The band got the idea for this song when they played a show at a military base. It was a tough crowd, and the audience was not responding to their songs. Bass player Janice Marie Johnson admonished them from the stage: "If you're thinking that you're too cool to boogie, we've got news for you. Everyone here tonight must boogie and you are no exception to the rule." Afterwards in her hotel room, Johnson wrote down the line, thinking it would be a good song lyric. It was: The single went on to sell over 2 million copies.
A Taste of Honey were a US R&B group formed in Los Angeles in 1972 by Janice Marie Johnson (bass/vocals), Hazel Payne (vocals/guitar), Perry Kibble (keyboards) and Donald Johnson (drums). They won the 1978 Grammy Award for Best New Artist, beating out Elvis Costello and The Cars. A Taste Of Honey had one other hit: Their cover of Kyu Sakamoto's "Sukiyaki" went to #3 in the US.
Johnson came up with the famous bass intro when she was warming up before the recording session, unaware that she was being recorded. She wrote the song with keyboard player Perry Kibble.
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