| "Electric Avenue" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Eddy Grant | |
| from the album Killer on the Rampage | |
| Released | 1983 |
| Studio |
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| Genre | Reggae |
| Length | 3:48 |
| Label | |
| Songwriter(s) | Eddy Grant |
| Producer(s) | Eddy Grant |
| Audio | |
| "Electric Avenue" on YouTube | |
"Electric Avenue" is a reggae song released by Guyanese singer Eddy Grant on his Killer on the Rampage album in January 1983. It is a reggae, synthpop, new wave, and disco song. Grant wrote and produced the song himself.[4][5]
It reached #2 on both the United States and UK singles charts.
The song is named after a market street in Brixton, London, England. It has been covered by many artists.
- ↑ Greene, Jo-Ann. "Eddy Grant – Killer on the Rampage". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ↑ Galil, Leor (May 4, 2016). "Chief Keef meets CeeLo and Eddy Grant on 'Violence (Army)'". Chicago Reader. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
- ↑ Anthony, Todd (January 5, 1994). "Soca Up the Sun". Miami New Times. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
- ↑ "Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
- ↑ "Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-07-06.