A commenter on my most commented post, Whatever Happened to Andre Cymone, pointed out that Andre’s “The Dance Electric” video was available on Yahoo Music. Indeed it is. And I thought I’d share again.
Among all the songs that Prince has passed on to others – “Nothing Compares to U” and “Manic Monday” among them (don’t forget “Sugar Walls“!) – “The Dance Electric” ranks right up there. It has simply one of the F-U-N-K-I-E-S-T rhythms ever to emanate from His Purpleness – so funky that I questioned why he ever gave this one away.
“Kiss” was actually written for his Mazarati project in the mid-80′s; but Prince wisely snatched that one back when he realized he had a potential hit in his hands. I’m not sure “The Dance Electric” would have met with the same success as “Kiss” (likely not), but it’s one that would have complemented P’s 80′s work quite nicely.
Here’s Prince’s version of “The Dance Electric”. It wasn’t a huge stretch for Andre, was it? It was pretty much signed, sealed and delivered…
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And of course, here’s Andre’s video: