my fantasy.

@chadneider9511

You’ve been served!

@Cleanclemence

Haha

@obviouslynathan7113

Pineapple Express was the vibe bro i remember when i was 9 watching this with my brother good times

@MVOH

John Sesame take that shit to the next level eh! Orale!

@luciano2930

Eu escutava na cozinha com minha mãe fazendo comida ,radinho de pilha, que Deus a tenha ,que saudade!

@patmctallica3522

Immer noch geil in 2023

@lastrada52

This is what you get when you crunch rock together with reggae. What an excellent track. Has all the necessary ingredients to make your feet happy. Eddy Grant really hit the target with this one.

@nopcshere6097

Sure did! I remember hearing this way back when, I must have been about 12. I'm 47 now and this song ROCKS compared to some of the crap from today.

@TheOriginalSycHolic

Just wondering but what part of reggae do you even hear in this song? this is 80's pop/r&b/funk Yeah he was reggae singer but this song so not reggae.

@lastrada52

No. This was a pop introduction to reggae styles. Pop? You'd be insulting Grant.

Eddy did what Desmond Dekker tried ("Israelites"), and Prince Buster tried ("Ten Commandments"). And Jimmy Cliff tried (and succeeded big), and even the early 60's Jimmy Soul ("If You Wanna Be Happy"). Prior to that, it was more of a calypso/ska/bluebeat/skiffle music that reached our ears.

Listen, even though Elvis' "Heartbreak Hotel," is a rock song its roots are in the blues. Can't you understand any of that? It's there, under the surface. There is very little funk or R&B in "Electric Avenue." You could interpret it because it has a great beat & drives but its melody line is reggae no doubt -- maybe even ska (Madness, The Specials).

The initials R&B, if you go back in music history is rhythm & blues. It's not Mariah Carey or Whitney Houston -- it's Sam Cooke, early Ray Charles, solo Curtis Mayfield, Clyde McPatther, The Drifters, Bobby Hebb, Brook Benton, Bill Withers, a little of Sade (though she is jazzier), Marvin Gaye. There is a difference between R&B artists & soul, funk & middle-of-the-road artists. The Temptations were soul, The Drifters were R&B, The Monkees were pop.

Today they bunch people like Beyonce, Shakira & Prince into an R&B mold and that is not true R&B. Could they sing R&B? Probably, but I haven't heard much yet. The connotation has lost its meaning. Like Taylor Swift is country music? I'm still trying to figure that one out. Prince touched on multiple styles, he was never locked into just one.

James Brown dabbled in R&B but he is primarily soul/funk. You know that. He sang some R&B but he is not known for that. He's too explosive in his performances. There's a smoothness to an R&B artist, a finesse. Sam Cooke & early Ray Charles ("You Don't Know Me") are probably the most noted purveyors of true R&B.

Eddy Grant? He's far closer to reggae than R&B or funk. Hell, Parliament is funk, George Clinton, Sly & the Family Stone is rock/funk. Not Eddy Grant. He may be more rock/reggae but Syc holic -- of all the people I know in the music business -- no one ever said Eddy Grant was an R&B/funk/pop artist. Maybe when he was performing with The Equals (on RCA label) he was...but not on "Electric Avenue."

I think you're a fan of true raw rootsy reggae and that's why you object to that song as reggae -- I can respect that. It's not Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, Buju Banton, Black Uhuru, Burning Spear & the like. But to reach "white" ears and its audience that love reggae -- you have to sweeten the recipe. That's what Eddy Grant did. Put a lot of sugar into it. We can have a civil talk -- don't be so defensive. It's just music.

@TheOriginalSycHolic

true few places list this as pop only reason I mentioned it but if anything eclectic? cuz it has far too many styles, there clearly a rock sound, then you got the synth-wave, while the beat is funky... I give.

@lastrada52

There's no reason to "give" Syc holic -- you made a reasonable argument and part of it is indeed true.

I was in the marketing end of the record business once & a DJ on Boston radio. We often discussed how to make something crossover to a wider audience. In the mid-70's when rock radio like WNEW-FM started to play reggae, it resonated with some older listeners but the young ones? They needed that commercial appeal like "Electric Avenue."

I always liked Grant's voice -- he was a good choice to promote. No, don't give in. You have a passion for a music & you're entitled to voice your opinion. But always explain it carefully & be wary of those who have a knowledge of where things come from, originate, and developed. There is nothing new under the sun. When I heard reggae for the first time in the 70's I thought it was calypso with a rock beat. But then, I never went to Jamaica to listen to their music. I've since been educated. I find it far more challenging & enjoyable than rap & hip-hop. But that's just an opinion.

@christophergomez8005

You've been served!!! - Dale Denton

@matthewthill7

Saul - "Dale is a Protest Servant"


Dale - "That's... that's not what I am"

@ryancitrin5219

@@matthewthill7 You shine shoes?

@kai_21

😂

@jacobsteele7080

Ayyyyeeeee take that shit to the next level man 😂😂

@Pablo-be4gf

Pinche fresa!

@larrymcdonald1408

Electric Avenue 2 ???
💯💯💯💪💪💪🙏🙏🙏👌☝️🔥🔥🔥

@Enterprise-D666

Electric Avenue Lyrics:

[Intro]
Oi!
Oi!

[Verse 1]
Now in the street, there is violence
And a lots of work to be done
No place to hang out the washin'
And I can't blame all on the sun, oh no

[Chorus]
We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Oh, we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher

[Verse 2]
Workin' so hard like a soldier
Can't afford a thing on TV
Deep in my heart, I abhor ya
Can't get food for the kid, good God

[Chorus]
We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Ho, we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher

[Interlude]
Oh no
Oh no
Oh no
Oh no
Oh, Lord

[Chorus]
We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Ho, we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher

[Verse 3]
Who is to blame in one country?
Never can get to the one
Dealin' in multiplication
And they still can't feed everyone, oh no

[Chorus]
We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Ho no, we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher

[Bridge]
Ho, out in the street
Out in the street
Out in the daytime
Out in the night

[Chorus]
Oh, we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Ho, we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher

[Bridge]
Out in the street
Out in the street
Out in the playground
In the dark side of town

[Chorus]
Ho, we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Hey, we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher

[Outro]
Rock it in the daytime
Rock it in the night
Rock it in Miami mama, meh
Whoa, in a Brixton

@gordoncrawford6300

Teacher: 5 minutes until the test is over
Me: please just give me one coherent thought, something
My last 2 brain cells:

@creeperboy1727

No joke i fucked up the last question on a test because of this damned song but im not complaining

@phillipshosie9233

I was 22 in 1983. That summer, with my friend driving, in a 1966 T-Bird, I left Tucson, AZ for a cruise to Los Angeles, Cal for the first time, I had never been there before. We ended up on the Santa Monica pier, slept in the car there for about 3 days, til the bicycle cops ushered us along. On one occasion, early morning, I walked over to Venice Beach along the ocean alone. Then I walked north a few blocks and walked back west to the pier down a street called Electric. I don't know if it was Ave or Rd or Blvd? but this song reminds of that time, walking down that street. It was on the radio at the time.

@anhalt1444

I came here cuz of the wizard meme

@WntrWolf

This was the first song I heard when I played with electrical wiring kit and made a radio with it when I was a kid. This song will live in my heart forever

@dr_pepoo

fr

@drunkenpolskis

I had the exact same experience; though it was some country song about radio. Don't recall what it was anymore.

@xeroxavier2486

That’s really cool. I’m glad I saw this comment. It made me smile 😃.

@carloscorrea2718

They're against great music

@Alabaster_Jones

How ironic! You play with electricity, then electric avenue starts playing

@domenictrussell3605

This song always makes me think of the movie Pineapple Express

@imandadkhah2426

I know take that shit to the next level

@xoticproductionsreviews4925

@@imandadkhah2426 pinche fresa

@mrpod31

Orale Guey!!!

@chadneider9511

YoU’ve BeEn SeRvEd

@racheladkins6060

I heard this song on Top of the pops in the 80s here in England. Eddie was popular with us Brits.

@lanier1000

Eight grade, school bus driver jammin' this song as one in her "playlist". As kids none of really ever knew how great it really was back then. I think we all just assumed things would be like "this" forever. God, what a beautiful ignorance it was.
.

@agod5608

One of my favorite songs. Saved my life when I was homeless and absolutely wrecked. Taught me it was perfectly fine to hate my enemies. Gave me the idea I could like I was electric. It worked. I still live a totally wired life today.

@kim222aburningflameforgod

This is a song Father God has put in my soul with this son and what i received from this
When i woke up this morning with this song stuck in my head i woke up singing it so I looked it up to hear it again because it's been years but I see why God put this in my spirit AMEN BECAUSE WE ARE GOING HOME SOON ITS TELLINNG ME THAT THAT 144 ARE GOING TO MARCH UP TO THE ENEMY AND DEFEAT THEM AND HOME WE GO YESS
WE ARE GOING TO ROCK ON TO ELECTRIC AVENUE AND THEN WE TAKE IT HIGHER

@soupersad6083

@@kim222aburningflameforgod what

@bryp6553

@@kim222aburningflameforgod I'm not reading that but nice.

@donnamariedavidson5065

@@kim222aburningflameforgod Amen!

@skippyroo7597

Good man

@josephlowry4320

I feel like saying "You been served." by Dale Denton from Pineapple Express.

@chadneider9511

Take dat shit to da nex level aye!

@SitckmanWeegee625

Pumped Up Kicks of the 80s.

@riffmaster5805

80s boy here😍😍.... This one and the double dutch bus is my fav

@traviscook5768

I will forever see Dale Denton rocking out smoking a joint. "You have been served by the best my friend, keep it real."

@edgajam

Electric Avenue 2: Electric Boogaloo

@riverdahlia

edgajam the only comment worth reading on here... you sir, are a 5 star man... a golden god!

@TheRealKoolaid

FETISH FETISH SHIT. I LIKE TO BIND I LIKE TO BE BOUND

@aqualitymagentachickenmask3298

Julia Asgitisdi Because of the implication?

@dwaynecolbert9355

edgajam I was gonna say that,, :)

@rolexist.v.johnandalexis9139

This doesn't represent me 😂

@alanmonteros6432

WE GETTING INTO THE ARBY'S WITH THIS ONE 🧙🏻🧙🏻🧙🏻🧙🏻🪄🪄🪄✨✨✨

@bigcaddydaddy

my high school electricity teacher played this song about 12 times a day called it our “class anthem” 😂

@kiardothefirst8011

1.2k people couldn't find electric avenue

@alessandrac1940

It's called GPS!

@user-dl8rl8oz3s

10k people could

@jan.mmmmmmm

currently 1.7k

@grindtime8700

Dickhead fucks weren't meant to find electric avenue.

@michaelql3754

1.8 bukaroo

@bigmanboshi

A somersaulting raccoon brought me here. Very epic

@itsstego3537

Yep

@6uteee

Yes.

@khaigautreaux3246

As some one who knew the song before the meme i can still say same

@Sandman23

same bro

@PortyOG

Yup. Same here

@ellarrofficial

Just rolled up, watching Pineapple Express, take me higher

@Seth-ng5oy

Eddy Grant and Bob Marley would be a Dynamic Duo 🙂

@Lytinweedle

I rocked down to Electric Avenue.
I took it higher.

I continue to await further instructions ....

@DragonCarbomb

Rock it the day time,
Then rock it in the night,
Then rock it AYAMIMAWAMAWE,

@juliavalencia6352

TOTORO

@Lytinweedle

Julia Valencia
Spirited Away ;)

@tokyopandaable

Lytinweedle
Once you take it higher... You need nothing else.

@Lytinweedle

Higher than what, though ... that is the question. ;)

@andreweggleston4410

The Simpsons season 20 Homer and Ned become bounty hunters episode 1 called "Sex, Pies, and Idiot Escapes" this song was playing it made the scene in the episode very gangster.

@vytautas4065

This is how i found this song

@user-cz2wi2ru1x

I forgot about it the song but I found it agian bc of the Simpsons

@chloekelly5941

This song is empowering spiritually and mentally and physically

@DerekBullene

I love that song way back Ben Franklin School yes beautiful A