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Gregg Alexander Reveals ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ Was Meant to Be New Radicals’ Debut Single
Gregg Alexander has revealed that the Sophie Ellis-Bextor 'Saltburn'-boosted 'Murder on the Dancefloor' almost the New Radicals' debut single.
The reclusive singer/songwriter and leader of the New Radicals recently revealed that his band’s signature 1994 debut single, the up with (positive) people anthem “You Get What You Give,” almost didn’t make the grade thanks to an equally catchy song he ended up handing off. So he reached for the acoustic guitar in the back, channelling his emotion into a song beginning ‘It’s murder on the dancefloor, but you’d better not kill the groove,'” Alexander told the Guardian about a 1994 night when his old blue Ford Mustang wouldn’t start, depriving him of an evening of clubbing. Alexander’s lost-to-time demo of the song has the same driving disco meter, but shot through with his signature keening vocals and his band’s eternal sunshine vibe, enhanced by a string section played on a keyboard.
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