The Music › Dobie Gray
What Happened
Kev Roberts ranked Out on the Floor the second greatest Northern Soul record ever made, and Nick Hornby called it the national anthem of the scene. America barely noticed it. Charger released the single in 1966, Record World predicted a hit, and nothing happened at home. The song did not begin life on a dancefloor. Fred Darian and Al De Lory wrote it as the title cue for Out of Sight, a Universal teen spy comedy, and Gray performs it on screen alongside The Turtles and Freddie and the Dreamers. Britain bootlegged it by 1970 and put it in the national chart at 42 in 1975. Unlike the record ranked above it, an original costs ordinary money.
Three Facts
- Written as a title cue for the 1966 film Out of Sight.
- Reached number 42 in Britain on Black Magic in 1975.
- Genuine originals carry a stamped matrix, CR 2049.
The Credits
| Label | Charger |
|---|---|
| Catalogue | CRG-115 |
| Year | 1966 |
| Writer | Fred Darian and Al De Lory |
| Producer | Not stated in sources |
| Other side | Not stated in sources |
Artwork from Northern Soul Classics.
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