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Popcorn is a famous early synth pop instrumental, originally recorded by Gershon Kingsley. In 1972, it was a huge hit in many countries when it was rerecorded by Hot Butter.

Gershon Kingsley (of Perrey and Kingsley) first recorded it for his 1969 album Music to Moog By. In 1971 the song was re-recorded by Kingsley’s band First Moog Quartet. Stan Free, a member of the First Moog Quartet, rerecorded the instrumental with his band Hot Butter in 1972. The record was one of a rash of Moog synthesizer-based releases that characterized ‘synth pop’ of the 1960s and 1970s.

The title refers to the short staccato or sharp “popping” sound used.

There were two 7” covers, both released in 1972 under Musicor Records and Stateside labels.

Hot Butter’s version became the first primarily electronic-based piece of music to reach the American popular music charts, peaking at #9 on the Billboard Pop Singles and #4 on the Adult Contemporary Chart. The single had a great success in Australia where it reached number one for ten weeks. It was also #1 in Switzerland, where it topped the chart for ten weeks and stayed for 17 weeks in the top ten. In Norway, it was #1 for nine weeks and featured for 21 weeks in the top ten. It was also number one in Germany and reached #5 on July 22, 1972 in UK and #15 in Canada - October 1972. In France, this version of “Popcorn” is the 131st best-selling single of all time, with about 900,000 sales.

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WhoIsThatGuy wrote:
last month

а я зайца с волком вспоминаю

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Ralexand wrote:
last month

Yes Radar! :D

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CDPETE01 wrote:
August 2009

congratulations to mr moog,the best invention ever.

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monsieurfunky wrote:
June 2009

Massive tune

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crazykaz02 wrote:
June 2009

brill tune

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Barryke2 wrote:
June 2009

One day i'm gonna invent a device that will pop the corns and play this song. Using the corn ofcourse.

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notehound wrote:
May 2009

get your moog on here!

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Tr1xx wrote:
May 2009

Superb track . . . try playing The Peppers' "Pepper Box" straight after it and spot the similarity . . . both amazing 70s instrumentals

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galactus15 wrote:
April 2009

i dont mean to brag, i dont mean to boast, but i love hot butter on my breakfast toast

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iyers wrote:
April 2009

Beloved of 70's magicians....and me!

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ashwestmullen wrote:
April 2009

absolute genius! the beauty is in the simplicity, not the least the shuffling drum track :) i too had no idea it was so old

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Rycochet wrote:
April 2009

Wow, I had no idea this song was so old!

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cwickers wrote:
April 2009

Great lyrics

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client-q wrote:
April 2009

One of the best :)

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verito70 wrote:
April 2009

huyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy este tema !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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TeachTomCR wrote:
April 2009

You haven't lived until you see an experienced high school or college band perform this song!

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barrialto wrote:
March 2009

novedoso, original y bonito para su tiempo

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Marjo47 wrote:
March 2009

This is the original now.

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tinymotion wrote:
March 2009

this new version is good but it does not give the happiness of the first version.

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Lucifer-Sam wrote:
February 2009

This is in an 80s game called digger

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