BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986
“Hooked On You” is a single by female freestyle-dance music trio Sweet Sensation from The Bronx, New York. The single was taken from the trio’s debut LP “Take It While It’s Hot”. In the United States “Hooked On You” peaked at #64 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart January 17, 1987.
SIDE A:
Hooked On You 5:08
Hooked On You (Short Version) 3:57
SIDE B:
Hooked On You (The Diamond Dub Version) 8:31
Edited By – Charlie Dee*, Omar Santana
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Hooked On You | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #64 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Next Plateau Records Inc. – NP50046
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Freestyle
CREDITS:
Edited By – Diamond II (tracks: B)
Engineer, Mixed By – Steve Peck (tracks: A1, A2)
Executive-Producer – Cherrie Shepherd (tracks: A1, A2)
Mastered By – Herbie Jr.*
Producer – David Sanchez, Ted Currier
Programmed By [Keyboards] – Billy C.* (tracks: A1, A2), Robert (Bobby) Khozouri* (tracks: A1, A2)
Written-By – D. Sanchez*, Joseph Malloy (tracks: J. Malloy)
NOTES:
Runout groove dead-wax inscriptions:
Herbie Jr. signature and
“MASTERING BY
FRANKFORD/WAYNE
NEW YORK”
Produced for Platinum Vibe Productions
Find the 12″ at DISCOGS
VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Schiit Mani
Soundcard: ESI Juli@ XTe Audio Interface
Monitiring: Novation Audiohub 2×4 Audio Interface
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2, ocenaudio
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
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Good Morning Paul, I was up most of the night because of this record. Even after playing it, I couldn’t get it out of my head. The Diamond Dub Version is a masterpiece of block rocking beats to the extreme. O-O-O-OH-OH-OH MAR SANTANA and CHARLIE DEE must have worked themselves into a frothy frenzy with this one!! To this day, I don’t think nothing comes this close to bordering on insanity with the multi-edits. And coupled with the drum machine programming makes me shiver each and every time. This is a work of mix-master madness. The sounds of machine gun… Read more »
That Diamond Dub is EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh otro grande del freestyle gracias Pault
De Nada Carlo, mi amigo 🙂
Excellent Paul. Love the awesome edits and production of Omar Santana and Chep Nunez, especially on the dub mix here. This along with Take It While It’s Hot and (Goodbye) Victim of Love are three ultimate showcases for the machine gun type editing craze that swept the freestyle world in 1986. Love it. Thanks!
Actually I see now it was Charlie Diez that was involved with the editing here not Chep. I think maybe he worked on one of the others I mentioned. Regardless, those guys along with the Latin Rascals and Andy Tripoli were all instrumental in mainstreaming those very labor intensive editing techniques that became so popular.
You’re welcome Thomas 🙂
Holy Smokes!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! This song was such the bomb back in the 80s and never get tired of it! Great mixes, too!!! The dubs that Sweet Sensation released were so amazing and still, in my opinion, crush dubs of the past few decades.
I CANNOT thank you enough!!!
-Fred
It was a fun track to work on love the imagination that went into it. 🙂
PAUL!!!! You almost embarrassed me by posting this record because I let out this orgasmic moan that everybody heard in the general vicinity!! I AM IN AWE OF YOU!!! This was my first introduction to Omar Santana and I’ll never forget it. There once was a magazine called Dance Music Report that had charts and reviews and interviews. It came out every two weeks and it was the way I discovered lots of dance music based on the reviews. The review for this record stated that for all of those interested in the latest beat techniques should check out the… Read more »
Thank you, Jeff 🙂
I totally agree with you! That Diamond Dub is EVERYTHING. It really is the best dub of the entire Freestyle genre.
I’m thrilled we share in the same tastes!!
Jeff