"I Love to Boogie" is a song by

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band T. Rex. It was recorded in May 1976 and released as a single in June by record label

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. It later appeared on T. Rex's final studio album, 1977's ''

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''. Its

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, "Baby Boomerang", was taken from an earlier T. Rex album, ''

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'' (1972).

Recording

"I Love to Boogie" was recorded and mixed in a single day by engineer Ian Maidman at Decibel Studio in Stamford Hill, London.

Release

"I Love to Boogie" was released as a single on 11 June 1976 by record label EMI. It later appeared on T. Rex's final studio album, 1977's ''Dandy in the Underworld''. The song was in the UK charts for a total of nine weeks, peaking at No. 13. The song was released to controversy due to its resemblance to

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's "Teenage Boogie", prompting rockabillies to attempt to burn copies of the single at an event held in a pub on the Old Kent Road, South East London. Disc jockey Geoff Barker complained that "The records are so alike it can't be a coincidence." When Pierce's publishers contacted Bolan's London office, Bolan's manager Tony Howard employed a musicologist to analyse both songs. The musicologist noted that "Teenage Boogie" was itself based on a riff that had been around long before the song was written. "I Love to Boogie" is amongst T. Rex's best known and most popular hits.

Certifications

In popular culture

"I Love to Boogie" features in the film

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, as the music for a dance routine with Julie Walters and Jamie Bell. The song was also played in the 2005 French/

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'', when Dougal (voiced by

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) and his friends battle the evil ice wizard Zeebad (voiced by

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) by placing the three magic

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at the

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for unfreezing their home land.

References

1976 singles T. Rex (band) songs Songs written by Marc Bolan Song recordings produced by Marc Bolan EMI Records singles 1976 songs Songs about dancing {{1970s-rock-song-stub