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Black Box (later Blackbox) was an Italo-house music group popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s, best known for their hit “Ride on Time”. The members of the group included a trio made up of a club DJ (Daniele Davoli), a classically trained clarinet teacher (Valerio Semplici) and a keyboard and electronic music “whizz” (Mirko Limoni.) The three had previously joined to form a group called Groove Groove Melody, producing dance music under names such as Starlight and Wood Allen. They went on to record music under many other aliases.

In 1989, they teamed up with singer/model Catherine Quinol (AKA Katrin) and formed Black Box. By early 1990 they had engaged Martha Wash to perform vocals on a number of tracks which, Ms Wash was apparently told, were ostensibly for club consumption and weren’t for mass-release. One would be “Everybody, Everybody,” which would become one of their two top ten hits in North America.

Their first single “Ride on Time” was a hit around the world, making Top 10 in many countries and No.1 in the UK, soon becoming the UK’s best-selling single of 1989. The song sampled Holloway’s 1978 disco hit “Love Sensation” - the title comes from a mishearing of the lyrics “Cause you’re right on time”. “Love Sensation” was written by Dan Hartman who was unaware his song had been sampled by Black Box. According to Hartman’s attorney, Black Box ended up having to give Hartman a good percentage of the royalties.
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  • retrowens

    Everybody Everybody, love the vocal performance!

    Monday evening
  • DavidBN

    Ride On Time Forever!

    last week
  • omambiyick

    Everybody Everybody

    March 2012
  • DJSMusicfactory

    Strike it up, baby!!! :-)

    November 2011
  • energis

    RIDE ON TIME

    September 2011
  • dion_21uk

    I've forever loved Ride On Time and cannot believe I'm only discovering Everybody Everbody now. dancing

    August 2011
  • naynay1129

    strike it up

    August 2011
  • DJSMusicfactory

    "Strike it up!!!" grooves my HEART!!! :-) The 90's groove my heart!!! Love this song!!! :-)

    August 2011
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Ride on Time brand new remixes!!!

3 Dec 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/blackboxhouse

"Ride on Time" by Black Box was an international hit, making Top 10 in many countries and No. 1 in the UK and becoming the UK's best-selling single of 1989. Now, the 20th anniversary of the …

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