Groove Is in the Heart - wikipedia Groove Is in the Heart `` Groove Is in the Heart '' Single by Deee - Lite from the album World Clique B - side `` What Is Love ? '' Released 1990 Format 7 '' single 12 '' maxi CD maxi cassette Length 3 : 54 ( album version ) 3 : 32 ( single version ( peanutbutter mix ) ) Label Elektra Songwriter ( s ) Dmitry Brill Chung Dong - Hwa Kierin Kirby Herbie Hancock Jonathan Davis Producer ( s ) Deee - Lite Deee - Lite singles chronology `` Groove Is in the Heart '' ( 1990 ) `` Power of Love '' ( 1990 ) `` Groove Is in the Heart '' ( 1990 ) `` Power of Love '' ( 1990 ) Music video `` Groove Is in the Heart '' on YouTube `` Groove Is in the Heart '' is a song by American dance band Deee - Lite. It was released in August 1990 as the lead single from their debut album, World Clique. The song was a hit in many countries, reaching number one in Australia. Contents 1 Background 2 Critical reception and chart performances 3 Music video 4 Impact and legacy 5 Cover versions 6 Samples used 7 Track listings 8 Personnel 9 Chart performance 9.1 Weekly charts 9.2 Year - end charts 9.3 Certifications and sales 10 See also 11 References 12 External links Background Though the album version was not recorded until 1990, the song was originally written in the late 1980s ; it was performed live as early as 1989. The backing track was built around many samples, primarily the main riff from Herbie Hancock 's track `` Bring Down the Birds '' from the Blowup soundtrack and Vernon Burch 's `` Get Up '', which provided the drum track and also formed the basis for the famous breakdown featuring a slide whistle. Parliament - Funkadelic legend Bootsy Collins provided guest vocals, and the rap is provided by Q - Tip of A Tribe Called Quest. Critical reception and Chart performances Slant Magazine ranked the song second in its 100 Greatest Dance Songs list, adding : `` No song delivered the group 's world - conscious Word as colorfully and open - heartedly as `` Groove Is in the Heart, '' which flew up the Billboard charts while goosing stuffed shirts ``. NME and The Village Voice 's Pazz & Jop annual critics ' poll named `` Groove Is in the Heart '' the best single released in the year 1990. An immediate smash in nightclubs, the song went to number one on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart and also hit number four on the Billboard Hot 100. It peaked at number 1 for one week in Australia in November 1990. In the UK, the record was equally popular and was released as a double A-side with `` What Is Love '', and, with the UK single released with the subtitle `` peanut butter mix '' ( because the single was heavily edited and completely omitted the contributions by Bootsy Collins and Q - Tip ), it eventually reached number two during September 1990. Its placing second was due to a rule instituted in the UK Singles Chart in the 1980s, which settled any `` ties '' over chart positions due to equal sales : the single with sales that had increased most from the previous week would reside above the other, controversially giving `` The Joker '' by the Steve Miller Band the top place. Following complaints from Deee - Lite 's record company, WEA, the rule, of which this had been the only case, was scrapped and joint positions were once again allowed. `` The Joker '' spent a second week at the number one spot and thereafter convincingly outsold `` Groove Is in the Heart ''. Music video The song was accompanied by a psychedelic music video, with Deee - Lite ( in late 1960s outfits ), Q - Tip, Maceo Parker and Bootsy Collins superimposed over a cartoonish late 1960s - style background of various shifting shapes and colors. The video opens and closes with quotes by the band : Lady Miss Kier has an opening dialog consisting of `` faux - French '' originally spoken in the song 's AA - side, `` What Is Love ? '', and the ending features Collins saying, `` Do n't forget, groove is in the heart, and Deee - Lite have definitely been known to smoke... on stage, that is ! '' ( itself sampled by Deee - Lite in the song ) and Lady Miss Kier exclaiming `` Deee - groovy ! '' Impact and legacy VH1 placed `` Groove Is in the Heart '' at No. 67 in their list of `` 100 Greatest Songs of the 90 's '' in 2007. In 2011, The Guardian featured the song on their `` A history of modern music : Dance ''. Cover versions Rick Braun released a smooth jazz cover of `` Groove Is in the Heart '' on his album Yours Truly ( 2005, ARTizen Music Group ). American lo - fi group Crocodiles also recorded a cover version of the song, as a medley with the Beach Boys classic `` California Girls ''. Natasha Bedingfield performed the song at VH1 Divas 2012 concert live with Iggy Azalea performing Q - Tip 's rap verse and Bootsy Collins on bass. Keke Palmer 's song `` Footworkin ' '', featured on her debut album So Uncool, features samples from the song. American retail chain Target Corporation used the song, as performed by Charli XCX with Questlove and Black Thought from The Roots, in a series of 2015 television advertisements. Samples used This is an incomplete list of samples used in the song. Bel - Sha - Zaar with Tommy Genapopoluis and the Grecian Knights - `` Introduction '' from the album The Art of Belly Dancing, 1969, Gateway : GSLP 3527 ( intro music, vocal sample : `` We 're going to dance, and have some fun '' ) Herbie Hancock -- `` Bring Down the Birds '' from the soundtrack album Blow - Up, 1966 ( bassline ) Vernon Burch -- `` Get Up '' from the album Get Up ( drums, crowd noise, slide whistle ) Ray Barretto -- `` Right On '' from the album Barretto Power, 1972 ( cowbell ) Theme from the TV series Green Acres ( vocal sample : looped `` I '' sample ( `` I-i-i-i-i-i '' ), sung by Eva Gabor ) Ralph MacDonald -- `` Jam on the Groove '' from the album Sound of a Drum, 1976 ( percussion ) Billy Preston -- `` Uptight '' from the album Wildest Organ in Town !, 1966 ( breakbeat under rap by Q - Tip ) The Headhunters -- `` God Make Me Funky '' from the album Survival of the Fittest, 1975 ( drum fill ) Track listings CD maxi - Europe `` Groove Is in the Heart '' ( meeting of the minds mix ) -- 5 : 14 `` Groove Is in the Heart '' ( peanut butter mix ) -- 3 : 31 `` What Is Love ? '' ( holographic goatee mix ) -- 4 : 10 `` What Is Love ? '' ( rainbow beard mix ) -- 4 : 04 CD maxi - US `` Groove Is in the Heart '' ( LP version ) -- 3 : 55 `` Groove Is in the Heart '' ( peanut butter radio mix ) -- 3 : 32 `` Groove Is in the Heart '' ( meeting of the minds mix ) -- 5 : 14 `` Groove Is in the Heart '' ( Jelly Jam beats ) -- 2 : 12 `` What Is Love ? '' ( holographic goatee mix ) -- 4 : 13 `` What Is Love ? '' ( frenchapella ) -- 0 : 57 `` What Is Love ? '' ( rainbow beard mix ) -- 4 : 03 7 '' single `` Groove Is in the Heart '' ( peanut butter mix ) -- 3 : 29 `` What Is Love ? '' ( holographic goatee mix ) -- 4 : 10 12 '' maxi `` Groove Is in the Heart '' ( meeting of the minds mix ) -- 5 : 10 `` Groove Is in the Heart '' ( peanut butter mix ) -- 3 : 29 `` What Is Love ? '' ( holographic goatee mix ) -- 4 : 10 `` What Is Love ? '' ( rainbow beard mix ) -- 4 : 02 Cassette `` Groove Is in the Heart '' `` What Is Love ? '' ( holographic goatee mix ) Personnel Credits adapted from the album liner notes for World Clique. Lady Miss Kier -- lead and background vocals Q - Tip -- rap Bootsy Collins -- background vocals Maceo Parker -- saxophone Fred Wesley -- trombone Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1990 -- 1991 ) Peak position Australia ( ARIA ) Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 25 Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) 19 Canada Dance / Urban ( RPM ) Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) 15 Finland ( Suomen virallinen lista ) 9 France ( SNEP ) 31 Germany ( Official German Charts ) 17 Ireland ( IRMA ) 8 Italy ( FIMI ) 16 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 10 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 10 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 13 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) US Billboard Hot 100 US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) US Hot Dance Music / Maxi - Singles Sales ( Billboard ) US Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs ( Billboard ) 28 US Cash Box Top 100 Chart ( 2012 ) Peak position France ( SNEP ) 151 Year - end charts Chart ( 1990 ) Rank Australia ( ARIA ) 38 Canada Dance / Urban ( RPM ) Italy ( FIMI ) 75 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 86 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 90 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 27 Chart ( 1991 ) Rank US Billboard Hot 100 91 Certifications and sales Region Certification Certified units / Sales Australia ( ARIA ) Platinum 70,000 United States ( RIAA ) Gold 500,000 United Kingdom ( BPI ) Silver 200,000 sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone See also List of number - one singles in Australia during the 1990s List of RPM number - one dance singles of 1995 List of number - one dance singles of 1990 ( U.S. ) References Jump up ^ Metzger, Richard ( April 4, 2013 ). `` Bringing the Funk from the East Village to the Global Village : Vintage Deee - Lite performances ''. Dangerous Minds. Retrieved March 22, 2015. Jump up ^ Plagenhoef, Scott ; Schreiber, Ryan, eds. ( November 2008 ). The Pitchfork 500. Simon & Schuster. p. 96. ISBN 978 - 1 - 4165 - 6202 - 3. Jump up ^ `` 100 Greatest Dance Songs ''. Slant Magazine. January 30, 2006. Retrieved April 16, 2011. Jump up ^ `` VH1 : 100 Greatest Songs of the 90 's ''. Rock on the Net. Retrieved 26 August 2017. Jump up ^ `` A history of modern music : Dance ''. The Guardian. Retrieved 12 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` Questlove, Black Thought, and Charli XCX cover `` Groove is in the Heart '' -- listen ``. Consequence of Sound. Retrieved February 24, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Les samples de Deee lite '' ( in French ). Du - bruit. Retrieved July 30, 2014. Jump up ^ World Clique ( liner notes ). Deee - Lite. Elektra. 1990. Retrieved October 4, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Deee - Lite -- World Clique -- Credits ''. AllMusic. Retrieved October 4, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Australian-charts.com -- Deee - Lite -- Groove Is In The Heart ''. ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved July 12, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Austriancharts.at -- Deee - Lite -- Groove Is In The Heart '' ( in German ). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved July 12, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Ultratop.be -- Deee - Lite -- Groove Is In The Heart '' ( in Dutch ). Ultratop 50. Retrieved July 12, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Dance / Urban : Issue 1343. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 12, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Singles : Issue 9112. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 1 May 2015. Jump up ^ Pennanen, Timo ( 2006 ). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 ( in Finnish ) ( 1st ed. ). Helsinki : Tammi. ISBN 978 - 951 - 1 - 21053 - 5. ^ Jump up to : `` Lescharts.com -- Deee - Lite -- Groove Is In The Heart '' ( in French ). Les classement single. Retrieved July 12, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Offiziellecharts.de -- Deee - Lite -- Groove Is In The Heart ''. GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved July 12, 2013. Jump up ^ `` The Irish Charts -- Search Results -- Groove Is in the Heart ''. Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 12, 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` I singoli più venduti del 1990 '' ( in Italian ). Hit Parade Italia. Creative Commons. Retrieved July 12, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Nederlandse Top 40 -- Deee - Lite - Groove Is In The Heart '' ( in Dutch ). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved July 12, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Dutchcharts.nl -- Deee - Lite -- Groove Is In The Heart '' ( in Dutch ). Single Top 100. Retrieved July 12, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Charts.org.nz -- Deee - Lite -- Groove Is In The Heart ''. Top 40 Singles. Retrieved July 12, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Swisscharts.com -- Deee - Lite -- Groove Is In The Heart ''. Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved July 12, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Deee - Lite : Artist Chart History ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 12, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Deee - Lite Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved August 8, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Deee - Lite Chart History ( Dance Club Songs ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved August 8, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Deee - Lite -- Awards ''. AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved July 12, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Deee - Lite Chart History ( Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved August 8, 2017. Jump up ^ `` CASH BOX Top 100 Pop Singles -- Week ending NOVEMBER 24, 1990 ''. Archived from the original on October 7, 2012... Cash Box. Jump up ^ `` ARIA Charts -- End Of Year Charts -- Top 50 Singles 1990 ''. ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved July 30, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Top 50 Dance Tracks of 1990 ''. RPM. Vol. 53 no. 6. December 22, 1990. Retrieved May 18, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 - Jaaroverzicht van 1990 '' ( in Dutch ). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved July 30, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Jaaroverzichten -- Single 1990 '' ( in Dutch ). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 30, 2014. Jump up ^ `` End of Year Charts 1990 ''. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved December 3, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits for 1991 ''. The Longbored Surfer. Retrieved July 30, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Australian Fun Countdowns -- Accreditation Awards ''. Australian Fun Countdowns. April 7, 2011. Retrieved July 30, 2014. Jump up ^ `` American single certifications -- Deee - Lite -- Groove Is in the Heart ''. Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH Jump up ^ `` British single certifications -- Deee - Lite -- Groove Is in the Heart ''. British Phonographic Industry. Enter Groove Is in the Heart in the search field and then press Enter. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Deee - Lite Lady Miss Kier DJ Dmitry Towa Tei DJ Ani Studio albums World Clique Infinity Within Dewdrops in the Garden Singles `` Groove Is in the Heart '' `` Power of Love '' `` Runaway '' `` Bring Me Your Love '' `` Call Me '' Q - Tip Discography Production discography Studio albums Amplified ( 1999 ) The Renaissance ( 2008 ) Kamaal / The Abstract ( 2009 ) Singles `` Get Involved '' `` Vivrant Thing '' `` Breathe and Stop '' `` Gettin ' Up '' `` Move '' `` A Little Party Never Killed Nobody ( All We Got ) '' Featured singles `` Groove Is in the Heart '' `` Got ' til It 's Gone '' `` Hot Boyz '' `` Galvanize '' `` Enuff '' `` Bang Bang Bang '' `` Thank You '' Other songs `` Get It Together '' `` Meltdown '' `` Go '' Films Disappearing Acts Prison Song Poetic Justice She Hate Me Related articles A Tribe Called Quest The Ummah Soulquarians GOOD Music NME Single of the Year 1975 - 1979 Bob Marley and the Wailers - `` No Woman, No Cry '' 1976 Thin Lizzy - `` The Boys Are Back in Town '' 1977 Sex Pistols - `` Pretty Vacant '' 1978 Buzzcocks - `` Ever Fallen in Love ( With Someone You Should n't 've ) '' 1979 The Jam - `` Eton Rifles '' 1980 - 1989 1980 Joy Division - `` Love Will Tear Us Apart '' 1981 The Specials - `` Ghost Town '' 1982 Grandmaster Flash - `` The Message '' Michael Jackson - `` Billie Jean '' 1984 Womack and Womack - `` Love Wars '' 1985 The Jesus & Mary Chain - `` Never Understand '' 1986 Prince - `` Kiss '' Prince - `` Sign o ' the Times '' Nick Cave - `` The Mercy Seat '' The Stone Roses - `` She Bangs the Drums '' 1990 - 1999 1990 Deee - Lite - `` Groove Is in the Heart '' 1991 Primal Scream - `` Higher Than the Sun '' Suede - `` The Drowners '' The Breeders - `` Cannonball '' Blur - `` Girls & Boys '' 1995 Black Grape - `` Reverend Black Grape '' Underworld - `` Born Slippy '' The Verve - `` Bitter Sweet Symphony '' 1998 Beastie Boys - `` Intergalactic '' 1999 Aphex Twin - `` Windowlicker '' 2000 - 2009 2000 Eminem -- `` The Real Slim Shady '' Missy Elliot -- `` Get Ur Freak On '' 2002 Doves -- `` There Goes the Fear '' 2003 Beyoncé -- `` Crazy in Love '' The Libertines -- `` Ca n't Stand Me Now '' 2005 The Futureheads -- `` Hounds of Love '' 2006 Hot Chip -- `` Over and Over '' 2007 Klaxons -- `` Golden Skans '' 2008 MGMT -- `` Kids '' 2009 Yeah Yeah Yeahs -- `` Zero '' 2010 -- present Foals -- `` Spanish Sahara '' 2011 Lana Del Rey -- `` Video Games '' 2012 Palma Violets -- `` Best of Friends '' 2013 Daft Punk -- `` Get Lucky '' 2014 Future Islands -- `` Seasons ( Waiting on You ) '' 2015 Skepta -- `` Shutdown '' 2016 Rihanna -- `` Work '' 2017 Lorde - `` Green Light '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Groove_Is_in_the_Heart&oldid=824467661 '' Categories : 1990 singles 1990 songs Billboard Dance Club Songs number - one singles Deee - Lite songs Elektra Records singles Number - one dance singles in Canada Debut singles Number - one singles in Australia Songs written by Q - Tip ( musician ) Songs written by Towa Tei Hidden categories : CS1 French - language sources ( fr ) CS1 Finnish - language sources ( fi ) CS1 Italian - language sources ( it ) CS1 Dutch - language sources ( nl ) Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from September 2015 Singlechart usages for Australia Singlechart usages for Austria Singlechart usages for Flanders Singlechart usages for Canadadance Singlechart called without artist Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Canadatopsingles Singlechart usages for France Singlechart usages for Germany2 Singlechart usages for Ireland2 Singlechart usages for Dutch40 Singlechart usages for Dutch100 Singlechart usages for New Zealand Singlechart usages for Switzerland Singlechart usages for UKsinglesbyname Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart usages for Billboarddanceclubplay Singlechart usages for Billboardrandbhiphop Certification Table Entry usages for Australia Certification Table Entry usages for United States Certification Table Entry usages for United Kingdom Talk Contents About Wikipedia Ænglisc Español Français Italiano Magyar Português ไทย Edit links This page was last edited on 7 February 2018, at 15 : 00. 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Question: who raps in groove is in the heart
Answer: Q-Tip