Cevin Fisher feat Loleatta Holloway - (You got me) Burning up
(Subversive/WB)
Catalogue Number: WBOY13
It’s hard to believe that 1998 was now almost 7 years ago, but time certainly flies when
you’re having fun. In 1998, music was all about having fun, and none more so than Cevin
Fisher’s timeless house classic Burning up. Taking the quintessential disco sample from
Loleatta Holloway’s Love Sensation disco anthem, and shaping it around modern day beats,
Burning up was the result. This burnt up dance floors from New York to London, and all
that lay in-between. The vinyl came with the Queen St. Orchestra Vocal mix and the T-total
hot flush remix. It was however all about the aforementioned remix, with no disrespect to
the T-Total remix.
Queen St. Orchestra Vocal Mix
A tough groove kicks proceedings off with the disco sample bubbling underneath the lengthy
DJ-friendly intro. A simple track in essence, but in reality very powerful. The vocal begins
to spiral into the foreground with the instantly recognisable, you got me burning up, sample
looping furiously, whilst the disco sirens sound out warning of disco-Armageddon on the floor.
We then drop into full-on sing-a-long vocal action, bumping, grinding in the chunkiest fashion
possible. The stabs continue for the hypnotic duration, this was a track which defined a year,
house was absolutely massive in 1998, and this was an essential new tune for Mr. Pete Tong who
was on top of his game around this time, what with his massive radio1 show, Record Label and
many other things. This was the remix which was thrashed by all the top jocks at the time,
in an era where the super club and the superstar DJ rule the day; it was big tunes like this
which allowed for such an explosion. The tune went on to have huge success in the charts,
reaching number 14 and spending an incredible 14 weeks inside the top 40. Burning up is a true,
true classic in every sense of the word.
T-Total Hot Flush Remix
The remix which unfortunately pales into insignificance at the side of it’s more famous bigger
brother, is the T-Total remix. Much tougher and incorporated the harder house sound with a
techy edge which had been championed by the likes of the Sharp Boys. The emphasis was on
industrial sounding beats, harsh stabs and pounding basslines. This makes a lot smaller use
of the vocal, looping it over the rhythms, with brief flashes of the disco loops. When the
track went chart bound, this would be one to dwell on a little more for some of the DJs who
wanted to play the big tunes without being placed into the commercial bracket, however, back
in the late 90’s the emphasis wasn’t on an underground vs overground culture, dance music
thrived, DJs played varying styled sets, and this would still pop up from time to time, but
not a patch on the anthemic Queen St. Orchestra remix.
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Review by Xalno
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