Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue (Music Video)

Eddy Grant with Electric Avenue, the original music video newly remastered in 4K 60FPS. Guyana-born singer and musician Eddy Grant released Electric Avenue in 1982, becoming a hit around the world. A single from Eddy Grant’s 1982 album “Killer on the Rampage“, Electric Avenue reached No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and topped the charts in Canada, Australia and the UK. Electric Avenue’s lyrics refer to the 1981 Brixton riot, with themes of social and cultural transformation. The title refers to Electric Avenue, a market street in the Brixton area of London known for its high population of Caribbean immigrants. The music video for Electric Avenue features Eddy Grant performing the song alongside futuristic elements, motorcycles, school children and strong symbolism. The video was directed by Steve Barron, with imagery and themes of urban life and cultural diversity that were particularly resonant at the time, as Brixton was going through a period of social and political change. Electric Avenue’s music video director Steve Barron is also well known for directing the classic 1980’s music videos for Billie Jean by Michael Jackson, Money For Nothing by Dire Straits, Take On Me by A-Ha, Africa by Toto, and many more. Eddy Grant Electric Avenue Lyrics: Now in the street there is violence And, and a lots of work to be done No place to hang out our washing And, and I can’t blame all on the sun Oh no we gonna rock down to electric avenue And then we’ll take it higher Oh we gonna rock down to electric avenue And then we’ll take it higher Workin’ so hard like a soldier Can’t afford a thing on TV Deep in my heart I am warrior Can’t get food for them kid Good God we gonna rock down to electric avenue And then we’ll take it higher Oh we gonna rock down to electric avenue And then we’ll take it higher Oh no Oh no Oh no Oh no Oh no, we gonna rock down to electric avenue And then we’ll take it higher Oh, we gonna rock down to electric avenue And then we’ll take it higher Who is to blame in one country Never can get to the one Dealin’ in multiplication And they still can’t feed everyone Oh no, we gonna rock down to electric avenue And then we’ll take it higher Oh no, we gonna rock down to electric avenue And then we’ll take it higher Out in the street Out in the street Out in the playground In the dark side of town Oh, we gonna rock down to electric avenue And then we’ll take it higher We gonna rock down to electric avenue And then we’ll take it higher Oh we gonna rock down to electric avenue (Rock it in the night) And then we’ll take it higher (electric avenue) (Rock it, Miami mama, meh) We gonna rock down to electric avenue (Whoa, in a Brixton) And then we’ll take it higher (electric avenue) Please support Eddy Grant on his official social sites: @EddyGrantOfficial Please follow Rasta Vibration on our official online sites: Subscribe to Rasta Vibration for more: @rastavibration?sub_confirmation=1 Songwriters: Eddy Grant Electric Avenue master © Eddy Grant Music Electric Avenue lyrics © Greenheart Music Ltd. Electric Avenue music video © Portrait / CBS Records #EddyGrant #ElectricAvenue #MusicVideo