Deee Lite - Groove is in the Heart

Deee-Lite was a house and club/dance group formed in New York City, USA. The group's best-known single was "Groove Is in the Heart", from their 1990 debut album, World Clique. However, Deee-Lite achieved longer lasting success on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, where they scored six number-one hits.

The members of Deee-lite were: Super DJ Dmitri (Dmitry Brill, born June 4, 1964, originally from Kiev, Ukraine) Lady Miss Kier (Kierin M. Kirby, born August 15, 1963, , Ohio, USA) Towa Tei (Dong-hwa Chung, born September 7, 1964, originally from Tokyo, Japan) and DJ Ani (Ani Q. Schempf, born December 14, 1973, Kansas, USA)

Prior to the release of the group's third album, Dewdrops in the Garden, Tei left the band (appearing only on the track "Call Me") and was replaced with DJ Ani. Even with a roster change and minimal record label support, Deee-Lite still managed to tour for a year after the release of Dewdrops in the Garden. Consequently, Dewdrops in the Garden sold more records than Deee-Lite's second release, Infinity Within.

Since his exit from the group, Tei has recorded several albums as a solo artist and since Deee-Lite's disbanding Kier, Dmitry and Ani have maintained successful club DJ careers.

In early 2003, Lady Miss Kier initiated a lawsuit against Sega corporation for allegedly stealing her former persona and using it as the basis of a character named Ulala in the video game Space Channel 5, after they had originally asked her to participate in the development of the product and she declined. In 2006 the court ruled against Lady Miss Kier's claim. In 2008, the band's single "Groove is in The Heart" was licensed for use a Sega video game Samba de Amigo for the Nintendo Wii console, appearing in a stage featuring Ulala.

"Groove Is in the Heart" is a funky, cheerful love song that compares the new feelings of infatuation with hearing a good ("groovy") song. Essentially a house music track, it also features elements of disco, funk and hip-hop. 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, Vernon Burch's "Get Up", which provided the drum track and also formed the basis for the infamous breakdown featuring a slide whistle, and the horn riff from Eddie Jefferson's "Psychedelic Sally".

Parliament-Funkadelic legend Bootsy Collins played bass guitar and provided guest vocals, and the rap is provided by Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest.

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.

An immediate smash in nightclubs, the song crossed over to pop radio and after going to number one on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart, it eventually hit number four on the Billboard Hot 100. It managed to peak at number-one for one week in Australia in November 1990.

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