Let It Whip

Let It Whip

Single infobox
Name = Let It Whip


Artist = Dazz Band
from Album = Keep It Live
Released = 1982
Format = 12" vinyl
Recorded =
Genre = R&B, funk
Length = 4:42 (album version)
4:06 (single version)
Label = Motown
Writer = Reggie Andrews, Leon "Ndugu" Chancler
Producer = Reggie Andrews
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single =
This single =
Next single =

"Let It Whip" is a 1982 hit single by the Dazz Band, one of their biggest hits, reaching No. 1 on the R&B chart for five consecutive weeks and No. 5 on the Pop chart. The song won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1983.

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Co-written by producer Reggie Andrews and performed by the Dazz Band, "Let It Whip" features a percolating drum machine rhythm underneath live drums, and a Minimoog bassline.

This song has been featured in the video game ', in the video game ', in commercials for Tampax and Reese's Whipps candy, and has been covered by Boyz II Men and by punk 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".

References

*http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:difqxqr5ldje

Song featured at the Xena Convention 2005, sung and gogo'd by Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor YOUTUBE.COM


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