Talk:Groove Is in the Heart

Radio stations need to play this song more! --SuperDude 04:42, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

Mixes
I'm listening to a CDM titled 'Groove is in the heart' from 1990.

Tracklist is: (comments are mine)


 * Meetings of the Mind mix (with Bootsy & Q-Tip) (seems to the be the same as the music video)
 * Peanutbutter mix (same as the first, but without Bootsy Collins or Q-Tip)
 * Holographic Goatee mix (a slow house mix, hardly recognizable)
 * Rainbow Beard mix (chillout/lo-fi mix, hardly recognizable)

Sleeve notes:
 * Produced and Arranged by Dee-Lite for Sampla-Delic Productions.
 * Recording and Mixing Enginner: Mike 'Tweekin' Rogers at D.N.D.
 * Additional Enginner: Bob Power at Calliope
 * Dubbed by Tom Steele and Rick Essig at Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs, 1697 Broadway, NYC 10019
 * Original version from the forthcoming album 'World Clique'
 * Executive Producer and Hooker Upper: Bill Coleman

I agree, radio stations do need to play this song more! 202.89.153.166 08:52, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Samples used
Some claimed that "Jam on the Groove" by Ralph MacDonald is in GIITH (Groove is in the heart). I'm doubtful. If the claim is referring to the cowbell heard at the end of JOTG (Jam on the Groove) and heard at the first break (1:30) of GIITH, I think it's wrong : GIITH's cowbell is different. It "rings" more. I don't think it's the cowbell from burch's "get up" either. What do you think ? --Fenring (talk) 19:24, 24 December 2007 (UTC)


 * What, technically, defines a "sample"? While the bass line is definitely from Herbie Hancock's "Bring Down the Birds," I don't believe it was lifted from that recording: I believe Bootsie is playing it on the record. Is this sampling, or simply an homage? —xanderer (talk) 19:16, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Can anyone explain this line
"infamous breakdown featuring a slide whistle." Why was it infamous? Was there something controversial about it?

-It's just poor writing/word salad.

Duration
I've changed the duration to 4:10 even though no version exists of that duration because a version I have, which is without the 32-second rap or the 6-second ending, is 3:32 - which, according to 202.89.153.166, seems to be a "peanutbutter mix" - whilst a version I have with both of those is 3:54 (which is the usual version) and, having listened to it, it is painfully obvious that cuts have been made about 3:00 in to the regular version, so I've changed the duration from 3:29 to 4:10 to take into account the cuts that have been made. Thank you.--79.68.222.135 (talk) 22:37, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Re-Entry in chart
It has re-entered the UK Dance chart and is currently at #24. Does anyone know why? http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/dancesingles Sweetie candykim (talk) 13:07, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

What is this line from?
What is the first line from? AmericanLeMans (talk) 16:47, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Tina Turner on trambouline?
A tweet from Lady Miss Kier suggests that Turner did not play the tramboline used for the song. As the source didn't only states the supposed fact as trivia and I could find nothing else about it from a cursory search, I removed the tidbit.

"Yaica" by a Russian pop-group Diskoteka Avariya
I recently reverted this addition a number of times, pending discussion here. But the IP editor was reluctant to start any discussion. The band is itself notable. The latter source here, which is a secondary one, may be sufficient to support inclusion. According to GoogleTranslate it says:
 * "Disco Crash in 2001 released the song "Eggs", which absorbed material from 3 well-known songs at once: "Mowing Yas Stable" performed by the Belarusian collective Pesnyary (1971), "Eggs" performed by DJ Nike (1994) and the hit "Groove Is In The Heart" by Deee-Lite (1990)."

But I am unable to determine if that source is WP:RS. The similarity of the two songs is self-evident, however, from the primary source (the YouTube video). Any views? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:48, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

Inclusion of new samples
I recently found a sample in Groove is in the Heart (Roy Ayers - Love at 0:07 and 0:08) and so I was wondering whether I should include it here or not. Stupid question, I know, but any help would be thankful. Arfan Eka Diandra (talk) 11:45, 22 October 2023 (UTC)


 * See WP:INDISCRIMINATE. Just because something is true doesn't mean that it is important. Wikipedia is supposed to represent the important points of a topic as published by WP:SECONDARY reliable sources. If secondary sources talk about how a sample was used in the song, then the importance of that fact is increased.
 * Websites that collect samples (whosampledwho.com) are generally not allowed on Wikpedia because of WP:USERG.
 * Also, there is the hard policy of WP:No original research, which means that Wikipedia users listening for samples in songs and documenting them is not allowed. Binksternet (talk) 15:20, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Ned is wrong: Bootsy did not play bass on this record
Ned Raggett probably said what is written here, but he was wrong about Bootsy playing the base. I don't want to edit a quote, nor remove it, but it bothers me. Maybe that quote should be removed. Martijn Lievaart (talk) 21:07, 24 January 2024 (UTC)