Body Groove

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"Body Groove"
File:Body Groove Architechs cover.png
Single by Architechs featuring Nana
Released25 September 2000 (2000-09-25)[1]
GenreUK garage[2]
Length5:13
LabelGo! Beat
Songwriters
  • Ashley Akabah
  • Paul Akabah
ProducerArchitechs
Architechs singles chronology
"Body Groove"
(2000) 		"Show Me the Money"
(2001)

"Body Groove" is the debut single of UK garage group Architechs, featuring vocals from Nana. Released on 25 September 2000, the song was a success, peaking at number three on the UK Singles Chart and becoming a moderate hit in Belgium, Iceland, and the Netherlands.

Background

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In an interview with Sound on Sound, Ashley and Paul Akabah explained that much of the track was created in a modest home setup, with producer City programming the beats on an Akai S3000 sampler and recording vocals from Nana in their South London studio.[3]

Critical reception

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Music Week praised the single as a “standout UKG crossover,” singling out Nana’s vocal as “the element that lifts it beyond the clubs.”[4] In Sound on Sound, the production was described as a model of “how little more than an Akai sampler and strong songwriting instincts could deliver a UK Top 5 hit".[5] The Guardian ranked “Body Groove” among the best UK garage tracks of all time, calling it “a ridiculously catchy, squelchy tune” that embodied the genre’s commercial peak.[6] Resident Advisor wrote that “Body Groove” had become “a time capsule for the optimism of 2000 UKG, still a guaranteed singalong nearly two decades later.”[7]

Track listings

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UK CD and 12-inch single; European CD single[8][9][10]

  1. "Body Groove" (original mix MC version) – 5:13
  2. "Body Groove" (Drive Time mix) – 5:35
  3. "Body Groove" (Zed Bias dub mix) – 5:52

UK cassette single[11]

  1. "Body Groove" (original mix MC version) – 5:13
  2. "Body Groove" (Zed Bias dub mix) – 5:52

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[22] Platinum 600,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Covers and samples

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In 2019, DJ Spoony together with Katie Chatburn and the Ignition Orchestra featuring Nay Nay and Ms Banks on vocals recorded an orchestral version of the song for the UK garage covers album Garage Classical. In 2020, Dizzee Rascal sampled the intro of "Body Groove" throughout his song "Body Loose".

References

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