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Electric Slide
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The Electric (better known as The Electric Slide) is a four-wall line dance. Choreographer and dancer Richard L. "Ric" Silver claims to have created the dance in 1976.[1]
The dance's popularity is sometimes attributed to "Electric Boogie", written by Bunny Wailer and recorded by Marcia Griffiths. The song was first released in December 1982.[2][3][4]
There are several variations of the dance. The original choreography has 22 steps,[5] while variants include the Freeze (16 steps), Cowboy Motion (24 steps), Cowboy Boogie (24 steps), and Electric Slide 2 (18 steps). The 18-step variation became popular in 1989 and was listed by Linedancer Magazine as the number-one dance in the world for ten years.[citation needed]
The original choreography was performed in two lines facing each other, with dancers circling those opposite them during the dance.[1]
Controversy
In 2007, Silver issued DMCA-based takedown notices targeting YouTube videos of people performing the 18-step variation. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit against Silver on behalf of videographer Kyle Machulis, asking the court to protect Machulis's free speech rights to record several steps of the dance in a documentary posted on the Internet.[6] On May 22, 2007, the parties reached a settlement under which Silver agreed to license the Electric Slide under a Creative Commons noncommercial license[7] and post the license on any of his current or future websites that mention the dance.
In 2021, NPR reporter Patricia Meschino described Silver as the creator of the Electric Slide and noted that Wailer demonstrated the routine in a 1989 video.[8]
The claimed creation date of the Electric Slide has been disputed. Silver stated that he received a demo of "Electric Boogie" in 1976 and used it to create the dance.[9] According to Griffiths, however, Wailer wrote "Electric Boogie" for her in the early 1980s.[10]
References
- 1 2 LineDancer Magazine, June 2003, p. 9.
- ↑ "Marcia Griffiths – Today's 1 Hit Wonder @ 1 [VIDEO]". 18 February 2013.
- ↑ The Electric Slide Dance, American Songwriter
- ↑ 1976 – Bunny Wailer & Marcia Griffiths: Electric Boogie
- ↑ Silver, Ric. "This is 'The Electric' - The Complete Choreography". The-electricslidedance.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-08. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- ↑ "'Electric Slide' Creator Steps on Fair Use | Electronic Frontier Foundation". Eff.org. 2007-03-01. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
- ↑ "Electric Slide Creator Calls Off Online Take-down Campaign". EFF. 2007-05-22. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
- ↑ Patricia Meschino, Remembering Bunny Wailer, Reggae Mystic And Wailers Co-Founder, March 6, 2021
- ↑ "The Electric" (PDF). United States Copyright Office. June 10, 2010.
- ↑ Katz, David (2003). Solid Foundation: An Oral History of Reggae (1st ed.). Bloomsbury. p. 335. ISBN 978-0747564027.
I got maybe about 700 dollars, and I invested in a keyboard in Canada - a rhythm box - and it was the greatest buy I've ever made, because it had every single sound on it. I took it in the studio with brother Bunny, and Bunny was fascinated with the same sound that I loved, which was the piano playing the repeater sound, "nenga-nenga-nenga-nenga," so that was what we put down first on tape, and then the rhythm, "boom, baff, boom, baff." Bunny is a talented songwriter, and one of the greatest producers I know. He took that home in the country, and the following morning he came back with the song "Electric Boogie." The song was released coming up to Christmas in 1982