Addams Groove

"Addams Groove" is a single performed by hip-hop artist Hammer that was released as the theme song to the 1991 film The Addams Family. The song was his last top ten hit in the United States and was the recipient of the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song at the 12th Golden Raspberry Awards in 1991.

"Addams Groove"
Single by Hammer
from the album Too Legit to Quit and The Addams Family Soundtrack
ReleasedDecember 17, 1991
Recorded1991
GenrePop-rap
Length3:58
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)
Hammer singles chronology
"2 Legit 2 Quit"
(1991)		 "Addams Groove"
(1991)		 "Do Not Pass Me By"
(1992)

The song was also parodied by Italian comedy music duo Giovanni Alamia & Tony Sperandeo with the title of "Rap Ghiaccio" and was taken from their album of the same year of the release of the song "Brutti, sporchi e monelli".[1]

Music video

A music video was produced to promote the single. It featured Hammer and several of his dancers performing in their unique style around the Addams mansion as well as most of the cast of the film. The video opens with Hammer pleading with Wednesday (Christina Ricci) and Pugsley (Jimmy Workman) to refrain from chopping his head off with a guillotine. It concludes with several scenes taking place in the Addamses' backyard cemetery, including Thing crawling up and down a Hammer dancer and Gomez (Raúl Juliá) dueling in a sword-fight with Hammer over Morticia (Anjelica Huston).

The music video was played prior to the beginning of the film during its theatrical release.

Track listing

Australian CD single

  1. "Addams Groove" – 3:58
  2. "Addams Groove" (Instrumental) – 3:55
  3. "2 Legit 2 Quit"

Japan Mini CD single

  1. "Addams Groove" – 3:58
  2. "Addams Groove" (Instrumental) – 3:55

UK 7" vinyl single

  1. A. "Addams Groove" (L.P. Mix) – 3:58
  2. B. "Street Soldiers" (Saxapella Reprise) – 5:02

UK 12" vinyl single

  1. "Addams Groove" (L.P. Mix) – 3:58
  2. "Addams Groove" (Instrumental) – 3:55
  3. "Street Soldiers" (Saxapella Reprise) – 5:02
  4. "2 Legit 2 Quit" (Edit) – 4:00

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (1991–92) Peak
Position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 12
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 10
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 27
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[5] 67
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[6] 9
France (SNEP)[7] 10
Germany (Official German Charts)[8] 21
Ireland (IRMA) 4
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[9] 16
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[10] 9
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 31
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 21
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) 4
US Billboard Hot 100 7

Year-end charts
Chart (1992) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[13] 76

The rap group Das Racist use the hook from "Addams Groove" in their song "People Are Strange".

References
  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvUPF-Q6j1E
  2. "Australian-charts.com – Hammer – Addams Groove". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  3. "Austriancharts.at – Hammer – Addams Groove" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  4. "Ultratop.be – Hammer – Addams Groove" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  5. "Canadian peak". Archived from the original on 2015-02-17. Retrieved 2015-01-24.
  6. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  7. "Lescharts.com – Hammer – Addams Groove" (in French). Les classement single.
  8. "Offiziellecharts.de – Hammer – Addams Groove". GfK Entertainment Charts.
  9. "Dutchcharts.nl – Hammer – Addams Groove" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  10. "Charts.nz – Hammer – Addams Groove". Top 40 Singles.
  11. "Swedishcharts.com – Hammer – Addams Groove". Singles Top 100.
  12. "Swisscharts.com – Hammer – Addams Groove". Swiss Singles Chart.
  13. "Billboard Top 100 - 1992". Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
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