A Taste Of Honey, Boogie Oogie Oogie | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

In the 175^th edition of Throwback Vibez (2023), we recollect and reflect on “Boogie Oogie Oogie” by A Taste Of Honey.

The vibes, the vibes, those Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶! Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 is a column that celebrates awesome songs from the past.  The records that grace this column are older, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re ancient – no fossils 🦴! All genres of music are welcome. In the 175^th edition of Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 (2023), we recollect and reflect on 🎵 “Boogie Oogie Oogie”, performed by 🎙 A Taste Of Honey.

“If you’re thinkin’ you’re too cool to boogie / Boy, oh boy, have I got news for you.” What’s that news, 🎙 A Taste Of Honey? Well, “Everybody here tonight must boogie / Let me tell ya, you are no exception to the rule.” Ooh-wee! Even if you can’t dance worth a sugar honey iced tea 🧋, there is no way you can listen to a song as groovy and infectious as 🎵 “Boogie Oogie Oogie” and NOT move your body.  “Boogie Oogie Oogie,” which appears on A Taste Of Honey’s debut album, 💿 A Taste Of Honey, is one of the greatest disco/funk records of all time.  It should come as no surprise that this 🎼 ✍ Janice Marie Johnson and Perry Kibble composed record was a no. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.  Furthermore, A Taste Of Honey would (1) earn platinum certification for both the single and album and (2) win the 🏆 Grammy for Best New Artist.

“Get up on the floor

‘Cause we’re gonna boogie oogie oogie

‘Til you just can’t boogie no more.”

WOO! Lyrical depth is not necessary for a feel good, groovy gem 💎 like “Boogie Oogie Oogie.” It’s all about dancing 🕺🪩 (“Listen to the music and let your body flow”). Janice Marie Johnson delivers solid vocals, getting great background vocals from Perry Kibble and the rest of the musicians bringing the F-U-N-K.  Of course, Johnson and Kibble bring it on the bass 🎸and keyboards 🎹 respectively 💪.  The rhythm section is in the pocket – totally locked in 🔒! The robust bass lines, the keyboard riffs, and that guitar solo by 🎸 Hazel Payne = stellar 🤩. 🎛 Fonce Mizell and Laurence Mizell do a fine job on the production end of things too. No deep analysis is necessary for 🎵 “Boogie Oogie Oogie”. It’s just an utterly stupendous 70s dance record.

🎙 A Taste Of Honey • 💿 A Taste Of Honey • 🏷 Capitol • 🗓 1978

 A Taste Of Honey, Boogie Oogie Oogie: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 175 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Capitol; John Alan Sperry, PIRO via  Pixabay]