Who had a not hit in 1983 with the song 'Electric Avenue'?
Electric Avenue (song) Electric Avenue (song) "Electric Avenue" is a song written, recorded and produced by Eddy Grant, who released it from his 1982 album "Killer on the Rampage." In the United States, with the help of the MTV video he shot for it, it was one of 1983's biggest hits of the year. The song's title refers to Electric Avenue in the south London district of Brixton which was the first market street to be lit by electricity. According to Grant, he first became aware of the street's existence during a stint acting at the Black Theatre of Brixton. The area is
Electric Avenue (song) released it as a single in 1982, and reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. In 1983, CBS decided to launch the single in the U.S., where it spent five weeks at No. 2 on "Billboard" Magazine's Hot 100 charts and hit No. 1 in "Cash Box" Magazine. (It was kept out of the top spot on "Billboard's" Hot 100 by a combination of two songs, "Flashdance... What a Feeling" by Irene Cara and that year's song of the summer, "Every Breath You Take" by The Police.) "Electric Avenue" was a hit on two other US charts: On the