Boogie (disambiguation)
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Boogie
is a musical technique or rhythm.
Boogie may also refer to:
Music
Film and fictional characters
Nicknames
Other uses
Boogie
Boogie is a repetitive, swung note or shuffle rhythm, "groove" or pattern used in blues which was originally played on the piano in boogie-woogie music. The characteristic rhythm and feel of the boogie was then adapted to guitar, double bass, and other instruments. The earliest recorded...
is a musical technique or rhythm.
Boogie may also refer to:
Music
- Boogie (genre)Boogie (genre)Boogie is an electronic/funk-influenced variation of post-disco.Boogie, as one of the post-disco subgenres, lacks the four-on-the-floor beat, which is a "traditional" rhythm of disco music. Aside from the moderate influence of synthpop, boogie heavily draws from funk music...
, a post-disco genre from 1980s - "Boogie Oogie OogieBoogie Oogie Oogie"Boogie Oogie Oogie" is the name of a popular song by disco/R&B group A Taste of Honey. Released from their self-titled album in 1978, it became an extremely popular "crossover" song. The lyrics urge listeners to "boogie oogie oogie till you just can't boogie no more." It topped the Billboard Hot...
", a song by the American band A Taste of Honey - Boogie rockBoogie rockBoogie rock is a music genre which came out of the hard heavy blues rock of the late 1960s. It tends to feature a repetitive driving rhythm in place of instrumental experimentation found in the more progressive blues-rock bands of the period.-Definitions:...
, a genre of rock which reached the height of its popularity in the 1970s
Film and fictional characters
- Oogie Boogie, a character from Nightmare Before Christmas by Tim Burton
- Boogie, the oily ,a character from comic strips in Argentina, created by Roberto Fontanarrosa
- Boogie (2009 film)Boogie (2009 film)Boogie is a 2009 animated film from Argentina, based in the Argentine character Boogie, the oily by Roberto Fontanarrosa, and directed by Gustavo Cova. The voices of main characters Boogie and Marcia were performed by Pablo Echarri and Nancy Dupláa...
, Argentine animated film based on the comic strip character Boogie el aceitoso - Boogie (2008 film)Boogie (2008 film)-Plot:On his spring break at the seaside, with his wife and his four year old son, Bogdan Ciocăzanu runs into his best friends from high-school at the precise date and time that reminds all of them of their most glorious drinking trips and sexual escapades of their younger days...
, Romanian dramedy directed by Radu Muntean, starring Dragoş Bucur and Anamaria Marinca
Nicknames
- Mike Malin (Big Brother contestant), a.k.a. "Mike Boogie", best known for winning the American television series Big Brother: All-Stars in 2006
- Nickname of American basketball player DeMarcus CousinsDeMarcus CousinsDeMarcus Cousins is an American professional basketball player with the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball at the University of Kentucky.-High school career:...
Other uses
- Boogie man, alternate spelling of bogeyman
- Boogie boogie boogie!, expression used by Dick Cavett and Groucho Marx
- Boogie (video game)Boogie (video game)Boogie is a music video game developed by Electronic Arts for the Wii, PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS. Being touted as a party-game, it enables players to create their character, then use the Wii Remote and a microphone to sing and dance through it. Each song within the game can be performed either...
, a video game for the Wii, DS and PlayStation 2 - Booger (mucus), the United States slang term for nasal mucus