Blame It on the Boogie

"Blame It on the Boogie" is a disco song. It was originally released in 1978 both by English singer-songwriter Mick Jackson and (in its most famous version) by The Jacksons (no relation). It was later also covered by many other artists.

Background

The song was co-written by Mick Jackson (credited as Michael George Jackson-Clarke) as well as Mick's brother, David Jackson and Elmar Krohn.

Although Mick Jackson recorded the song in 1977, "Blame It on the Boogie" was written in hopes of selling it to Stevie Wonder.

The Mick Jackson track was showcased in 1978 at Midem where, according to Mick Jackson: "The Jacksons' manager [Peter Kerstin] heard the track being played...and took a recording of it...back in the States [where] The Jacksons quickly recorded a version so it would be out before mine." In fact, the Mick Jackson recording was released by Atlantic Records in the United States in August 1978.

According to Michael Jackson of the Jacksons, Bobby Colomby, who was producing the Jacksons' Destiny album, brought the group "Blame It on the Boogie". "It was an uptempo, finger-poppin'-time type song that was a good vehicle for the band approach we wanted to cultivate. I had fun slurring the chorus: [the lyric] 'Blame It on the Boogie' could be sung in one breath without putting my lips together."