3/11/12

"Centipede" by Rebbie Jackson

1984 was a very “Jackson” based year. The “Victory” LP was the final work to feature all members of the Jackson 5 on one recording… Jermaine would release his “Dynamite” solo album which produced the hit “Do What You Do”… singles from Michael’s “Thriller” album were still scoring tons of airplay, and little sister Rebbie hit #24 on the Top 40 and #4 on the R&B chart with the track “Centipede”, written by big brother Michael.

Being a classic video game fan, I always daydreamed that this song was written in tribute to the Atari arcade game of the same name. However, despite still not knowing exactly what the lyrics mean, the Radio Dial is happy to spotlight Rebbie’s biggest hit, a great forgotten single of the ‘80s.

“When the time is really right, is when the centipede is crawlin'…
You'll be crying in the night so many tears… And you're crawlin' like a centipede”




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