"This Is Acid", also known by its full title, "This Is Acid (A New Dance Craze)", is a song by Chicago house music DJ and producer Maurice Joshua, who recorded the track under his first name "Maurice". It reached number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in April 1989 and stayed there for two weeks.[2]
The song contains spoken lyrics performed by male singer "Hot Hands" Hula Mahone. The lyrics introduce the listener to the Chicago acid house sound.
"This Is Acid (A New Dance Craze)" is Joshua's only hit single, but he continued as a producer and remixer, winning a Grammy Award in 2004 for his remix of Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love".
^It was the Les Adams "K&T Remix" that was the hit; the radio edit of this mix was 4:38 and the 12" version was 6:22.
^Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003, (Record Research Inc.)
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