Before grunge came along in the 90s and bent the alt-rock world to its guitar-based will, radio stations and clubs playing this music sampled from a much more varied pallet of songs and styles. Britain was a major source of new sounds, especially ones that made people dance.
The Escape Club was formed in London and bounced around for a few years before they broke through with this track. After hearing Run-DMC song on TV, one member composed a hip-hop beat on a drum machine and then doubled its speed. Within two hours, the whole song was finished.
Weirdly, the video was banned in some territories for reasons that remain unclear. Was it too sexist? Too violent? Were the disembodied limbs too scary? Hard to tell.
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