Heatwave – Boogie nights

Heatwave

Heatwave was an international funk/disco musical band featuring Americans Johnnie Wilder, Jr. and Keith Wilder (vocals) of Dayton, Ohio, Englishman Rod Temperton (keyboards), Swiss Mario Mantese (bass), Czechoslovakian Ernest “Bilbo” Berger (drums), Jamaican Eric Johns (guitar) and Briton Roy Carter (guitar). They were known for their successful songs “Boogie Nights” and “Always and Forever” (from their 1976 debut album, Too Hot to Handle), and “The Groove Line” (from their 1978 follow-up album, Central Heating). Founder member Johnnie Wilder was an American serviceman based in West Germany when he first began performing, upon his discharge from the U.S. Army, he stayed in Germany. He sang in nightclubs and taverns with an assortment of bands while still enlisted. By mid-year, he decided to relocate to the United Kingdom and through an ad placed in a local paper he linked up with songwriter/keyboardist Rod Temperton.

Boogie nights

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Boogie nights oh
Boogie nights, boogie nights

Boogie nights
Ain’t no doubt we are here to party
Boogie nights
Come on now got to get it started

Dance with the boogie get down
Dance with the boogie get down
‘Cause boogie nights are always
The best in town

Got to keep on dancing
Keep on dancing
Got to keep on dancing
Keep on dancing

Boogie nights
Get that groove
Let it take you higher
Boogie nights
Make it move
Set this place on fire

Dance with the boogie get down
Dance with the boogie get down
‘Cause boogie nights are always
The best in town

Got to keep on dancing
Keep on dancing
Got to keep on dancing
Keep on dancing

(Party night)
Can you show that you know how
To do it
(Boogie nights)
Do it, do it
Party night
Get on down with the sound of
The music
(Boogie nights)
Music, music

Boogie nights
It’s so right
When you got that feeling
Boogie nights
Hold it tight
Got to keep on dealing

Dance with the boogie get down
Dance with the boogie get down
‘Cause boogie nights are always
The best in town

Got to keep on dancing
Keep on dancing
Got to keep on dancing
Keep on dancing

(Instrumental)

Got to keep on dancing
Keep on dancing

Dance with the boogie get down
Dance with the boogie get down
‘Cause boogie nights are always
The best in town

Got to keep on dancing
Keep on dancing
Got to keep on dancing
Keep on dancing

Got to keep on dancing
Keep on dancing
Got to keep on dancing
Keep on dancing

Got to keep on dancing
Keep on dancing
Got to keep on dancing
Keep on dancing

Boogie Nights (1976)