https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 06 May 2026 13:47:35 +0000 Fri, 20 Sep 2019 07:42:57 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=969 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=969&PID=52750&title=chakachas-jungle-fever#52750 Author: aaronk
Subject: 969
Posted: 20 September 2019 at 7:42am

I don't think the song is terrible, but I wouldn't play it with my elementary-aged kids around. (I don't want them asking questions!)

As a side note, the person who did the score for Napoleon Dynamite "borrowed" the opening drums for one of the songs in the movie. It's not a direct sample, but you can clearly tell the intention was to copy the beat from "Jungle Fever."]]> Fri, 20 Sep 2019 07:42:57 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=969&PID=52750&title=chakachas-jungle-fever#52750 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=969&PID=52748&title=chakachas-jungle-fever#52748 Author: Hykker
Subject: 969
Posted: 20 September 2019 at 5:38am

It sure got a lot of airplay in Boston, particularly on
WRKO. I just went thru my old surveys and it spent 6 weeks
on their top 30, peaking at #2 (#2 in as many ways as you
want to take it).

I agree, it was a terrible "song".
I don't think we played it where I worked at the time.
]]> Fri, 20 Sep 2019 05:38:41 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=969&PID=52748&title=chakachas-jungle-fever#52748 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=969&PID=52747&title=chakachas-jungle-fever#52747 Author: Bill Cahill
Subject: 969
Posted: 20 September 2019 at 3:46am

It was certainly played by WPTR in Albany, I don't remember if it was on WTRY. There was a DJ on WPTR who would tell listeners that he refused
to play it, so stop requesting it, not because it was pornographic, but because it was terrible. They only played the long version. I called to
thank him. As far as airplay, it didn't last long, it was on and gone. Never played as an oldie. Probably charted that high because it sold well
enough to make up for spotty airplay. ]]> Fri, 20 Sep 2019 03:46:01 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=969&PID=52747&title=chakachas-jungle-fever#52747 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=969&PID=52740&title=chakachas-jungle-fever#52740 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 969
Posted: 19 September 2019 at 8:39pm

I remember a local station, WJET, playing it in 1972. But,
it may have been night play only and for a short time.

There are a number of markets where it went to #1,
according ti the ARSA site. St. Louis, Hackensack and San
Francisco. In my part of the country, it got to #3 at KQV
Pittsburgh and WIXY Cleveland. ]]> Thu, 19 Sep 2019 20:39:52 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=969&PID=52740&title=chakachas-jungle-fever#52740 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=969&PID=52734&title=chakachas-jungle-fever#52734 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 969
Posted: 19 September 2019 at 3:19pm

The following CDs all use the same analog transfer as Rhino's Didn't It Blow Your Mind Vol. 7 (1991):

• Rhino's cheapie Seventies Smash Hits Vol. 6 (1993) - digitally identical
• Time-Life's Sounds Of The Seventies Vol. 31 AM Top Twenty (1993) - left/right channels reversed
• Rhino's Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 3 The '70s (1994) - digitally identical
• Time-Life's Sounds Of The Seventies Vol. 42 A Loss For Words (1995) - digitally exactly 0.3 dB quieter

Edited by crapfromthepast]]> Thu, 19 Sep 2019 15:19:55 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=969&PID=52734&title=chakachas-jungle-fever#52734 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=969&PID=52733&title=chakachas-jungle-fever#52733 Author: aaronk
Subject: 969
Posted: 19 September 2019 at 3:13pm

Finally compared the stock 45 to a fold-down of the stereo, and they match. Strangely, the only CD copies I can find (at least at the moment) have a very pronounced ground hum and buzz that gets worse toward the end. Does anyone have a CD that doesn't have the buzzing/hum? I managed to use noise reduction to get most of it out, but perhaps there's a clean transfer not based on Soul Hits Of The '70s Vol. 7.

Also, did this song get a lot of top 40 airplay? Considering it's an instrumental and went top 10 on the Hot 100, it's quite pornographic!]]> Thu, 19 Sep 2019 15:13:41 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=969&PID=52733&title=chakachas-jungle-fever#52733 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=969&PID=52548&title=chakachas-jungle-fever#52548 Author: aaronk
Subject: 969
Posted: 31 August 2019 at 1:23pm

After comparing both the stereo and mono sides of the Edited Version promo 45, the mono is a simple fold-down of the stereo side. I also pulled my stock 45, which is mono, and I'll try to do an A/B shortly to determine if the mono side is a dedicated mix or if it's also a fold-down.]]> Sat, 31 Aug 2019 13:23:29 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=969&PID=52548&title=chakachas-jungle-fever#52548 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=969&PID=44698&title=chakachas-jungle-fever#44698 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 969
Posted: 20 November 2015 at 12:04pm

Bumping up for Ed (see post #2 above for the promo fade info).]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2015 12:04:26 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=969&PID=44698&title=chakachas-jungle-fever#44698 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=969&PID=17731&title=chakachas-jungle-fever#17731 Author: jimct
Subject: 969
Posted: 24 July 2008 at 3:13pm

I have just acquired a second different promo 45 for this song. On this copy, no "edited version" is included. This 2nd copy is mono, has a white label, only includes "Jungle Fever" on one side of it, is confimed as Polydor 15030, and has a listed time of (4:22) and an actual time of (4:21).]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:13:53 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=969&PID=17731&title=chakachas-jungle-fever#17731 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=969&PID=15140&title=chakachas-jungle-fever#15140 Author: Hykker
Subject: 969
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 5:56am

My promo is red label stereo/white label mono 3:00 version, but makes no mention of it being an edit, though the matrix # is printed right on the label.
Odd that they put a red label on one side, any other Polydor promos I have from that era are white label both sides.]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:56:37 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=969&PID=15140&title=chakachas-jungle-fever#15140