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1991 single by L.A. Style
"James Brown Is Dead"
Single by L.A. Style
from the album L.A. Style
Released
19 August 1991
Genre
Techno[1]
rave[2][3]
Length
5:38
Label
ZYX Records Decadance Records Arista Records Watts Music
Songwriter(s)
Denzil Slemming
Producer(s)
Wessel van Diepen Denzil Slemming
L.A. Style singles chronology
"James Brown Is Dead" (1991)
"I'm Raving" (1992)
Music video
"James Brown Is Dead" on YouTube
"James Brown Is Dead" is a song by Dutch electronic dance music duo L.A. Style, produced by Wessel van Diepen and Denzil Slemming. It was released in August 1991 as the lead single from their debut album, L.A. Style (1993). The song was a major hit across Europe, reaching number-one in Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain. Additionally, it also reached the top 10 in Australia, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland. In the US, it peaked at number 59 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4]
The song inspired multiple answer songs and is considered a "techno classic" with artists like DJ Irene mixing it into their sets and DJ Boozy Woozy who used samples of Mary J. Blige's "Family Affair" with the main sample of "James Brown Is Dead" to create his song "Party Affair" (2002).[4]
In 2001, Wessel van Diepen and Arista Records released "James Brown Is Dead 2001", a new version of the L.A. Style original.[citation needed]
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