"Rilly Groovy" is a 1993 song by Beautiful People. Released as the second single from their 1993 album ''

If 60's Were 90's ''If 60's Were 90's'' is an album by techno-dance band Beautiful People featuring numerous samples from Jimi Hendrix songs. It spawned the hits "Rilly Groovy," which reached number three on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart and the title track "If ...

'', the song reached #3 on the

Hot Dance Club Songs Dance Club Songs is a chart published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine in the United States. It is a national look over of club disc jockeys to determine the most popular songs being played in nightclubs across the country. It was launched as t ...

chart.

Background

The song was written by group leader Du Kane and Luke Baldry with the programming done by Baldry at Kane's mother's house in

Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ...

. Like the rest of Rilly Groovy's parent album ''

'', the song extensively samples the works of

Jimi Hendrix James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most ...

; Rilly Groovy samples guitar from " Wild Thing", "Up the Road" and " Bleeding Heart", and bass guitar and spoken words from ''

Jimi Plays Monterey ''Jimi Plays Monterey'' is a posthumous live album by Jimi Hendrix released in February 1986. It documents the Jimi Hendrix Experience's performance at the Monterey Pop Festival on June 18, 1967. In 2007, it was superseded by ''Live at Monterey'' ...

''. The sample used for the guitar solo, like the others on the album, was a multitrack solo; although the group had permission to raid

's archive and indeed did do for the song's solo, most of the album's samples were taken from CD to show how much could be done. However, Rilly Groovy's solo posed an extra challenge as the drumming used in the source solo was non- metronomic, with Mitch Mitchell starting at about 100 bpm and rising to 140bpm; Baldry's response was to cut it into about 20 different chunks each on the left and right, reorder them, and then replay them across the beat.

Music video

A music video was produced for the song. It was shot at the now-defunct Fungus Mungus in

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, although since many of the samples were originally taken from ''

'', so too was their corresponding video.

Chart performance

Rilly Groovy charted at No. 3 in the US ''

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chart; on the back of this, ''If 60's Was 90's'' was re-released and peaked at No. 74 on the

UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...

, and No. 5 on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart.

References

{{Beautiful People 1993 singles 1993 songs Beautiful People (band) songs