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| Single by Pointer Sisters | ||||
| from the album Contact | ||||
| Released | 1985 | |||
| Format | 7" single; 12" single | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
| Genre | R&B/pop | |||
| Length | 3:41 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Writer(s) | Sam Lorber, Dave Innis | |||
| Producer | Richard Perry | |||
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"Dare Me" is a 1985 song originally recorded by The Pointer Sisters on the RCA label.
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The Pointer Sisters version [link]
The song was the first release from the Pointers' platinum-selling Contact and became a worldwide hit, narrowly missing the top ten of the U.S. charts (peaking at number eleven), number six on the soul singles chart and was number one, for one week, on the dance chart. It was also a top twenty of the U.K. singles chart, peaking at number seventeen, and the top ten in several other countries.
The song was led by youngest sister June and was the group's only number one hit on the U.S. dance singles chart.
It was written by songwriters Sam Lorber ("No One Else on Earth" for Wynonna) and Dave Innis (keyboardist of the group Restless Heart) in Nashville in 1984.
Junior Jack Version [link]
| "Dare Me (Stupidisco)" | |
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| Single by Junior Jack | |
| Released | 2004 |
| Format | CD Single |
| Recorded | 2003 |
| Genre | House |
Stupidisco is a 2004 single by Italian house producer, Junior Jack. It peaked at #20 on ARIA end of year charts and UK charts.[1][2]
Music video [link]
There is a censored version, and an uncensored version of the music video. The video itself features two female wrestlers. In both versions, towards the end, both women make sexual motions. In the uncensored version, they pull off each other's bikinis while wrestling. They fondle each other, and dance naked until the song ends.
The video also features two Pakistani American announcers, one of them is the businessman Mansoor Ijaz. He had a cameo role in the music video as an announcer. His participation in the music video was used to undermine Ijaz during the memogate controversy in Pakistan.[3]
Samples and other covers [link]
Dave Armstrong's song "Make Your Move", samples this track.
The song was covered by The Chipettes in "Quarterback in Curlers," an episode of Alvin and the Chipmunks.
Personnel [link]
- Lead vocals by June Pointer
- Background vocals by Ruth Pointer and Anita Pointer
References [link]
- ^ https://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-club-chart-2004.htm
- ^ https://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=32991
- ^ "Ijaz’s credibility hits new low as issue fizzles out". Daily Times. 14 March 2012. https://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012%5C03%5C14%5Cstory_14-3-2012_pg7_26. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
External links [link]
- "Joel Whitburn's, Presents, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004", 2004
- "Joel Whitburn's, Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003", 2004
| Preceded by "Eight Arms to Hold You" by Goon Squad |
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single September 21, 1985 |
Succeeded by "Be Near Me" by ABC |
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Megan Abbott
Megan Abbott (born 1971) is an American author of crime fiction and a non-fiction analysis of hardboiled crime fiction. Her novels and short stories have drawn from and re-worked classic subgenres of crime writing, with a female twist.
Biography
Abbott grew up in suburban Detroit and graduated from the University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in English and American literature from New York University, and has taught at NYU, the State University of New York and the New School University. In 2013-2014, she served as the John Grisham Writer in Residence at the University of Mississippi.
Influences
Abbott was influenced by film noir, classic noir fiction, and Jeffrey Eugenides's novel The Virgin Suicides. Two of her novels reference notorious crimes. The Song Is You (2007) is based around the disappearance of Jean Spangler in 1949, and Bury Me Deep (2009) on the 1931 case of Winnie Ruth Judd, dubbed "the Trunk Murderess".
Reception and Awards
Abbott has won the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award for outstanding fiction. Time named her one of the "23 Authors That We Admire" in 2011.Publishers Weekly gave her 2011 novel The End of Everything a starred review.
Dare Me (novel)
Dare Me is a book by an American author Megan Abbott. Dare Me is Abbott's sixth novel, and is centered on American cheerleading, and an ambiguous death that takes place in the first few pages. The book explores themes of friendship, obsession and power. This is expressed through not only the events of the novel, but also the relationship between the protagonist, Addy Hanlon, and her best friend, Beth Cassidy.
Plot
The story is based on the world of American cheerleading. The main characters are Addy, the 16-year-old narrator, her friend Beth and the cheerleading Coach.
The friendship between Addy and Beth goes back to their childhood. Beth is manipulative and often cruel, she has always been the leader with Addy her faithful lieutenant. A new Coach arrives, things change very quickly and very soon she and Beth engage in a battle of wills. Addy adores Coach and is always willing to do her bidding, which in turn fuels Beth's jealousy; when the other team members gather at Coach's house for drinking sessions, Beth does not go there, but always watches, waiting for her moment. The girls are pushed to physical and psychological extremes as they vie for the best position on the team. Injury is just one wobble away. Then one dark night Addy is drawn into a nightmare.
Podcasts:
Dare Me
by: Soror DolorosaDear soul,
Dare me to introduce myself, In those pages I'd like to see you fill, At the same that you emptied my life, And my soul. Fill all my spirit. I do not want to be prolix and I fear, With no doubt, and dirtying Your future feelings, I do not want to be sure of me, With no hours, Enclosing to your future feelings. Nevertheless, take this skin As a mark, a gage of, As a mark of you in me, This mark of you in me, As the witness crys this feeling's reading inside of Of me, The cadaver can be exquisite. Agathe
It stands still on the hours and decades A gate
The pure aspect of your intimate, tonight So dare me, to introduce myself Without any word and anything Without anything that can kiss my lips Crushes on your skin forever Crushes on my skin, forever