INTO THE GROOVEY
   
Originally Released on:

INTO THE GROOVE 7"

also appears on:

  • The Whitey Album
  • Into the Groovey 12"
  • Screaming Fields of Sonic Love

  • Indie Top 20 Vol 1

Line-up:
Thurston - singing/guitar/drum programming
Kim - bass
Lee - guitar/midi synthesizer/drum machine
Steve - synthesizer/drum machine

Lyrics   status: confirmed

Music can be such a revelation
Dancing around you feel the sweet sensation
We might be lovers if the rhythm's right
I hope this feeling never ends tonight

Get into the groove boy
You got to prove your love to me, yeah
Get up on your feet, yeah
Step to the beat, boy what will it be

Get to know you in a special way
To me everyday
I see the fire burning in your eyes
Only when I'm dancing can I feel this free

[Madonna sample: "no one else can see me" ... "by myself"]

I wanna dance with someone else

Get into the groove boy
You've got to prove your love to me, yeah
Get up on your feet, yeah
Step to the beat, boy what will it be, yeah

Live out your fantasies here with me
Just let the music set you free

[Madonna: "Now I know you're mine" x 2]

Get into the groove boy
You got to prove your love to me, yeah
Get up on your feet, yeah
Step to the beat, boy what will it be
You got to get into the groove
Boy you got to prove your love to me
Get up on your feet
Yeah, step to the beat, boy what will it be
You've got to....get....

Track length: 4:36

First Known Performance: none
Last Known Performance:  none

NOTES:

  • Originally performed by Madonna.
  • The result of Sonic Youth's deeply fixated obsession with Madonna in the mid-80s. Originally released as the first Ciccone Youth single.
  • Titles vary. The original Madonna track was "Into the Groove". On the 1986 Ciccone Youth single, it's called "Into the Groovy". On the Whitey Album it's titled "Into the Groovey". On Screaming Fields, "Into the Groove(y)".
  • A sample of Madonna's original version fades in at times. SY used to play her version of Into The Groove through an amp between songs in '85 (in fact a track titled "Mad Groove" on the Walls Have Ears is just that).
  • Apparently another mix exists, which had more of Madonna's version preserved and was more of a "dance" mix.