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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.
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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DJSMusicfactory wrote:
Strike it up, baby!!! :-)
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energis wrote:
RIDE ON TIME
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dion_21uk wrote:
I've forever loved Ride On Time and cannot believe I'm only discovering Everybody Everbody now. dancing
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naynay1129 wrote:
strike it up
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DJSMusicfactory wrote:
"Strike it up!!!" grooves my HEART!!! :-) The 90's groove my heart!!! Love this song!!! :-)
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Metalion_SOS wrote:
It's about time that music like this made a comeback!
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pseudospice wrote:
what about when Charvoni took over lead vocals for the group? Amazing!
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lsw19790428 wrote:
I love “everybody everybody”,but the best love is “get down”....a fan from china
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spok_k wrote:
awesome
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julienbiolay wrote:
Souvenirs!
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DJSMusicfactory wrote:
Love them!!!! "Everybody, everybody" is AWESOME!!!!
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combat161 wrote:
Прекрасное забытое ! Мир великолепен!
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Chakkaa wrote:
I love everybody everybody but not the techno sounding version :-|
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anonnamiss wrote:
i could listen to the dreamland album over and over and over and over.
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ANETA_WAWA wrote:
Amazing band ! My childhood ......
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Its_bitch wrote:
diliziaaaaaa
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Vorash wrote:
Anobody have the original version of "Ride on time" with the voice of Loleatta Holloway, not the rerecorded 1989 version with the voice of Heather Small the vocalist of M People?
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jonasminduim wrote:
and get your facts right: soon after the scandal of the "Love Sensation" sample broke out, the vocals were re-recorded by then-unknown Heather Small. so before you start arguing over "whose pictures should be here", check if your version isn't the one on which she sings.
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jonasminduim wrote:
lol... such hypocrisy. i know you guys aren't that silly to think Black Box would have attained the same level of success if it was fronted by a fat lady who couldn't dance. Katrin WAS Black Box for 90% of the record buyers back then, so having her pictures represent them is okay. that was her job. are you guys also voting for pics of the 'real' Milli Vanilli on their profile? get over yourselves.
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wickedsalvation wrote:
There are no pictures of the group just Marsha. This girl is not part of the group.
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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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