| "Theme from S-Express" | ||||
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| Single by S'Express | ||||
| from the album Original Soundtrack | ||||
| Released | April 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
| Genre | Acid house, Eurodisco[1] | |||
| Length | 3:55 | |||
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 "Theme from S-Xpress — The Return Trip" cover (1996) | ||||
"Theme from S-Express" is an acid house song by British electronic dance music group S'Express, from their debut studio album, Original Soundtrack (1989), written and produced by Mark Moore and Pascal Gabriel. One of the landmarks of early acid house and late 1980s sampling culture, the single was released by Rhythm King and Capitol, and became an instant hit upon its release in April 1988, peaking at number one on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks. It fared less well in the United States, only reaching number 91 on the Billboard Hot 100 but reaching number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. It additionally peaked at number 11 in Australia and number two in West Germany, France and the Netherlands.
- ^ Clover, Joshua (3 October 2023). 1989: Bob Dylan Didn't Have This to Sing About. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520944640 – via Google Books.
"Theme from S'Express" begins with a Eurodisco synthesizer line of the sort pioneered in the seventies by Giorgio Moroder and Jean-Marc Cerrone; member Chilo Harlo intones "Enjoy this trip... enjoy this trip... and it is a trip," like the world's squarest tour guide, and the song is off and racing over a sampled Rose Royce bass line and house's standard four-on-the-floor drums.