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I Beg Your Pardon
"I Beg Your Pardon" is the debut single by Canadian synth-pop duo Kon Kan, from their 1989 debut album '' Move to Move''. It was written by Kon Kan member Barry Harris, and American musician Joe South, who is credited due to the song's sampling of Lynn Anderson's 1970 hit "Rose Garden", which he wrote. "I Beg Your Pardon" also contains samples of other songs, including GQ's " Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)", Silver Convention's "Get Up and Boogie", and Spagna's " Call Me". Music critic James Masterton wrote that the song was one of the first big club hits to contain prominent samples. The song was a hit, reaching the top twenty in a number of countries including the UK and U.S., where it peaked at numbers 5 and 15, respectively. Barry Harris said that the song was "the question to Lynn Anderson's 'Rose Garden' answer." It was Harris's first studio project, and was initially released on an unknown independent record label in Toronto. Background Barry Harris took inspiration from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kon Kan
Kon Kan is a Canadian synthpop project conceived and formed in 1988 by Barry Harris in Toronto, Ontario. Kon Kan were awarded a 1990 Juno for the song "I Beg Your Pardon" and nominated for a 1991 Juno Award for the single " Puss N' Boots/These Boots Are Made for Walkin'". History Band name Musician Barry Harris said the name "Kon Kan" is a play on the term " Can Con", the Canadian radio regulation that states radio stations must play Canadian artists at least 30% of the time. Harris named the group "Kon Kan" as a subtle advertisement to Canadian stations that he was Canadian. However, he said the move didn't work, and he wasn't noticed by the stations until Atlantic Records signed them. "I Beg Your Pardon" "I Beg Your Pardon" was inspired in part by both the Pet Shop Boys hit single " Always on My Mind" and an increasingly prevalent use of sampling by artists such as Public Enemy, M/A/R/R/S and Coldcut. The track sampled Lynn Anderson's 1971 hit " (I Never Promised You a) Ros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get Up And Boogie (song)
"Get Up and Boogie" is a song by German disco act Silver Convention from their 1976 second Get Up and Boogie, album of the same name. The song was written and composed by Sylvester Levay and Michael Kunze, Stephan Prager, and produced by Prager. The song was released as the lead single from the album ''Get Up and Boogie'' (also titled ''Silver Convention'' in some countries) in 1976. Composition Similar to their previous 1975 hit single "Fly, Robin, Fly", the lyrics of "Get Up and Boogie" consists only of two phrases, "Get up and boogie!" and "That's right!" repeated throughout the song. Reception "Get Up and Boogie" hit number one on June 15, 1976 in Canada, and reached No. 2 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100, being kept off the No. 1 spot by Paul McCartney and Wings, Wings' "Silly Love Songs". ''Billboard'' ranked it as the #24 song for 1976. "Get Up and Boogie" also became a hit during the late-1970s Studio 54, disco scene. Covers and samples * Australian rock band Regurgitat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |