Juke Box Jive Juke Box Jive "Juke Box Jive", by English band The Rubettes, was the lead single from their second album We Can Do It. As with their two previous singles, it was written by the songwriting team of Wayne Bickerton and Tony Waddington and produced by Bickerton. The single reached number 3 in the UK charts. "Juke Box Jive" was one of the four demonstration recordings recorded by session musicians and singers in October 1973 which led to the formation of the Rubettes - the others being "Sugar Baby Love", "Tonight" and "Sugar Candy Kisses" (which became a hit for Mac
Baby, Come Back (the Equals song) reached the top 10 in Belgium and the Netherlands) the song was re-issued in the UK on 1 May 1968 and reached #1 in the UK Singles Chart on 3 July 1968 spending three weeks there. In all the song stayed in the UK Top 75 for 18 weeks. It also charted at number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100. Eddy Grant himself released a new version of the song in 1984, 1985 and 1989, without much impact on the charts. The song was covered by Pato Banton in 1994 who was joined by Robin and Ali Campbell of UB40.