Sleeve Notes1990

Groove Is in the Heart

Deee‐Lite · 1990

Recording

Recorded in 1990 in New York City for Deee-Lite’s debut album, World Clique. The session featured Deee-Lite as producer and arranger, with engineering by Mike Rogers and additional work by Bob Power, Derek Lategan, and Eddie Sancho. Released as Deee-Lite’s debut single, it broke through from club rotation to mainstream pop, reaching the upper tier of the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming a defining crossover dance record of 1990. Its mix of house, funk, rap, and psychedelic pop made it one of the era’s most recognizable singles. The track remains Deee-Lite’s signature song and a staple of 1990s dance-pop playlists. Its sample-driven production, guest vocals, and bright club energy have kept it widely referenced in compilations, retrospectives, and dance-music canon lists.

ArtistDeee‐Lite

Year1990

GenrePop

StudioAxis Recording Studio, New York City

LabelElektra

ProducersDeee-Lite · Mike Rogers · Bob Power · Derek Lategan · Eddie Sancho

How curators tag this

Pop100%

Sound check

Same ArtistFig. A

E.S.P.

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SamplesFig. B

Get Up

Vernon Burch · 1979 · sampled

Bring Down the Birds

Herbie Hancock · 1966 · sampled

Introduction

Bel-Sha-Zaar, Tommy Genapopoluis and The Grecian Knights · 1969 · sampled

Green Acres

Vic Mizzy, Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor · 1965 · sampled

Uptight

Billy Preston · 1966 · sampled

Year · 1990Fig. C

Vogue

Madonna

Fear of a Black Planet

Public Enemy

Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em

MC Hammer

Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

Pump Up the Jam

Technotronic

Same GenreFig. D

Pacific State

808 State · 1989

Good Life

Inner City · 1988

Finally

CeCe Peniston · 1991

Everybody in the Place

The Prodigy · 1991

On a Ragga Tip

SL2 · 1992

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