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S'Express Pronounced Ess-Express Sometimes Credited As S'Xpress S-Express Or S*Express Also Know As Victim Of The Ghetto Were A British Dance Music Act From The Late 1980s Who Had One Of The Earliest Commercial Successes In The Acid House Genre.
"Theme From S-Express" Was Also One Of The Earliest Recordings To Capitalize On Sampling Culture And It Topped The UK Singles Chart As Well As The Hot Dance Music/Club Play Chart In The United States Also Scraping Into The Hot 100 At #91 .
The Song Took The Bass And Brass Sections From Rose Royce's 1979 Hit "Is It Love You're After" And "Rose Royce Express" And Mixed It With The Brass Stabs From Crystal Grass' 1975 Funk Anthem "Crystal World." The Main Player In The Act Was DJ/producer And Remixer Mark Moore. 1989 Saw The Release Of Their Debut Album "Original Soundtrack" Which Featured A Group Line-Up Of Mark M Mark Moore Noise Engineer Michellé Microdot Clarinet And Vox Mark D Trumpet Noise Boogie Factor Jocasta Hi-Hat Hairspray Background Vox And Pascal Pascal Gabriel Noise Engineer . The Album Compiled S-Express's "Theme" And Its Follow-Up Club Hits "Superfly Guy" And "Hey Music Lover" Along With An Album's Worth Of New Compositions. Singer Billie Ray Martin Also Appeared On Several Tracks On Their Debut. By The Release Of The Second Album "Intercourse" The Act Was Reduced To A Duo Of Moore With New Vocalist And DJ Sonique. Although Not As Successful As Their Debut Intercourse Spawned Several Mid-Charting UK Singles And Club Hits Most Notably "Nothing To Lose". Sonique Already A Successful DJ Eventually Embarked On A Solo Career And Produced One Of The Biggest Pop And Club Hits Of The Late 1990s "It Feels So Good" . Moore Went On To Release Many Singles Remixes And Albums On His Own And Also Formed The Band Needledust.
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"Theme From S-Express" Is An Acid House Song By English Dance Music Band S'Express From Their Album Original Soundtrack. It Peaked At No. 1 In The UK Singles Chart In April 1988 For Two Weeks. One Of The Landmarks Of Early Acid House And Late 1980s Sampling Culture The Single Became An Instant Hit Upon Its Release In April 1988. Written And Produced By Mark Moore And Pascal Gabriel The Song Samples Liberally From Many Songs Including Heavy Sampling From Rose Royce's "Is It Love You're After" And TZ's "I Got The Hots For You". The Hi-Hat Is Sampled From An Aerosol Spray. The Track's "S Express" Refrain Makes Reference To The 42nd Street Shuttle Or As It Is Sometimes Known The "S Express" A Well-Known Line On The New York City Subway. The Song Reached Number One On The UK Singles Chart For Two Weeks In April 1988. It Fared Less Well In The United States Where It Scraped Into The Billboard Hot 100 At Number 91. It Reached Number One On The Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart During The Week Of 2 July 1988 – 9 July 1988. It Peaked At Number 11 In Australia And Number Two In West Germany. The Song Prominently Sampled Karen Finley And Her "Drop That Ghetto Blaster/suck Me Off" Vocal Formed Something Of A Chorus In The Song The High-Pitched Scream Was Controversially Provided By The BBC's Caroline Wyatt. The Song's Predominant "I've Got The Hots For You" Hook Has Been Described As "campy". The Song Was Featured In The Film Arthur And The Invisibles. The Norwegian Broadcasting Company Used Parts Of The Song For The Intro Music Of Their Weekly Sports Programme. This Is A List Of Samples Used In "Theme From S-Express".
Alfredo De La Fé - "Hot To Trot" From Alfredo 1979 LP Crystal Grass - "Crystal World" From You're All I Ever Dreamed Of 1974 LP Karen Finley - "Tales Of Taboo" From Tales Of Taboo 1986 12" Debbie Harry - "Feel The Spin" From Krush Groove Soundtrack 1985 LP Vocal Sample By Laura Olsher From "The Martian Monsters" From Chilling Thrilling Sounds Of The Haunted House 1964 LP Gil Scott-Heron And Brian Jackson - "The Bottle" From Winter In America 1974 LP Ish Ledesma - "Scream For Daddy" From I Could Love You 1986 12" Peech Boys - "Don't Make Me Wait" From Life Is Something Special 1983 LP Gene Roddenberry - "The Star Trek Dream" From The Star Trek Dream 1976 LP Rose Royce - "Is It Love You're After" From Rose Royce IV Rainbow Connection 1979 LP Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs - "Oh That's Bad No That's Good" From Oh That's Bad No That's Good 1967 7" Stacey Q - "Two Of Hearts" From Better Than Heaven 1986 LP TZ - "I Got The Hots For You" From I Got The Hots For You 1983 12" Yazoo - "Situation" From Upstairs At Eric's 1982 LP
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S'Express Pronounced Ess-Express Sometimes Credited As S'Xpress S-Express Or S*Express Also Know As Victim Of The Ghetto Were A British Dance Music Act From The Late 1980s Who Had One Of The Earliest Commercial Successes In The Acid House Genre.
"Theme From S-Express" Was Also One Of The Earliest Recordings To Capitalize On Sampling Culture And It Topped The UK Singles Chart As Well As The Hot Dance Music/Club Play Chart In The United States Also Scraping Into The Hot 100 At #91 .
The Song Took The Bass And Brass Sections From Rose Royce's 1979 Hit "Is It Love You're After" And "Rose Royce Express" And Mixed It With The Brass Stabs From Crystal Grass' 1975 Funk Anthem "Crystal World." The Main Player In The Act Was DJ/producer And Remixer Mark Moore. 1989 Saw The Release Of Their Debut Album "Original Soundtrack" Which Featured A Group Line-Up Of Mark M Mark Moore Noise Engineer Michellé Microdot Clarinet And Vox Mark D Trumpet Noise Boogie Factor Jocasta Hi-Hat Hairspray Background Vox And Pascal Pascal Gabriel Noise Engineer . The Album Compiled S-Express's "Theme" And Its Follow-Up Club Hits "Superfly Guy" And "Hey Music Lover" Along With An Album's Worth Of New Compositions. Singer Billie Ray Martin Also Appeared On Several Tracks On Their Debut. By The Release Of The Second Album "Intercourse" The Act Was Reduced To A Duo Of Moore With New Vocalist And DJ Sonique. Although Not As Successful As Their Debut Intercourse Spawned Several Mid-Charting UK Singles And Club Hits Most Notably "Nothing To Lose". Sonique Already A Successful DJ Eventually Embarked On A Solo Career And Produced One Of The Biggest Pop And Club Hits Of The Late 1990s "It Feels So Good" . Moore Went On To Release Many Singles Remixes And Albums On His Own And Also Formed The Band Needledust. read less
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"Theme From S-Express" Was Also One Of The Earliest Recordings To Capitalize On Sampling Culture And It Topped The UK Singles Chart As Well As The Hot Dance Music/Club Play Chart In The United States Also Scraping Into The Hot 100 At #91 .
The Song Took The Bass And Brass Sections From Rose Royce's 1979 Hit "Is It Love You're After" And "Rose Royce Express" And Mixed It With The Brass Stabs From Crystal Grass' 1975 Funk Anthem "Crystal World." The Main Player In The Act Was DJ/producer And Remixer Mark Moore. 1989 Saw The Release Of Their Debut Album "Original Soundtrack" Which Featured A Group Line-Up Of Mark M Mark Moore Noise Engineer Michellé Microdot Clarinet And Vox Mark D Trumpet Noise Boogie Factor Jocasta Hi-Hat Hairspray Background Vox And Pascal Pascal Gabriel Noise Engineer . The Album Compiled S-Express's "Theme" And Its Follow-Up Club Hits "Superfly Guy" And "Hey Music Lover" Along With An Album's Worth Of New Compositions. Singer Billie Ray Martin Also Appeared On Several Tracks On Their Debut. By The Release Of The Second Album "Intercourse" The Act Was Reduced To A Duo Of Moore With New Vocalist And DJ Sonique. Although Not As Successful As Their Debut Intercourse Spawned Several Mid-Charting UK Singles And Club Hits Most Notably "Nothing To Lose". Sonique Already A Successful DJ Eventually Embarked On A Solo Career And Produced One Of The Biggest Pop And Club Hits Of The Late 1990s "It Feels So Good" . Moore Went On To Release Many Singles Remixes And Albums On His Own And Also Formed The Band Needledust. read less
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"Theme from S-Express" is an acid house song by English dance music band S'Express from their album Original Soundtrack. It peaked at No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in April 1988 for two weeks. One of the landmarks of early acid house and late 1980s sampling culture, the single became an instant hit upon its release in April 1988. Written and produced by Mark Moore and Pascal Gabriel the song samples liberally from many songs, including heavy sampling from Rose Royce's "Is It Love You're After" and TZ's "I Got the Hots for You". The hi-hat is sampled from an aerosol spray.
The track's "S express" refrain makes reference to the 42nd Street Shuttle, or, as it is sometimes known, the "S Express", a well-known line on the New York City Subway. The song reached number one on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in April 1988. It fared less well in the United States where it scraped into the Billboard Hot 100 at number 91. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart during the week of 2 July 1988 – 9 July 1988. It peaked at number 11 in Australia and number two in West Germany.
The song prominently sampled Karen Finley and her "Drop that ghetto blaster/suck me off" vocal formed something of a chorus in the song, The high-pitched scream was controversially provided by the BBC's Caroline Wyatt. The song's predominant "I've got the hots for you" hook has been described as "campy".
The song was featured in the film Arthur and the Invisibles. The Norwegian Broadcasting Company used parts of the song for the intro music of their weekly sports programme.
This is a list of samples used in "Theme from S-Express".
Alfredo de la Fé - "Hot to Trot" from Alfredo, 1979 (LP)
Crystal Grass - "Crystal World" from You're All I Ever Dreamed Of, 1974 (LP)
Karen Finley - "Tales of Taboo" from Tales of Taboo, 1986 (12")
Debbie Harry - "Feel the Spin" from Krush Groove soundtrack, 1985 (LP)
Vocal sample by Laura Olsher from "The Martian Monsters" from Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House, 1964 (LP)
Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson - "The Bottle" from Winter in America, 1974 (LP)
Ish Ledesma - "Scream for Daddy" from I Could Love You, 1986 (12")
Peech Boys - "Don't Make Me Wait" from Life Is Something Special, 1983 (LP)
Gene Roddenberry - "The Star Trek Dream" from The Star Trek Dream, 1976 (LP)
Rose Royce - "Is It Love You're After" from Rose Royce IV: Rainbow Connection, 1979 (LP)
Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs - "Oh That's Bad, No That's Good" from Oh That's Bad, No That's Good, 1967 (7")
Stacey Q - "Two of Hearts" from Better Than Heaven, 1986 (LP)
TZ - "I Got the Hots for You" from I Got the Hots for You, 1983 (12")
Yazoo - "Situation" from Upstairs at Eric's, 1982 (LP)
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