"I Love to Boogie" is a song by English glam rock act T. Rex. It was recorded in May 1976 and released as a single in June by record label EMI. It later appeared on T. Rex's final studio album, 1977's Dandy in the Underworld. Its B-side, "Baby Boomerang", was taken from an earlier T. Rex album, The Slider (1972).
| "I Love to Boogie" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| B-side | "Baby Boomerang" |
Recording
'I Love to Boogie' was recorded and mixed in a single day by engineer Ian Maidman at Decibel Studio in Stamford Hill, London.[1]
Release
"I Love to Boogie" was released as a single on 5 June 1976 by record label EMI. It later appeared on T. Rex's final studio album, 1977's Dandy in the Underworld. The song was in the UK charts for a total of nine weeks, peaking at No. 13.[2]
The song was released to controversy due to its resemblance to Webb Pierce's "Teenage Boogie", prompting rockabillies to attempt to burn copies of the single at an event held in a pub on the Old Kent Road, South East London. Disc jockey Geoff Barker complained that "The records are so alike it can't be a coincidence." When Pierce's publishers contacted Bolan's London office, Bolan's manager Tony Howard employed a musicologist to analyse both songs. The musicologist noted that "Teenage Boogie" was itself based on a riff that had been around long before the song was written.[3]
"I Love to Boogie" is amongst T. Rex's best known and most popular hits.[4]
References
- ^ "o'halloran & wright - the roadies". Marcbolanmusic.com. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ "T Rex | Official Charts Company". Official Charts. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ Paytress, Mark (2006). Bolan: The Rise and Fall of a 20th Century Superstar. London: Omnibus Press. pp. 305–306.
- ^ Haydon, John (1 December 2012). "The List: Top 10 T. Rex Songs – Washington Times". The Washington Times. Archived from the original on 3 December 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
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