Electric Avenue
Eddy Grant * Track #1 On Killer on the Rampage
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Electric Avenue by Eddy Grant
Performed by
Eddy GrantProduced by
Eddy GrantWrited by
Eddy GrantAbout
Guyanese-British singer Eddy Grant’s seminal response to the 1981 Brixton riot; riots that were themselves a response to police brutality, racial tension, and the high level of unemployment among the Caribbean immigrant population of Britain at that time.
Throughout the song, Grant goes against the...
Electric Avenue Lyrics
[Intro]
Oi
Oi
[Verse 1]
Now in the street, there is violence
And a lots of work to be done
No place to hang out the washing
And I can't blame all on the sun, oh no
[Chorus]
We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Oh, we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
[Verse 2]
Working so hard like a soldier
Can't afford a thing on TV
Deep in my heart, I abhor ya
Can't get food for the kid, good God
[Chorus]
We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Ho, we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
[Interlude]
Oh, no
Oh, no
Oh, no
Oh, no
Oh, Lord
[Chorus]
We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Ho, we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
[Verse 3]
Who is to blame in one country?
Never can get to the one
Dealing in multiplication
And they still can't feed everyone, oh no
[Chorus]
We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Ho no, we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
[Bridge]
Ho, out in the street
Out in the street
Out in the daytime
Out in the night
[Chorus]
Oh, we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Ho, we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
[Bridge]
Out in the street
Out in the street
Out in the playground
In the dark side of town
[Chorus]
Ho, we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Hey, we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue (Oh, yeah)
And then we'll take it higher
[Outro]
Rock it in the daytime (Electric Avenue)
Rock it in the night (Electric Avenue)
Rock it in Miami mama, meh (Electric Avenue)
Whoa, in a Brixton (Electric Avenue)
Electric Avenue Q&A
Who wrote Electric Avenue's ?
Electric Avenue was written by Eddy Grant.
Who produced Electric Avenue's ?
Electric Avenue was produced by Eddy Grant.
What did Eddy Grant say about "Electric Avenue"?
Grant explained to The Guardian:
On the way home one night from working in the Black Theatre of Brixton I saw Electric Avenue on a street sign, and thought: “What a fantastic song title.”
Several years later, by which time I’d returned to music, I left England for Barbados, but British Airways los...