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17 de feb. de 2012 · Little Eva - The Loco-Motion LYRICS: Everybody's doing a brand new dance now (Come on baby. do the Loco-motion) I know you'll get to like it if you give it a chance now (Come on baby. do...
9 de sept. de 2019 · The Loco-Motion (Goffin-King) by Little Eva, produced by Gerry Goffin This unforgettable Carole King-Gerry Goffin dance hit reached the #1 Billboard pop chart po ...more.
Little Eva Performing The Locomotion on Shindig (early 1960's)
- Little Eva Version
- Sylvie Vartan Version
- Grand Funk Railroad Version
- Ritz Version
- Carole King Version
- Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin Version
- Kylie Minogue Version
- Other Versions
Background
King and Goffin wrote "The Loco-Motion" in hopes to have it recorded by Dee Dee Sharp, who had a hit with "Mashed Potato Time". Sharp passed on the song, leaving the opportunity open for Eva Boyd, who had recorded the demo. Boyd's version was released, and her name was changed to Little Eva. Boyd was Carole King's babysitter, having been introduced to King and King's husband Gerry Goffin by The Cookies, a local girl group who would also record for the songwriters. "The Loco-Motion" was the fi...
Reception
In the United States, "The Loco-Motion" was the seventh most successful single of 1962, according to Billboard. It was also the third most successful single of 1962 in South Africa. In March 1965, Little Eva sang the song on the ABC-TV series Shindig!, and this is the only known video of her singing this song. A cover version of the song was recorded quickly by British girl group The Vernons Girls and scored the chart the same week as the Little Eva version. The Vernons Girls' version stalled...
"The Loco-Motion" myth
The widely believed story of how the song "The Loco-Motion" came to be is that Carole King was playing music at home and Eva Boyd was doing some chores and started dancing to it, and that was The Loco-Motion dance. However, this is not true. Eva Boyd was introduced to Goffin and King and they liked her singing voice, so they had her record "The Loco-Motion". King stated this during an interview on National Public Radio (NPR) shortly after Little Eva died. As the song came before the dance, th...
In 1962, the French singer Sylvie Vartanrecorded a cover of "The Loco-Motion" in French, called "Le Loco-motion". Vartan's version went to number 1 in France on October 13, 1962, and remained there for one week.
Background
American rock band Grand Funk Railroad recorded a cover version of the song in 1974, produced by Todd Rundgren. The decision to play the song came about after guitarist Mark Farnerwas heard whistling the song in the studio. The Grand Funk version of the song featured guitars, several layers of harmony, and heavy drums. During the 2000s, this version of the song was featured in advertisements for the Japanese technology and communications company SoftBank, featuring the pop group SMAP. SMAP al...
Reception
"The Loco-Motion" appeared on Grand Funk Railroad's album Shinin' On and was released as a single in February 1974, eventually peaking at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100chart for two weeks in May 1974. It also reached number 5 in Australia, peaked at number 1 in Canada, and reached number 11 in Germany. John Lennon, during a 1974 interview discussing recent hit songs, said "I like "Loco-Motion," thought that was a great record." In the 2004 edition of The Rolling Stone Album Guide, Villag...
Disco group Ritz covered this song in 1979. Their version peaked at number one in New Zealand for seven non-consecutive weeks in 1980, becoming the most successful record of the year there. The Ritz version was also a top-20 hit in Australia, Sweden, and Switzerland. The live arrangement that Kylie Minogue performed on her Golden Tour and Summer 20...
Carole King recorded a version of the song under the title "Locomotion" for her 1980 studio album Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King. The album peaked at No. 44 and spawned King's last top 40 hit to-date, "One Fine Day", which would reach No. 12 on the charts. King also sings the song on her live album The Living Room Tour, released in 2005. The albu...
In May 1986, Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin released a cover version of the song as a single. The duo had scored a UK No. 1 hit back in 1981 with their cover of "It's My Party" but had achieved little success since. For this 1986 single, they embarked on a big promotional push in an attempt to gain a second significant hit. The single, however, st...
Background
Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue released a cover version of the song in July 1987 as her debut single, under the title "Locomotion". After an impromptu performance of the song at an Australian rules football charity event with the cast of the Australian soap opera Neighbours, Minogue signed a record deal with Mushroom Records to release the song as a single. Initially recorded in a big band style, the project was radically reoriented by producer Mike Duffy, who was on loan to Mushroom fro...
Reception
The 1987 "Locomotion" release was a huge hit in Minogue's native Australia, reaching number one on the Kent Music Reportsingles chart and remaining there for seven weeks. The 1988 release of the song in the United Kingdom debuted and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart — the highest entry on the UK charts by a female artist. It remained in the number two position for four weeks before falling to number three. With sales of 440,000 it was the eleventh best selling single of the year....
Music video
The music video for "Locomotion" was directed by Chris Langman and filmed at Essendon Airport and the ABC studios in Melbourne, Australia. Choreographer Tania Lacy conceived the video's dance sequences around locomotive movements.For the international release of "The Loco-Motion", footage from the Australian music video was re-edited twice; one version for the US market and another for the European market. Near the end of 1988, the song was nominated for 'Best International Single' at the Can...
German female disco group Ebony recorded a version that was released in 1979. It was released on Aladin 006-45 564 in 1979.It was a hit in Europe on the disco charts. The Yugoslav New Wave group Električni Orgazam recorded a version that was released in 1983 on their album Les Chansones Populaires. British progressive rock group Emerson, Lake & Pow...
- Dance-Pop
The Loco-Motion Lyrics: Everybody's doin' a brand new dance, now / (Come on, baby, do the Loco-Motion) / I know you'll get to like it if you give it a chance now / (Come on, baby, do the Loco...
Eva Narcissus Boyd (June 29, 1943 – April 10, 2003), known by the stage name of Little Eva, was an American singer, well known for her 1962 hit "The Loco-Motion".
The Loco-Motion» es una canción popularizada por la cantante estadounidense Little Eva. Fue escrita por el compositor estadounidense Gerry Goffin y la compositora y cantante Carole King llegando al número uno de Billboard en el año 1962.
