Footsee
| "Footsee" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Wigan's Chosen Few | |
| A-side | "Footsee" |
| B-side |
|
| Released | 1974 |
| Genre | Northern soul |
| Label | Pye |
"Footsee", credited to Wigan's Chosen Few, was a British hit single in 1975, reaching number 9 on the
of a previously released recording.By late 1974, the
overdubbed with car horns and crowd noises, which are variously reported to be taken from the 1966 FA Cup final between Everton and Sheffield Wednesday,[4] or alternatively a group of revellers invited into the Pye studio.[5][6]
Released on the Disco Demand label in late 1974, the remixed and overdubbed record reached the UK chart in January 1975. The B-side was a true Northern soul favourite, "Seven Days Too Long" by Chuck Wood. When "Footsee" was featured on BBC Television's Top of the Pops, dancers from the Wigan Casino gave a demonstration of the Northern Soul style of dancing, in the absence of a real group to promote the record.[4]
Music journalist, Stuart Maconie, described the record as an "embarrassing novelty" and "execrable" in his autobiography, Cider With Roadies.[7]
References
- ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. July 6, 1968. p. 3 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Roulette". Soulfulkindamusic.net. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ ISBN 0-00-717931-6.
- ^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 8, 1975. p. 63 – via Internet Archive.
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- ISBN 0-09-189115-9.