Blame It on the Boogie

"Blame It on the Boogie" is a song, written and originally performed in 1978 by the American singer-songwriter Mick Jackson, (born Michael George Jackson)cite web|url=http://www.disco-disco.com/artists/mick.shtml|title=Michael 'Mick' Jackson|publisher=disco-disco.com] . The song was co-authored by Mick's brother David Jackson and Elmar Krohn cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?what=R&obid=626009|title="Blame it on the Boogie" - Record sleeve|publisher=Atlantic Records] cite web|url=http://www.mickjacksonmusic.com|title=Introduction|publisher=Mick Jackson Music] and produced by Sylvester Levay.. The single was released on the Atlantic Records label on both 7" and 12" vinyl and peaked at number 15 in the UK Singles Chart on 21 October 1978, cite web|url=http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=7933|title="Blame it on the Boogie"|publisher=ChartStats.com] and number 61 in the United States cite web|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=7514|title="Blame it on the Boogie" by The Jacksons|publisher=SongFacts] .

The best known rendition of the song, however, is a cover version by The Jacksons also released in 1978, which reached #3 on the US R&B charts. The song has also been covered by numerous other artists.

Cover versions

* The Jacksons covered the song for their 1978 "Destiny" album. It is this version by which the song is most widely known, and is often thought to be penned by the more famous Michael Jackson (aided in part by the fact that, in the writing credits of the Destiny album, Michael (Joseph) Jackson is listed as "Michael Jackson" on all tracks apart from "Blame It on the Boogie", where the credit is to the more ambiguous "M. Jackson"). The Jacksons' version of the song peaked at #3 on the U.S R&B chart [http://www.jacksonfamily-database.de/index2.htm] , # 54 on the U.S. pop charts and number 20 on the Club Play Singles , #8 in the United Kingdom on the 4 November and #7 in the Netherlands [http://swisscharts.com] .
*The Italian artist Rita Pavone released a version in 1979 on the album, "Rita & l' Anonima Ragazzi" (RCA label). [http://digilander.libero.it/gianni61dgl/ritapavone.htm]
* In 1989, the song was covered by Big Fun, [http://freenet-homepage.de/big.fun/home.htm] and charted at number 4 in the UK on the 9 September [http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=16701] , number 17 in France and number 37 in Australia [http://swisscharts.com] .
* In 1989, a version called "Blame It on the Baseline" was released by Fat Boy Slim (known as Norman Cook at the time) [http://www.normancook.co.uk/disco.htm] .
* In 1990, the Mexican artist Luis Miguel released a version in the Spanish language: "Será Que No Me Amas" and included on his album "20 Años" [http://www.luismiguelsite.com] .
* In 1996 a band calling themselves Blame It On The Wookiee recorded a parody of the song also entitled "Blame It On The Wookiee" [http://www.coverbands.com.au/Bands/BandDetails.asp?BandID=2307] . The lyrics of this parody were written by Steven Cavanagh can be found here. [http://www.theforce.net/songbook/songs/6.asp]
* In 1998, British disco-techno group Clock released a version [http://www.danceartistinfo.com/aclock.htm] which reached number 16 in the UK on 28 November, [http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=26918] and 22 in New Zealand [http://swisscharts.com] .
* In September 1998, an artist called Kris MacKenzie released a cover version [http://www.musicinscotland.com/cgi-bin/apf4/amazon_products_feed.cgi?Operation=ItemLookup&ItemId=B00004XY17] .
* In 1998 F.I.P. released "Boogie Man'" featuring Mick Jackson [http://www.musicaldi.com/en/artist/f%20i%20p%20feat%20mick%20jackson.html] and released on the Global Satellite record label. [http://www.globe-art-group.de]
* In 2002, the 10 finalists of French reality TV show "Nouvelle Star" released a cover version as a group, [http://www.nouvellestar.fr/ns5/accueil/display.jsp?id=j_5] which reached number 15 on the French charts [http://swisscharts.com] .
* In 2002, The Dartmouth Cords released a cover on the album "Elements of Style" [http://www.dartmouth.edu/~cords/recordings/index.html] .
* In 2002, the Brazilian band Caipirinha released a self-titled album featuring the song [http://www.rytmiklubi.com/linkit/levyt/caipirinha.html] .
* In 2003, the 13-year-old Danish singer Jay-Kid recorded his version of the song. This version reached number 32 in Sweden, 66 in France [http://swisscharts.com] and number one in South Africa [http://www.mickjacksonmusic.com/index2.html] .
*2003 also saw Captain Jack release the sunshine mix of the song, which featured on the album "Cafe Cubar". [http://www.eurodanceusa.com/artists/captainjack.htm]
* In 2005 Loo and Placido released a mash-up of Jay-Kid's version, and "Should I Stay or Should I Go" by The Clash called "Should I Stay Or Should I Boogie?". It was featured in the album "London Booted". [http://www.looandplacido.com/home.php?lang=en]
* In 2007 Ric Papilaya sung the song on the Austrian casting show "Starmania", and it was released on the album "The Very Best of Starmania". [http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Starmania&titel=The+Very+Best&cat=a]
* The Lucky Kids released a CD featuring a recording [http://www.luckykids.net] . (release date unknown)
* X Factor duo Same Difference sang the song on series 4.

Mick Jackson.

Jacksons version.

The_Italian_cover_of_The_Jacksons

_The_Japanese_version_of_The_Jacksons

Big Fun.

Norman Cook's version in 1989.

Clock release their version as as single.

Nouvelle Star" release their version.

Dartmouth Cords album "Elements of Style" which featured the song.

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_Back_cover_of_the_Brazilian_cover_of_Caipirinha's album featuring "Blame It on the Boogie". [http://www.rytmiklubi.com/linkit/levyt/caipirinha.html|Front cover]

Jay-Kid version single cover.

Albums inspired by the song

*The Dutch disco group The Yum Yums released an album entitled "Blame It on the Boogie", but it did not include a cover version. [http://www.grunnenrocks.nl/bands/y/yumyums.htm]
*A Compilation album, entitled "Blame It On The Boogie", was released 26 September 1994. [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,275632,00.html]

The Yum Yums album inspired by the song

_A_compilation_album_(features_The_Jacksons_version)

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