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词条 Let It Whip
释义

  1. Song

  2. Chart history

     Weekly charts  Year-end charts 

  3. CDB version

     Track listing  Charts 

  4. Other covers/sampling

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Infobox song
| name = Let It Whip
| cover = Dazz Band Let It Whip US vinyl 7-inch Side A 1982.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Side A of U.S. 7-inch vinyl
| type = single
| artist = Dazz Band
| album = Keep It Live
| B-side = Everyday Love
| released = February 12, 1982
| format = 12"
| recorded = July 1981
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Post-disco, funk
| length = 4:42 (album version)
3:58 (7" single version)
6:22 (12" single version)
7:00 (instrumental)
| label = Motown
| writer = Reggie Andrews, Leon "Ndugu" Chancler
| producer = Reggie Andrews
| prev_title = Knock Knock
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = Keep It Live (On the K.I.L.)
| next_year = 1982
}}

"Let It Whip" is a 1982 single by the Dazz Band and their biggest hit, peaking at number one on the R&B chart for five non-consecutive weeks.[1] The single also reached number two on the Dance chart[2] and number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[3] The song won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1983.

Song

Co-written by producers Reggie Andrews and Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, performed by the Dazz Band, "Let It Whip" features a percolating drum machine rhythm underneath live drums, and a Minimoog bassline, underneath an electric bass guitar.

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1982)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 1005
Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs>US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play2
US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs1
US Cash Box Top 100[4]13

Year-end charts

Chart (1982)Rank
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5]24
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[6]79

CDB version

{{Infobox song
| name = Let It Whip
| cover = Let it Whip by CDB.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = CDB
| album = Lifted
| B-side = remixes
| released = April 1998
| format = CD single
| recorded = Sydney, Australia
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop
| length = {{duration|m=4|s=59}}
| label = Sony Music Australia
| writer = Reggie Andrews, Leon "Ndugu" Chancler
| producer = The Rockmelons
| prev_title = Back Then
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = After the Love Has Gone
| next_year = 1998
}}

Australian boy band CDB released a version in April 1998 as the third single from their second studio album, Lifted (1997). The song peaked at number 51 on the ARIA Charts.

Track listing

CD single (665254 2)
  1. "Let It Whip"
  2. "Back Then" (Dance Remix)
  3. "Good Times" (MI:II Remix)
  4. "Let It Whip" (Instrumental)

Charts

Chart (1998)Position
Australian ARIA Charts51

Other covers/sampling

"Let It Whip" is featured in the video games San Andreas and The World Is Yours, in commercials for Tampax and Reese's Whipps candy, in the skateboard film DVS Skate More and in the films Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Adventures of Power (2008) and Almost Christmas (2016).

It has been covered by Boyz II Men, SR-71 on the soundtrack to The New Guy, and George Lam (titled as the Cantonese song "愛到發燒"). The song was also covered by fictional a cappella group The Treblemakers in the 2012 film Pitch Perfect and is featured on the film's soundtrack.

Hip hop group The Treacherous Three sampled the song in their version called "Whip It", also released in 1982.

Christian hip hop artist Lecrae sampled the song in his song "Let It Whip" (featuring Paul Wall) on his 2013 mix tape Church Clothes 2.

Justin Timberlake sampled the song in a remix version of his 2003 hit "Cry Me a River".

The song is also sampled in the song "Let It Whip" by Purple Disco Machine (2012).

In 2015, the song was sampled by LunchMoney Lewis in his song "Whip It!".[7]

References

1. ^{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=149}}
2. ^{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=72}}
3. ^Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19820710.html |title=CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending JULY 10, 1982 |accessdate=2013-11-28 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920014851/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19820710.html |archivedate=20 September 2012 |df= }}. Cash Box magazine.
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1982.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1982/Top 100 Songs of 1982 |website=Musicoutfitters.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-23}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://50.6.195.142/archives/80s_files/1982YESP.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-07-08 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026072330/http://50.6.195.142/archives/80s_files/1982YESP.html |archivedate=2014-10-26 |df= }}
7. ^{{cite web|title=INTERVIEW : LunchMoney Lewis|url=https://www.auspop.com.au/2015/11/interview-lunchmoney-lewis/|website=auspOp|accessdate=January 10, 2016|date=November 2, 2015}}
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External links

  • {{Allmusic|class=album|id=r5211}}
  • {{MetroLyrics song|dazz-band|let-it-whip}}
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