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A great song by Eddy Grant! This is the better of his two singles releases in the U.S.. "Electric Avenue" peaked on Billboard's Hot 100 pop singles chart in June 1983!
Hey read, don't laugh at this. Just do it! Start thinking of something you really really want, because this is astonishing. The person who sent this said their wish came true after 10 minutes they read the mail, so I thought what the heck! You have been visited by Dr Suesss the cat in the hat, he will grant you with one wish, make your wish when the countdown is over. 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 MAKE A WISH! if you send this to 10 videos within the hour, your wish will come
The lyric is: Deep in my heart I abhor ya, not I am warrior.He is upset that the kids suffer from poverty. GOOD GOD!!! The song is actually referring to The Brixton riots(Bloody Saturday) on April 11, 1981. 279 police were injured,45 citizens& 82 were arrested.Electric Ave has poor housing,high unemployment& higher than average crime rate. The song was nominated for a Grammy,but lost to Billie Jean-M. Jackson. A defining and timeless classic tune, is this one.
LMAO, my childhood is all about this song! Before my parents got divorced, we would blare this from the speakers on the way to our grandparents' house! :D
@LarryPokeTrainer I love the fact that kids a couple of hundred years from now probably wont know what an avenue is or what a country or poverty was, or the sadness that would spawn such an upbeat song, but they will still be able to appreciate this song and know why someone chose it for their funeral.
By comparison to the mountains of material that will be available to them about everything we did, our view of the lives of those who came before us was through a keyhole with dust over it.
This song is actually about corruption, clan fighting and nepotism in South Africa. He is actually saying we are gonna get to the streets and then we are gonna run them out of the government. Take it higher means they are gona march into the government buildings and destroy them. It can actually be an anthem to the lybians and those other arab countries curently in revolution.
@arkie74 IK right, im mostly into thrash ( real thrash, not just the ones u see on the news) and this song is just perfect, wish it were a little longer though
Shhhhiiitttt! xD I'm 14 and love this shit. Alos, Nena! 99 Red Ballons! Yeahhh. Grew up with this. Rob Zombie, Rocky Horror Picture show, Labyrinth, Grase and Green Day. MMMMHM! Sorry...
@PoisonCherry93 This song is actually an anti establishment song. Because in the time of apartheid Eddy Grant could not sing directly what he meant, he had to mask the lyrics. Joanna is the Government of South Africa, and the terror it instilled. The electric Avenue is the protests, and take it higher means they are gonna take the government down. The part where he sings can't get food for the kids, means that many africans in South Africa although educated they were forced to do manual labor.
did anyone else know that electric avenue is an actual place,where there are alt of homeless people? this song is about poverty.it's an awesome song,and when i was little i loved the 'robot voices' when they said electric avenue.i didn't learn untill later that it was about poverty-andd that it was a one-hit wonder!
PINEAPPLE EXPRESS....
NinalgaBros 1 week ago 5
if you find this song because you watched pineapple express you're a boss xD
Gijswellen 1 week ago 2
666 likes XD!
MusicVolumeX 1 week ago
Oh we got a rock just do.
electric mountain dew
then we'll get really high eh!!
xZephyrrFTW 1 week ago 2
thumbs up if your still listenin to this in 2012 :)
AmberRhymsWithOrange 1 week ago
Like if Pineapple Express brought u here :)))
4lifeSixers 1 week ago
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4lifeSixers 1 week ago
I'm here because I happen to like the damn song. :) I need no other reason!
blondiee42 2 weeks ago 3
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tommybrisbane2011 2 weeks ago
this song still rocks in 2012 !!!!!!!!!!!!
BuZzKiLlZzz 2 weeks ago
Thumbs Up if Yuur Listening To This In TWENTY TWELVEE<3
7MMAfighter 2 weeks ago
Jackass brought me here X3
MintyMoonclaws 3 weeks ago
Im listening this becouse of the Cleveland Show XD
henkkoala 3 weeks ago 2
2012 and this song still reminds me of pineapple express. i wish red was real... haha.
abortedzombaby 1 month ago 6
I came here because of 'Dance Party In Iraq'
TheProStatic 1 month ago
Thumbs up if you heard it in Jackass 3D
marchrabbit85 1 month ago
I came
shriglington 1 month ago
Thanks for posting this. I always wondered what some of the lyrics were....good job!
KANDY647 1 month ago
A great song by Eddy Grant! This is the better of his two singles releases in the U.S.. "Electric Avenue" peaked on Billboard's Hot 100 pop singles chart in June 1983!
Bravo, Eddy Grant!
ChihuahuaboyDH 1 month ago
I came here because I wanted to.
MyNailFiles 1 month ago
I came here because of my childhood
MrRyanGMusic 1 month ago
clevland show brought me here lol but pinapple express iz better
lolmeancommentslol 1 month ago
I came because of
1.Pineapple express
2.the Simpsons
3.Everyobody Hates Chris
a1b26600 1 month ago 2
I came here because of Jackass 3D:)
fu619fu 1 month ago 2
@fu619fu me too
marchrabbit85 1 month ago
like if your listening htis in 2012
100fuckthepopo 2 months ago 25
THUMBS UP IF UR LISTENING TO THIS IN 2012!!!! :)
ImShady64 2 months ago 9
i brought myself here :)
wwf1208 2 months ago 2
eleCTRIC aveNuE is AWEsome
tunda58 2 months ago
i came here cuss of jackass 3 and cleveland show thumbs up if u did too
pokeplayer123 2 months ago 6
this has for some reason become my celebration song, if my neighbors hear this, they know Im celebrating a win or something happy is up. :P
saltytsp 2 months ago in playlist Liked videos
thumbs up if nothing brought you here but a good taste in music :D!
TheCorpsemunch 2 months ago
thumbs up if Pineapple Express brought you here
masonsk123 2 months ago 3
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were FIVE, now we are SIX 12/41
55 - IN OTARA sing the words;
56 - DANCE themselves AROUND THE houses,
57 - FROM THE Kakou´S RICKETY HOUSE.
were FIVE, now we are SIX 13/41
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celesiotube 3 months ago
thumbs UP if Wrong Turn 2: Dead End brought you here
mykzz1 3 months ago
Ehh, there always have to buy a disliker.
qwhoamip 3 months ago
Pretty nice song!
qwhoamip 3 months ago
Pinapple Express :D
Almedin32 4 months ago
everytime i hear this song, i go back to jackass
PhoenixChick23 4 months ago
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@PhoenixChick23 Sure they did, and you're a faggot.
ProNikegod 3 months ago
7 people got electricuted down Electric Avenue
TheMarcus1234567 4 months ago in playlist TheMarcus1234567's favourites 2
@TheMarcus1234567 Sure they did, and you're a faggot.
ProNikegod 3 months ago
7 People Made It To Electric Avenue But Couldn't Take It Higher.
ProdigyV6 4 months ago 3
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@ProdigyV6 Sure they did, and you're a faggot.
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ProNikegod 3 months ago
7 people never made it to Electric Avenue
Darthforce88 4 months ago 2
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@Darthforce88 Sure they did, and you're a faggot.
ProNikegod 3 months ago
7 people sneezed while clicking like and hit dislike instead
chappelle37 4 months ago 3
@chappelle37 Sure they did, and you're a faggot.
ProNikegod 3 months ago
The lyric is: Deep in my heart I abhor ya, not I am warrior.He is upset that the kids suffer from poverty. GOOD GOD!!! The song is actually referring to The Brixton riots(Bloody Saturday) on April 11, 1981. 279 police were injured,45 citizens& 82 were arrested.Electric Ave has poor housing,high unemployment& higher than average crime rate. The song was nominated for a Grammy,but lost to Billie Jean-M. Jackson. A defining and timeless classic tune, is this one.
AaronHROCKS1 5 months ago
Pikachu's favorite song =)
Gambito99100 5 months ago 5
Sorry this is the Anthem for the United States really how were living but this is a Epic song by all means
By the way every one lets all roll a joint and smoke and relax to Electric Avenue
Pacmanknapp24 5 months ago
Pineapple Express :)
DailyRSPSVlogs 5 months ago 7
hell yea i can rock down electric avenue with a couple of people with me
aaronfelkner1 6 months ago
IT WAS FREAKEN EPIC WHEN THE DID ELECTRIC AVENUE IN JACKASS 3 IT WAS SO FUNNY!
shlip1 6 months ago 3
@shlip1
Thats when I downloaded it onto my ipod lol
Huften 5 months ago
Jackass 3?
kitkitrules 6 months ago 2
A great song by Eddy Grant! "Electric Avenue" peaked on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in July 1983!
7 people got electricuted for disliking this fabulous song.
Bravo, Eddy Grant!
ChihuahuaboyDH 6 months ago
7 people walked down electric avenue and were electricuted
asamojomaster 6 months ago
sorry, i meant like like like , not dislike....
lianamaka 6 months ago
5 people have been struck by lightning.
tigerrbabyy123 7 months ago
PineApple Express :DXD:D JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
salstreetbmx 7 months ago
@salstreetbmx This song is not from Pineapple Express, it was simply used in the movie. Even a song like this couldn't make that movie good.
WyrmPilot 6 months ago
Thumbs Up If Yuur Listining To This In TWENTY ELEVENN<3
AinsleeKylieHaven 7 months ago 62
@AinsleeKylieHaven Thumbs down, because I know how to spell.
WyrmPilot 6 months ago
@AinsleeKylieHaven 2012 biatch
sophieliner 1 month ago
@AinsleeKylieHaven no..im listening in the year 2030....
dugesisthename123 2 weeks ago
thumbs if u luv this song!!
djjudge1000 7 months ago 4
I am so fucking high right now!! this song is great
1337fucktard 7 months ago
5 ppl are just douchebags that cant respect music.....
XbabadooX 7 months ago 3
4 ppl are afraid of electricity
Gertwtf 7 months ago
a good song to shoot at nazis (lol what nazis now!?) with :3
vorox5 7 months ago
crap i need a replacement replay button
numaking39 7 months ago
Pineapple Express.
xDYNAMYTExF66 7 months ago 3
one of the best songs ever
303Lunchbox 7 months ago
2 years old and only 5 dislikes? AWESHUM!
If only the songs now were as good as this...
Newmoonlove955 7 months ago in playlist Boredom music 3
this song never gets old dude
pink54694 7 months ago
Thumbs up if Pineapple Express sent you here :D
tomjoesillyshow 7 months ago in playlist Awesome tunes 4
writing comments expressing what you think the people who dislike the video do is getting fucking old
tubeyouusername123 8 months ago
@tubeyouusername123 4 people agree! Lol, ok seriously youre right
irR4tiOn4L 7 months ago
Cannabis <3
sacrat 8 months ago 35
wowowowow talaga i remember the past years when im highschool days..nice music
bongskieization 8 months ago
my favorite part is well just press 5 on the top line ;)
eleven61 8 months ago
LMAO, my childhood is all about this song! Before my parents got divorced, we would blare this from the speakers on the way to our grandparents' house! :D
missAUDACITY 8 months ago
even my babay sis is dancin to this XD im 13 and i love this song!! so fun to dance to
lexichickie233 8 months ago
456 people are rockin on electric avenue while 4 of them don't know which way they are supposed to go! LOL
airashiikoneko 8 months ago
4 people have no taste in music
taddington1 8 months ago
Osmosis Jones.
DohEntertainment 8 months ago
this is celebration in the art of SOOOONG
saltytsp 8 months ago
Dealing in multiplication, and they still can't feed everyone -
dig at banking and economics whiz kids yet no end to poverty in sight?
irR4tiOn4L 9 months ago
hi this johnny knoxville and this is.....Electric avenue
ZeroSixNinetyFour 9 months ago 3
I hadn't heard this for like a decade. So glad it popped into my mind.
villainousturtle 9 months ago
This song's gonna be played at my funeral.
LarryPokeTrainer 9 months ago 3
@LarryPokeTrainer I love the fact that kids a couple of hundred years from now probably wont know what an avenue is or what a country or poverty was, or the sadness that would spawn such an upbeat song, but they will still be able to appreciate this song and know why someone chose it for their funeral.
By comparison to the mountains of material that will be available to them about everything we did, our view of the lives of those who came before us was through a keyhole with dust over it.
irR4tiOn4L 9 months ago
Pinapple Express and Jackass! ;)
chey90214 9 months ago 3
caution:this song may cause spontaniouse boners
pensman101 9 months ago
skindred made a tribute to this song (tribute to eddy grant)
pensman101 9 months ago
this song is badass.
jackngo2 10 months ago
every1 knows this song from pinnaple express lol so im gunna go rock down to electric avanue piece out
eleven61 10 months ago
doesnt this come out from wrong turn2 at the beginning i love this song
the40208 10 months ago
you got that right
SeaStarProductions 10 months ago
if u dont like this song then your jackass
finnishbasterd420 10 months ago 2
hell yeah its a awesome song
SeaStarProductions 10 months ago
best song ever!
tops408x 10 months ago
Every time this song, my mom just sings to it every time.
robertorojas411 11 months ago
four people got shocked while walking down to electric avenue and got lower!
d3athKo 11 months ago
jackass 3d
bigboy751000 11 months ago 6
my dad remebers being a little kid & hearing this song
criketr500 11 months ago
Ha this song makes me wanna dance when it says "we gonna rock down to electric avenue" :) ha im just weird like that
aiibaby543 11 months ago
This song is actually about corruption, clan fighting and nepotism in South Africa. He is actually saying we are gonna get to the streets and then we are gonna run them out of the government. Take it higher means they are gona march into the government buildings and destroy them. It can actually be an anthem to the lybians and those other arab countries curently in revolution.
BalkanDefender 11 months ago
best song when you are high,,,, smokeeeeeeeeee some weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeddddddd
bitchesentermypage 11 months ago
we gonna rock down to electric avenue ,, fuck i love this song :))
emark241 1 year ago
I Love this song so much all I did was turn on the radio and this song came up and then I started liking it . It is really catchy. ☺♥
dalilah2011 1 year ago
I LOVE PINEAPPLE EXPRESS!!! :)
xBionicLover 1 year ago
Oh I'm taking it higher all right.. So high that I can kiss the sky..
DrCanyonero 1 year ago
Pineapple Express!! my most favorite movie ever!! love the song!!!
DieHardSportsFan92 1 year ago
I've spent the entire day looking for this song. Finally found it.
bigSpidermanfan 1 year ago
This is my ringtone because its super bad ass
Sherziegirl 1 year ago 2
Yahoo for the radio! :D
nikker900 1 year ago
Rip the audio from this song at thetunify doht cohm.
VinniOettinger30 1 year ago
@Zeldaguy101 yeah but it aint long enough! i just listin over and over lol
arkie74 1 year ago
i dont care who ya are if you were young in the 80s you liked this song! just somthing about it its cool. and im into mostly death metal
arkie74 1 year ago
@arkie74 IK right, im mostly into thrash ( real thrash, not just the ones u see on the news) and this song is just perfect, wish it were a little longer though
xxblaznsasukexx 1 year ago
haha thumbs up if u didnt get this song from pineapple express....still, PINEAPPLE EXPRESS IS THE SHIT!!!!!!
lizanddallas 1 year ago
smoking
MrFocusFreak 1 year ago
Shhhhiiitttt! xD I'm 14 and love this shit. Alos, Nena! 99 Red Ballons! Yeahhh. Grew up with this. Rob Zombie, Rocky Horror Picture show, Labyrinth, Grase and Green Day. MMMMHM! Sorry...
oxoXGeeXoxo 1 year ago
Pineapple express!!
MrFocusFreak 1 year ago
pineapple express!
3pkspark 1 year ago 3
deep in my heart i am warrior ? lol Deep in my heart i abhore ya !
Cortake 1 year ago
Take that shit to the next level holmes
:D
oldirty92 1 year ago
higher!!! my friends higher!!
schaut1337 1 year ago
yeah Pineapple expressss!!
undyingvampire 1 year ago
one day i will smoke a doob in my car with this blaring
jtessexpress 1 year ago 3
dale denton,,, youve been served bitch
thor8001 1 year ago
youve been served!!!!!!!!!!! p.s pinapple express
TheCountryman20 1 year ago
My dream is to dance in a long line with my friends in the middle of the mall to this song XD
PoisonCherry93 1 year ago 5
@PoisonCherry93 This song is actually an anti establishment song. Because in the time of apartheid Eddy Grant could not sing directly what he meant, he had to mask the lyrics. Joanna is the Government of South Africa, and the terror it instilled. The electric Avenue is the protests, and take it higher means they are gonna take the government down. The part where he sings can't get food for the kids, means that many africans in South Africa although educated they were forced to do manual labor.
BalkanDefender 11 months ago
@BalkanDefender thank you
sukamugen 11 months ago
Rock down to electric avenue with Pineapple Express :D
HoNUrkiN 1 year ago
3 people dont rock down eletric avenue
crittafmx623 1 year ago 61
@crittafmx623 now. 4
wachu23 11 months ago
@crittafmx623 more like 9
generalxad11 2 months ago
Electric Avenue, Brixton, London, aaaahhhhh, memories.
chippie130 1 year ago
haha is the guy calling him gay by saing pinche fresa?
Burrito1094 1 year ago
seth rogan !!!!!!
SuperKingscarface 1 year ago
did anyone else know that electric avenue is an actual place,where there are alt of homeless people? this song is about poverty.it's an awesome song,and when i was little i loved the 'robot voices' when they said electric avenue.i didn't learn untill later that it was about poverty-andd that it was a one-hit wonder!
GaarasBloodRose 1 year ago
@GaarasBloodRose There was an Electric Avenue near where I used to live. It was called that because of all the power lines.
Ryder77 1 year ago
@Ryder77 England? 'cause that's where i believe this one is..
GaarasBloodRose 1 year ago
we gonna rock down to electric avenue and then we´ll take it higher its a great song is always in my head
rockomanico 1 year ago
i want the lirics of electric avenue skindred (not this, the skindred version)
JulianBo188 1 year ago
@JulianBo188 well then go to there video doofus
crazyguy190 1 year ago
wow you guys must have not seen any other movies with this song, there is classic movies with this so good, bring me back to that time baby
secretpeedo 1 year ago
jackass 3-d!!!
GHHStrackfield 1 year ago
JACKASS 3D.
<3
XxtheafterlifexX 1 year ago 2
im addicte to this song yet when i go somewhere i cant even remember the title lol
koralen08 1 year ago
one of the best songs everr
pineapple express FTMFW <3
QuixoticIdeals 1 year ago
1:57 HAHAHAHAHAHAAHA
itsliekhenry 1 year ago
Thumbs up if Pineapple Express brought you here.
MrJas1128 1 year ago
@MrJas1128 NAW WISE UP
aNdymCdOwell 1 year ago
@NoLoT then why comment
xstillettoxheelxgirl 1 year ago
I just downloaded this mp3 at instantmp3s..com
impartial276 1 year ago
ppl who don't like this just don't know good music
sebasinfire 1 year ago 2
Can you do a lyric video for the song, You Spin Me Round, By: Dead or Alive....The lead singer is Pete Burns. He is a tranny but its a good song!
CalamityBentriniti 1 year ago
@NoLoT lol
marcusdmfdmf 1 year ago
@NoLoT
Who could not like this song?! You must be one of those Justin Bieber fans that RobMaythLegend guy was talking about....
AteyKay010 1 year ago
AND THEN WE TAKE IT HIGHER!!
skinnyJEANking2 1 year ago
i heart this song i luv it sooooooooooooo much
peanutperson66 1 year ago 2
2 Justin Bieber Fans were here :o ..
RobMaythLegend 1 year ago 3
@RobMaythLegend and 222 people who know music.
Haku92292 1 year ago 2
cmon pip with maggie and mark show marcia !!!
enbeth 1 year ago
pinnaple express!!!!
teethpuller200 1 year ago 65
@teethpuller200 best movie ever!