- Boogie Shoes
Infobox Single
Name = Boogie Shoes
Artist =KC and the Sunshine Band
from Album = KC and the Sunshine Band and Saturday Night Fever soundtrack
A-side =
B-side =
Released = 1975
Format = 7"
Recorded =
Genre = Disco
Length = 2:17
Label =Rhino Records
Writer = Harry Wayne Casey / Richard Finch
Producer = Harry Wayne Casey / Richard Finch
Certification =
Last single = "Black Water Gold" (1978)
This single = "Boogie Shoes" (1978)
Next single = "It's the Same Old Song Again" (1978)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Saturday Night Fever
Type = soundtrack
prev_track ="You Should Be Dancing
prev_no = 13
this_track = "Boogie Shoes "
track_no = 14
next_track = "Salsation"
next_no = 15"Boogie Shoes" was a popular song released in 1975 on the self-titled album "KC and the Sunshine Band" by the disco group
KC and the Sunshine Band . The song became a hit when it appeared on the "Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack" in 1977. The song is still heard on radio stations today as a disco-era staple.As with several of KC's disco songs, some of the lyrics are playfully suggestive: "I want to do it till the sun comes up / I want to do till I can't get enough."
Pop culture
*The song has been sampled by
The Bloodhound Gang in the song "One Way" and more recently byTrick Daddy in his song "Take It to Da House."
*The song was featured in theSports Night episode "Dear Louise."
*The song is featured in the soundtrack for the1997 filmBoogie Nights .
*The song is featured in the1995 filmMallrats .
*The song is part of the 1977 film "Saturday Night Fever ", ostensibly representing the "ritual" men would do before heading to the discotheque. However, its usage at several points in the film, as a short excerpt, is typically associated with the leading man "hitting on" a woman.
*The song has also been featured in more than one episode of the nighttime soap, "Desperate Housewives ".
*The song was featured in the 1999 film Detroit Rock City
*In both "Sports Night " and "Desperate Housewives ",Felicity Huffman is dancing on top of a desk/bar to this song.
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