Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p "I Love to Boogie" is a 1976 single by the British Glam Rock band T. Rex. The track also featured on the 1977 album 'Dandy in the Underworld' whilst its B-side, "Baby Boomerang", is taken from the group's third album 'The Slider'. The song was in the UK charts for a total of nine weeks, peaking at No. 13.The song was released to controversy due to its resemblance to Webb Pierce's "Teenage Boogie", prompting rockabillies to attempt to burn copies of the single at an event held in a pub on the Old Kent Road, South East London. Disc jockey Geoff Barker complained that "The records are so alike it can't be a coincidence." When Pierce's publishers contacted Bolan's London office, Bolan's manager Tony Howard employed a musicologist to analyse both songs. The musicologist noted that "Teenage Boogie" was itself based on a riff that had been around long before the song was written."I Love to Boogie" is amongst T. Rex's best known and most popular hits, and has featured in many advertisements and films such as Billy Elliot, where the song plays a prominent role during a dance scene.. }
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- I_Love_to_Boogie abstract ""I Love to Boogie" is a 1976 single by the British Glam Rock band T. Rex. The track also featured on the 1977 album 'Dandy in the Underworld' whilst its B-side, "Baby Boomerang", is taken from the group's third album 'The Slider'. The song was in the UK charts for a total of nine weeks, peaking at No. 13.The song was released to controversy due to its resemblance to Webb Pierce's "Teenage Boogie", prompting rockabillies to attempt to burn copies of the single at an event held in a pub on the Old Kent Road, South East London. Disc jockey Geoff Barker complained that "The records are so alike it can't be a coincidence." When Pierce's publishers contacted Bolan's London office, Bolan's manager Tony Howard employed a musicologist to analyse both songs. The musicologist noted that "Teenage Boogie" was itself based on a riff that had been around long before the song was written."I Love to Boogie" is amongst T. Rex's best known and most popular hits, and has featured in many advertisements and films such as Billy Elliot, where the song plays a prominent role during a dance scene.".