Let Your Backbone Slide

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"Let Your Backbone Slide" is the first single of Maestro Fresh-Wes, released in 1989 from his first album Symphony in Effect. In Canada, over 50,000 copies of the single were sold, making Maestro the first Canadian rapper to have a gold single. It also reached #1 on The Record Singles Chart, in April 1990. In the United States, 25,000 copies were sold in its first few weeks of release. As of early 2008, it remained the best-selling Canadian hip hop single of all time.

The song contains samples of "The Champ" by The Mohawks, "Funky Drummer" by James Brown, "Set It Off" by Strafe, "La Di Da Di" by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick, "One, Two, Three" by The B-Boys and "Rebel Without a Pause" by Public Enemy.

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Music video

The music video, directed by Joel Goldberg was shot in Toronto, with most of it taking place in a club. In the video's first few seconds, the current CBC News presenter Dwight Drummond plays the role of a cameraman. It received rotation on MTV.

Maps Let Your Backbone Slide

Track listing

12" single

A-side

1. "Let Your Backbone Slide" (Power Mix)
2. "Let Your Backbone Slide" (Bonus Beat)
3. "Let Your Backbone Slide" (A cappella version)

B-side

1. "Let Your Backbone Slide" (Radio Edit)
2. "Let Your Backbone Slide" (Club Mix)

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Chart positions

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References

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External links

• "Let Your Backbone Slide" music video on YouTube

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