Electric Avenue
London market street
Electric Avenue is a 1982 song by Eddy Grant, referring to a street in Brixton, London, that was among the first in the area to have electric lighting.
The song addressed social unrest and riots.
The phrase now evokes upbeat Caribbean-influenced pop or, more broadly, any scene of energy and activity: Let's rock down to Electric Avenue.
- one hit wonderAct with lone hit
- 1980sFourth-to-last twentieth-century decade
- reggaeJamaican offbeat music style
- synthElectronic tone generator
- powerEnergy transfer rate
current · voltage · neon · neon lights · streetlights · arcade · funk · Caribbean · London · Brixton · South London · street market · market · sidewalk · bustle · wires · live wire · power grid
- LambethBrixton, Stockwell, Vauxhall, Oval, Norwood
- Brixton
- Famous StreetsBroadway, Hollywood Boulevard, Champs-Elysees, Abbey Road, Baker Street
- Reggae SongsOne Love, Three Little Birds, Buffalo Soldier, Redemption Song, Kaya
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