Foxy ~ Get Off 1978 Disco Purrfection Version

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Foxy was a latin dance band based in Miami that was the brainchild of Ish Ledesma. Their first single "Get Off Your Ahhh and Dance" was a disco sensation peaking at #16. Their second single "The Way You Do The Things You Do" fared even better peaking at #5 on the Billboard Hot Disco Chart. They started performing "Get Off" to take advantage of the "oooh oooh" chant popular at the time and that Heatwave also successfully utilized in "The Groove Line". At a club gig, they decided to play it and the crowds reaction was immediate and energetic. However the club owner stopped them and threatened to cancel their contract if they played it again. Ish initially agreed, but he ended up playing it anyway and in a flash the bouncers unplugged the equipment and tossed it in the alley, pushing the band right out the back door. Ish then knew he had something special and went into the studio to record the song, bringing in the TK girl group Wildflower to handle the background vocals. It peaked at #9 on the Hot 100, #1 on the R&B chart and at #18 on the Disco Chart. That "oooh oooh" sound was often accompanied by a hand movement where the hand went up for each oooh, then down, then up again revealing the back of the hand and then back again...the sonic hook of Foxy later gave way to the electronic "boo" sound used that made Anita Ward's "Ring My Bell" so damn catchy.