{{for|the 1974 album|Boogie Down!}} {{short description|1973 song by Eddie Kendricks}} {{Infobox song | name = Boogie Down | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Eddie Kendricks | album = Boogie Down! | B-side = Can't Help What I Am | released = December 1973 | recorded = 1973 | studio = | venue = | genre = Disco, Funk, R&B | length = 3:48 (single edit) <br /> 7:02 (album version) | label = Tamla <br /> <small>T 54243</small> | writer = Leonard Caston Jr.<br>Anita Poree<br>Frank Wilson | producer = Frank Wilson & Leonard Caston, Jr. | prev_title = Keep On Truckin' | prev_year = 1973 | next_title = One Tear | next_year = 1974 | misc = {{External music video|header=Official audio|{{YouTube|lMQ7tkEPwF4|"Boogie Down"}}}} }}
thumb | right "'''Boogie Down'''" is a 1973 song which was recorded by Eddie Kendricks for Motown Records' Tamla label. The song was co-written by Leonard Caston Jr., Anita Poree and Frank Wilson, the same songwriting team that had composed "Keep On Truckin'", Kendricks' first major hit as a solo artist. Caston and Wilson co-produced the song and the arrangement was handled by Caston, Wilson and David Van De Pitte.
==Chart performance== Like "Keep on Truckin'", "Boogie Down" is an up-tempo, disco, dance number that saw heavy rotation in dance clubs. Released as a single from the album of the same name, "Boogie Down" became Kendricks' second consecutive single to top the Billboard's R&B Singles Chart, holding the number one position for three weeks.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=319}}</ref>
It just missed becoming his second straight #1 on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart, peaking at number two for two straight weeks, behind "Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1974-03-09|title=The Hot 100 Chart|magazine=Billboard }}</ref> However, it was Kendricks' second #1 single on the Cash Box Top 100 chart. ''Billboard'' ranked it as the #30 Pop single of 1974. Outside the US, it was a Top 40 hit in Britain as well, hitting #39 on the UK Charts.
==Personnel== Credits adapted from ''The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w0xLAAAAYAAJ|title=The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits|author1=Adam White|author2=Fred Bronson|publisher=Billboard Books|year=1993|isbn=9780823082858}}</ref>
* Eddie Kendricks – vocals *Ed Greene – drums *Dean Parks – guitar *Greg Poree – guitar *King Errisson – congas *James Jamerson – bass *Jerry Peters – organ *Leonard Caston Jr. – piano, clavinet, writer, producer *Anita Poree – writer *Frank Wilson – writer, producer
==Other charting versions== Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony recorded a version of the song which was released on Avco 4868 in 1974. It was backed with "A Rainy Night in Georgia".<ref>Hitparade.ch - [https://hitparade.ch/song/Van-McCoy-&-The-Soul-City-Symphony/Boogie-Down-554271 Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony – Boogie Down]</ref> It made it to no. 67 on the US R&B Charts that year.<ref>Soul Years - [https://app.soulyears.com/song18246.htm Van McCoy, ''Boogie Down'']</ref><ref>''MusicVF''.com - [https://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Boogie+Down+by+Van+McCoy&id=133976 ''Boogie Down'' By: Van McCoy]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}}
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