Let Your Backbone Slide

"Let Your Backbone Slide"
Single by Maestro Fresh-Wes
from the album Symphony in Effect
Released 1989
Format 12" single
Recorded 1989
Genre Canadian hip hop
Length 4:58
Label Attic/LMR
Writer(s) W. Williams
Producer(s) Peter & Anthony Davis
Maestro Fresh-Wes singles chronology
"Let Your Backbone Slide"
(1989)		 "Drop the Needle"
(1990)

"Let Your Backbone Slide" is the debut single of Maestro Fresh-Wes, released in 1989, from his debut album Symphony in Effect. In Canada, over 50,000 copies of the single were sold, making Maestro the first Canadian rapper to have a gold single.[1] It also reached #1 on The Record Singles Chart, in April 1990. In the United States, 25,000 copies were sold in its first few weeks of release.[2] As of early 2008, it remained the best-selling Canadian hip hop single of all time.[3]

The song contains samples of "The Champ" by The Mohawks, "Funky Drummer" by James Brown, "Set It Off" by Strafe, "La Di Da Di" by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick, "One, Two, Three" by The B-Boys, and "Rebel Without a Pause" by Public Enemy.

Music video

The music video, directed by Joel Goldberg was shot in Toronto, with most of it taking place in a club. In the video's first few seconds, current CBC News anchor Dwight Drummond plays the role of a cameraman. It also received rotation on MTV.[2]

Track listing

12" single

A-side

  1. "Let Your Backbone Slide" (Power Mix)
  2. "Let Your Backbone Slide" (Bonus Beat)
  3. "Let Your Backbone Slide" (A cappella version)

B-side

  1. "Let Your Backbone Slide" (Radio Edit)
  2. "Let Your Backbone Slide" (Club Mix)

Chart positions

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Singles Chart[4] 10
Canadian The Record Singles Chart 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Singles[5] 14

References

  1. ↑ Fresh rapped Maestro Jam! Music. Accessed on October 21, 2011.
  2. 1 2 Border Block - Canadian Hip Hop vs. America, cbc.ca. Accessed on October 22, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Hip hop comes of age in Canada", Toronto Sun. Accessed on September 5, 2008.
  4. ↑ Top Singles - Volume 51, No. 20, March 31 1990 RPM. Accessed on June 22, 2010.
  5. ↑ Maestro Fresh-Wes > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles, Allmusic. Accessed on May 15, 2010.
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