"Let Your Backbone Slide" | ||||
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Single by Maestro Fresh-Wes | ||||
from the album Symphony in Effect | ||||
Released | 1989 | |||
Recorded | 1989 | |||
Genre | Canadian hip hop | |||
Length | 4:58 | |||
Label | Attic/ LMR | |||
Songwriter(s) | W. Williams | |||
Producer(s) | Peter & Anthony Davis | |||
Maestro Fresh-Wes singles chronology | ||||
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"Let Your Backbone Slide" is the debut single by Maestro Fresh-Wes, released in 1989 from his first album, Symphony in Effect. In Canada, over 50,000 copies of the single were sold, making Maestro the first Canadian rapper to have a gold single. [1] It also reached #1 on The Record Singles Chart, in April 1990. [2] In the United States, 25,000 copies were sold in its first few weeks of release. [3] It remained the best-selling Canadian hip hop single of all time until 2008, [4] when it was eclipsed by Kardinal Offishall's " Dangerous".
In a 2000 poll conducted by the music magazine Chart, "Let Your Backbone Slide" was voted the 11th greatest Canadian song of all time. [5]
The song contains samples of "The Champ" by The Mohawks, " Funky Drummer" by James Brown, "Set It Off" by Strafe, " La Di Da Di" by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick, "One, Two, Three" by The B-Boys and " Rebel Without a Pause" by Public Enemy.
The music video, directed by Joel Goldberg was shot in Toronto, with most of it taking place in a club. In the video's first few seconds, presenter Dwight Drummond plays the role of a cameraman. It received rotation on MTV and BET. [3]
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B-side
Chart (1990) | Peak position |
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Canadian RPM Singles Chart [6] | 10 |
Canadian RPM Canadian Content Chart [7] | 1 |
Canadian The Record Singles Chart [8] | 1 |
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Singles [9] | 14 |
Chart (1990s) | Position |
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Canada (Nielsen SoundScan) [10] | 100 |
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"Let Your Backbone Slide" | ||||
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Single by Maestro Fresh-Wes | ||||
from the album Symphony in Effect | ||||
Released | 1989 | |||
Recorded | 1989 | |||
Genre | Canadian hip hop | |||
Length | 4:58 | |||
Label | Attic/ LMR | |||
Songwriter(s) | W. Williams | |||
Producer(s) | Peter & Anthony Davis | |||
Maestro Fresh-Wes singles chronology | ||||
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"Let Your Backbone Slide" is the debut single by Maestro Fresh-Wes, released in 1989 from his first album, Symphony in Effect. In Canada, over 50,000 copies of the single were sold, making Maestro the first Canadian rapper to have a gold single. [1] It also reached #1 on The Record Singles Chart, in April 1990. [2] In the United States, 25,000 copies were sold in its first few weeks of release. [3] It remained the best-selling Canadian hip hop single of all time until 2008, [4] when it was eclipsed by Kardinal Offishall's " Dangerous".
In a 2000 poll conducted by the music magazine Chart, "Let Your Backbone Slide" was voted the 11th greatest Canadian song of all time. [5]
The song contains samples of "The Champ" by The Mohawks, " Funky Drummer" by James Brown, "Set It Off" by Strafe, " La Di Da Di" by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick, "One, Two, Three" by The B-Boys and " Rebel Without a Pause" by Public Enemy.
The music video, directed by Joel Goldberg was shot in Toronto, with most of it taking place in a club. In the video's first few seconds, presenter Dwight Drummond plays the role of a cameraman. It received rotation on MTV and BET. [3]
A-side
B-side
Chart (1990) | Peak position |
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Canadian RPM Singles Chart [6] | 10 |
Canadian RPM Canadian Content Chart [7] | 1 |
Canadian The Record Singles Chart [8] | 1 |
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Singles [9] | 14 |
Chart (1990s) | Position |
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Canada (Nielsen SoundScan) [10] | 100 |
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