And you know she bringing the best home-cooked meal to the potluck. She got them cheesy garlic mashed potatoes that nobody else can do the same as she does
Woooow! I'm an adult and I never knew this was a Jamaican song until RIGHT NOW!?🤯 I'd never seen the video, only heard the song up until this point. As a kid, I never noticed her accent, but I can definitely hear it now! 😍 Black Americans definitely co-opted this song from y'all; it's been a staple at EVERY event for decades and errbody know how to do the dance! 🎶💃🏿🇯🇲 😍(Sorry about that! Lol😉😜😅💞)
My Grandma taught me this dance and song and until today didnt know it was from the 80s because I was so young but I remember the record player and I remember us listening to and practicing this song in the bedroom. I miss her so much. Peace and blessings upon her and all Grandmothers who are a big part of their Grandchildren lives. Selah.
1993 is the cutoff for me. 1994-1999 were good years....but gangster rap (around 1989) was making waves by that time. It was all about looking/acting hard and not having fun and enjoying life and being around people not fearing you losing your life.
Man I remember being at Disneyland in the 90s with my family. I was only what, probably 5 years old. This song was on a big screen outside and we were in a big group of people and everybody was dancing! Such a carefree time!
No black family reunion or any bar-b-que is complete without this ‘feel good song’. This song also gave rise to several popular dances along the way. It remains a staple in the black community and is still popular at weddings and other gatherings to this very day. In the Deep South, we could always tell when it was last call and last dance in nightclubs because the deejay would put this on the turntable, signaling that the lights would be coming on and the club was closing for the night - usually around 2:00 AM ....... A Classic
The first time I heard this I was stationed in Italy. I remember dancing to it in a club in Naples. Half the people in the club didn't even understand the words but the music is universal.
Swear this made my whole soul smile every wedding, cookout, birthday party, family reunion, card party and just because it’s summer this song played my whole childhood those were the days!!!!
@@robertduran6038 black music , and culture never settles or STOP to a particular region. It's Amazing how non rhythmic people could even participate in the dance itself.
This song is so Iconic & legendary everyones know its. I was in Nevada i pulled up to the hotel had my music playing this came on. When I mean everybody was doing. The workers, people around,drivers got outta there cars, kids, even the ppl in pool had a electric slide going. The whole hotel was rocking. It was AMAZING.....#TrueClassic
This song takes me back to the winter of 1992-3 when I took adavantage of a job opportunity in Lake Havasu City, Az and spent six months in that desert town. Every Saturday night, I’d be at this bar down near London Bridge drinking with some friends(I made more as time went on) and the dj would always play this song and EVERYONE was out on the floor dancing. Thew job didnt work out and I had to mover home in the spring of 1993 but I never regretted taking a chance moving from the midwest to the desert. Great people, good times.
My dog's name is Wreckless and since he was a pup, we've danced to this... "It's a Wreckless!! Boogie woogie woogie", as soon as I get home from work especially 💕💕
No idea why this suddenly popped into my head, but I have loved hearing it again. I loved this when it came out and still feel the same about it today.
I remember feeling awesome in gym class in the 90s... But you couldn't let anyone know that you loved it. 33 and I love the spirit. To get kids all over the nation to hear this. It's amazing
We should all get back up on the dance floor and get electric, 6.6.22.....& Boogie. Woogey ..that's wrong with us fratz Covid, now Monkey Pox,. Just bring back the ole JUKE BOX,.. and get electric.
FANTASTIC! I do not understand why it did not make number 1 on the charts? It is one of the all time best songs! Marcia Griffiths hit the jackpot with this song! It sends chills down my back!
This song was played at my 8th grade graduation dance in 1994, and a very large, heavyset teacher dancing alongside me stomped right on my foot. I am now 40 years old and the memory still pops into my brain every time I hear the song.
This was my friend Joey's favorite song before he passed I'll always remember letting loose for the first time in my life and have that one last electric slide ❤💔
yeah modern radio kinda sucks. It’s mainly electro pop, which sucks. I prefer the radio stations that market themselves at 70s, 80, 90s and more, because they have the good music, which is usually rock
This song and dance was very refreshing when it popped on the chart. We were sliding on this jam without a sled. 😮 yeah. Electric slide. Boogie Woogie. Go Marcia Griffin
One of my all time favorite songs. Music is 1 of my escapes from reality..it always brightens my day. This is 1st time I have ever seen original singer's video!! Thanks for sharing this!:)
i remember I was the electric slide dancing nut! I loved it because you didn't necessarily need a dancing partner. and you could dance this to a variety of songs. I danced for hours at a time. I lost a lot of weight that way. It was a lot of fun!!
Awesome song and video!!!! Marcia G. and all of the dancers in this video are great, of course! But that little boy in the pink shirt Steals The Show!!!! He is killin' it!!!!!!! :)
two guys are so into it haha, man those times looked so fun. 3:44 everyone having a good time, kids, women men all I see is smiles. NO face masks, angry people who want to hurt others. Just a good old time, nothing but smiles.
I remember hearing this song and people dancing to it as far back as 1987. But it's only now that I'm seeing the actual music video to this for the very first time. Amazing.
Man we used to dance our asses off in the 90s! One club used to have an Electric Slide contest every week! Won quite a few times! 90s was the best decade for sure!
I love this woman. She dresses like the cool aunt who always throws the family gatherings and always has a smile on her face.
My friend, that's because she IS the cool aunt that throws the family gatherings 😅😅
@@SAMEntalhealtha 1:42
Her name is Marcia Griffiths, the most iconic female Reggae singer
And you know she bringing the best home-cooked meal to the potluck. She got them cheesy garlic mashed potatoes that nobody else can do the same as she does
This woman is one of the most talented and accomplished singers of all time a real song bird her catalogue is amazing.
Most people who love this song still don't know Marcia Griffiths is a Jamaican reggae artist and original member of Bob Marley's I-Threes. ❤💛💚
Big up our reggae queen Marcia Griffith and Bunny Wailer for making this song. Jamaica 🇯🇲 to the world
Woooow! I'm an adult and I never knew this was a Jamaican song until RIGHT NOW!?🤯 I'd never seen the video, only heard the song up until this point. As a kid, I never noticed her accent, but I can definitely hear it now! 😍 Black Americans definitely co-opted this song from y'all; it's been a staple at EVERY event for decades and errbody know how to do the dance! 🎶💃🏿🇯🇲 😍(Sorry about that! Lol😉😜😅💞)
You are my dad, you are my dad! Boogie woogie woogie
TyDiniVlogs same
YES
There it is
Not your dad
Oh come on i commented dis and i didnt notice you did dis too
Little boy in the pink shirt is jamming.🥰 This song popped in my head today....such great memories💕
Ok
Nothing in that head but vibes and electric energy I dig it
You are right! I watched it again after seeing your comment and couldn't stop watching him! He is the best!
I was thinking this then saw your comment! Lol he really is!
For sure 😂😂😂😂 bless him 🙏🏽 ❤️
One of the greatest and most upbeat songs of all time!
This song randomly popped in my head during 2020 quarantine. Anybody else jammin and dancing
👍🗽
Me, my baby brother loves this song lol
The exact same thing happened to me.
HELL YA BIG BIG SAME!
Me too!!
Black cookouts and wedding receptions haven’t been the same since ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
At parties my family still listen to old songs! This one is my favorite ^^ because of the boogie woogie part
White cookouts and weddings ad well. This is one of only three songs that will make any group of people at any function get up and dance.
I’ve been to white, black and Latino weddings. All three for a fact get down to Electric Slide, Cha Cha Slide, Cupid Shuffle, and Wobble
@@konnorrockkonnoisseur4970 damn right, people of all races appreciate great music v
@robert brown thank you. I made a similar comment and was attacked by racist, angry blacks.
I've got you back.
The 80s was a KILLER DECADE FOR MUSIC🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
My Grandma taught me this dance and song and until today didnt know it was from the 80s because I was so young but I remember the record player and I remember us listening to and practicing this song in the bedroom. I miss her so much. Peace and blessings upon her and all Grandmothers who are a big part of their Grandchildren lives. Selah.
That's me in the video with the orange hat lol and shoe laces 🤦
My auntie taught me this dance & I didn’t like know what it was called, at the time. ❤
Proud to be black and Jamaican🤗
Yup
✊🏽✊🏽
Ms. Marcia Griffiths, the living legend
this is the only time i havent seen the n word under a comment saying theyre black
@@YungWite we don’t like the N word in the Caribbean
I feel so privileged to have been around in this time.
I miss the early 90s it was the grand finale to the great decade of the 1980's. Long live the 80s and 90s
Agreed... So much fun. Now it’s all sjw, no more fun...
1993 is the cutoff for me. 1994-1999 were good years....but gangster rap (around 1989) was making waves by that time. It was all about looking/acting hard and not having fun and enjoying life and being around people not fearing you losing your life.
I know, nothing like the 80’s and 90’s
Hear hear!
No. Let the 80's stay in the 80s. lol
The best dance and song for weddings, BBQ's, parties, showers, and every get together you can have. This will never go out of style.
never ever the young and old can connect. a legendary song..
Best song for an electric train 🤣
The song is about a woman’s vibrator. Imagine playing it at different occasions, now.
YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!
@@coreydolan3239 it's not. Get off of twitter
Am I the only one wish to bring back the 80s and the 90s ?
Yes.
Nope😊
Nope would love to bring back the 80's & 90's
@@joandaley3358 🫶
Man I remember being at Disneyland in the 90s with my family. I was only what, probably 5 years old. This song was on a big screen outside and we were in a big group of people and everybody was dancing! Such a carefree time!
No black family reunion or any
bar-b-que is complete without this ‘feel good song’. This song also gave rise to several popular dances along the way. It remains a staple in the black community and is still popular at weddings and other gatherings to this very day. In the Deep South, we could always tell when it was last call and last dance in nightclubs because the deejay would put this on the turntable, signaling that the lights would be coming on and the club was closing for the night - usually around 2:00 AM ....... A Classic
malcolm taylor thanks for the information and of course.
This is amazing to hear because it’s also a very big song for Filipino gatherings in a lot of our parties.
Great music like this enjoyed by all people. Enough of the racist crap claiming that it can only be enjoyed by blacks.
Barbeque* edit I forgot DJ*
@@amirarimaluv or simply, BBQ.
I would like to tell anybody who wants to listen .if your ever feeling down and all alone .This is the song to play .It will cheer you right up.
The first time I heard this I was stationed in Italy. I remember dancing to it in a club in Naples. Half the people in the club didn't even understand the words but the music is universal.
If only black people would work together like this every day. We would be unstoppable
We use to dance together and now we don't.
If only PEOPLE would work together like this every day, we would be unstoppable. May God go with you.
Mother Barbelo kk KI p you
Juliaflouu u a mmmmm h ugh
The black race planning to be some type of militia?
2022 and still jamming 🎶🎶🔥🔥 good music will never die ♥️♥️♥️
Damn you look Good!
Lf CC r
@@rewade70 she so fine
2023 here 😂😂👍🏻❤️❤️❤️
It's electric ❤❤❤❤😎😎😎😎🤟🤟🤟👀👀👀
No wedding, party, bbq, family reunion, anniversary, etc. is complete without this line dance anthem. Doing "The Electric Slide" is LIT in 2019!!!!
Swear this made my whole soul smile every wedding, cookout, birthday party, family reunion, card party and just because it’s summer this song played my whole childhood those were the days!!!!
One of the best dance songs EVER created if you want to get your friends on the floor and have a good time!!
90's at its best.. I remember winning the Electric slide dance battle in 6th grade.. at Roller City... such good memories.
This song came out in '89!?!?!
Wow they did the electric slide in Mexico ? Amazing.
@@leonwoods4052 too bad it wasnt available in Africa.
@@robertduran6038 black music , and culture never settles or STOP to a particular region. It's Amazing how non rhythmic people could even participate in the dance itself.
@@leonwoods4052 well you can like music and not be good at dancing. It's just about the mood and feeling and dancing like nobody is watching
Because of this song, when somebody says "it's electric" I immediately respond with "boogie woogie woogie" lol true story.
You're not alone 😂
@@kristenmarie8655 ahh lol that's awesome. 😆
And then everyone gets stabbed
James Warrick SAME
@@sarakim6815 REALLY? AWESOME 😁
This song is so Iconic & legendary everyones know its. I was in Nevada i pulled up to the hotel had my music playing this came on. When I mean everybody was doing. The workers, people around,drivers got outta there cars, kids, even the ppl in pool had a electric slide going. The whole hotel was rocking. It was AMAZING.....#TrueClassic
I 💕 how everybody was joyfully 🩰 to the anthem of the late 80's.
Her contributions to reggae are just as awesome.
Marcia one of the greatest female reggae Artiste that cross over into R&B
Marcia Griffiths deserves more hits
she was Bob Marley Background singer.
Friday anthem
@@brentjames6927 yup
She got allot of hits in reggae world
@@kingstonflava1631 Wow
I googled "Do black people line dance" and this came up... not disappointed, this looks way more fun than country line dancing.
Big tune!!! Going strong 2022💯🔥🔥💯 thank you Marcia Griffiths!
This song takes me back to the winter of 1992-3 when I took adavantage of a job opportunity in Lake Havasu City, Az and spent six months in that desert town. Every Saturday night, I’d be at this bar down near London Bridge drinking with some friends(I made more as time went on) and the dj would always play this song and EVERYONE was out on the floor dancing. Thew job didnt work out and I had to mover home in the spring of 1993 but I never regretted taking a chance moving from the midwest to the desert. Great people, good times.
My dog's name is Wreckless and since he was a pup, we've danced to this... "It's a Wreckless!! Boogie woogie woogie", as soon as I get home from work especially 💕💕
No idea why this suddenly popped into my head, but I have loved hearing it again. I loved this when it came out and still feel the same about it today.
I hear u ❤❤❤❤
This song still energizes me after all these years. I love this.
What people don’t know Marcia is Jamaican 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
I knew it, Jamaica rocks!! Love Montego Bay
Song has hit cult status. Looking forward to playing at my wedding next year.
I remember feeling awesome in gym class in the 90s... But you couldn't let anyone know that you loved it. 33 and I love the spirit. To get kids all over the nation to hear this. It's amazing
Shit..... I heard this song in gym class around 1991........
Husband was randomly singing this while cooking breakfast this am...jam sesh!!! 2k19 and still a bop.
We should all get back up on the dance floor and get electric, 6.6.22.....& Boogie. Woogey ..that's wrong with us fratz Covid, now Monkey Pox,. Just bring back the ole JUKE BOX,.. and get electric.
And BOOGIE WOOGEY!!!!!!! ;)
FANTASTIC! I do not understand why it did not make number 1 on the charts? It is one of the all time best songs! Marcia Griffiths hit the jackpot with this song! It sends chills down my back!
That's because she is jamaican ...Reggae music is the most loved but yet the most suppressed form of music ...it has powers to free the mind
This song was played at my 8th grade graduation dance in 1994, and a very large, heavyset teacher dancing alongside me stomped right on my foot.
I am now 40 years old and the memory still pops into my brain every time I hear the song.
I just found out that this song was about a vibrating dilldo. This comment had me crying
😂😂😂
It's called post traumatic stress ❤️😆
@@sharissaconnell oh wow...how did I live 40 years and not know this...
Please excuse me while I electric slide into my bedroom now 🤣
That is sooooo funny!!
This was my friend Joey's favorite song before he passed I'll always remember letting loose for the first time in my life and have that one last electric slide ❤💔
Awww he's up there boogie woogieing!
This song is more than 32 years old, and it still sounds better than any of the new music being played on the radio today.
yeah modern radio kinda sucks. It’s mainly electro pop, which sucks. I prefer the radio stations that market themselves at 70s, 80, 90s and more, because they have the good music, which is usually rock
I totally agree
@@insomniac_at5461 I agree
It's actually 40 yrs cos it's a 1983 hit
The older the berry the sweeter the juice
After all these years, and I still remember all the lyrics! What a lovely song!
This my jam at any wedding or event!!👏🏾👏🏾
#MarciaGriffiths #ElectricSlide It's 2023.. still listening and loving this with the awesome old school music power of classic MTV...anyone else?
HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY MARCIA GRIFFITHS (NOVEMBER 23, 2019)
WAIT WHAT, MY BIRTHDAY IS ON NOVEMBER 23RD. I NEVER KNEW THAT!
@Vault-Man 101 She's older than I am. (I'm not telling. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL).
My birthday’s 3 days after hers!
Who else danced to this song in phy. Ed class
omg i did today
my teacher is so in to it like lol
Yup
Do you go to DSMS by any chance
That's where I learned it😎😎
Jack O’brien I think it’s commonly taught in schools I did in pe and I have no idea what DSMS is
Haven't done this dance is years. Brings back memories of struggling to do the dance
The good ol days.. every school dance.. wedding.. cookout.. miss this 😂❤️
Nobody:
The ompa loompas when a kid dies:
😭😭🤣🤣🤣
my nigga💀😭😭😭😭
Lol omg 😃😃😃🤣😂😂
I ruined the 69 likes
MY MAN/WOMAN!!!!!
No comment in all the years I've seen the internet has made me crack up so bad.
You have a bright future!
Awesome. Extremely healthy, very good luck, a lot of money, gold, prosperity, abundance, wealthy, happiness and success in your life! 🍀🏆💗
We were taught how to dance to this in the 3rd grade. The memories...
This song is about a vibrator
Lol it’s about a vibrater
Don Corleone same
I learnt it in 6th grade lol
Don Corleone I just learned this last week and I’m in the 8th grade lol
True classic that never gets old.
Faxxx😍
J ai maintenant 56 ans, en écoutant cette chanson, je me dis que j ai fait ma vie.
Le monde était si beau ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I have always loved this version. So awesome, makes you feel good 😌
OLD SKOOL JAM from 89/1990 Great song.
This song and dance was very refreshing when it popped on the chart. We were sliding on this jam without a sled. 😮 yeah. Electric slide. Boogie Woogie. Go Marcia Griffin
Classic! Never gets old! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This song is legendary
Yes 👍it is 😊
One of my all time favorite songs. Music is 1 of my escapes from reality..it always brightens my day. This is 1st time I have ever seen original singer's video!! Thanks for sharing this!:)
2019 still listening love this
This song never gets old! Always puts me in a 'Happy Place'😊😆😄☺😃! Anyone feeling me?!
What a darn good song
If you don't play this at your cookout, family reunion, wedding reception. DON'T INVITE ME!
I'll invite you just to play it for you!
Just wondering how it got associated with the song Candy
@@Endlesslove29 in the movie “The Best Man” they do the dance to Candy instead of the original song.
🤣🤣🤣
Truee
i remember I was the electric slide dancing nut! I loved it because you didn't necessarily need a dancing partner. and you could dance this to a variety of songs. I danced for hours at a time. I lost a lot of weight that way. It was a lot of fun!!
Vibrator LMAO
MRS MARY GALLOWAY FROM MARYLAND LOVES THIS SONG ITS A QIICK BEAUTIFUL SLAPPY DANCE SONG IT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES THANKS MUCH LOVE STAY WELL YOUR FAN.❤
This song brings me the beat memories of my childhood I would give anything to go back in time one more time 🙏🏽
One more time? You've traveled time before??
Me to I I swear
One more time eh
OMG I can't tell you how many times I did this dance at so many different holiday parties! So many fun memories!
I loved this song man, my mum all these tapes in this song was in one of them, the nostalgia is hitting hard with this one💙💙💙
I used to listen to this song when i was a little girl 👧 and now i found it i keep repeating it again and again 😍😍😍
Still jamming! Closeout 2019! New yr 2020
This song popped into my head in the last 48 hours even in my dreams ❤🎉
Im thankful for videos like this that make people feel good in difficult and uneasy times. ✌🏼
Legendary Marcia Griffith queen she is.. the Electric Slide is a whole Generation and more
wow early 90s love you girlie
2:53 😊
Have to do a quick refresher course before I go to this wedding! 👍🕺💃
She's such an amazing beautiful singer I love this song
No matter what this song just makes my day!! Y'all keep Boogie woogie woogie'n in 2022 for absolutely any & all situations! Yesss please !!! 😂😂 🥳🤟
Every black wedding and bbq plays this lol 😂❤️ love my people
Facts
I'm white and if I see a black wedding or bbq playing this. I just randomly jump in and do it with them lol... Grew up with this song and dance.
@@RGMerkel haha everyone loves this song 🤣 it can be a good workout lol
This is my new fighting song. Thanks Jen
This song reminds me of my cousin Pat, who taught me how to do this dance. She had since passed away. Rest In Paradise Cousin Pat.
Awesome song and video!!!!
Marcia G. and all of the dancers in this video are great, of course!
But that little boy in the pink shirt Steals The Show!!!! He is killin' it!!!!!!! :)
The club DJ spinning this back to back for twenty minutes 😁😁
two guys are so into it haha, man those times looked so fun. 3:44 everyone having a good time, kids, women men all I see is smiles. NO face masks, angry people who want to hurt others. Just a good old time, nothing but smiles.
So true
Just good times.
@@nathaliedionne4256 right! great music, great feels, smiles.
@@Theemikebell exactly.
This still a timeless classic!
Never gets old.
You really can not stop the 80s music....its the BEST...don't matter what party you go to...❤❤❤❤❤🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹
I sure miss those school dances. This song always got us off the wall and onto the dance floor!😆
Omg this is the ultimate 80s heart warmer and I’m loving it
I still love ❤️ this song!!!! You Go Girl in 2022-2023!!!!! CellaMadea
I remember hearing this song and people dancing to it as far back as 1987. But it's only now that I'm seeing the actual music video to this for the very first time. Amazing.
I had this song on a cassette tape. Along with so many others but I remember achy breaky heart 😂
My Puerto Rican friend Jeremiah Ortiz thank you so much bro for showing me this great song. You a true DJ
Yes still here 2022 who's with me? Thank you 😊💓
Me
This is the first ever song I remember singing to when I was little.. Brings back memories 😅
Man we used to dance our asses off in the 90s! One club used to have an Electric Slide contest every week! Won quite a few times! 90s was the best decade for sure!
this is what fun and good music is all about!! Great song that is still going strong even in 2021