Wide Receiver (song)
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Wide Receiver is a 1980 funk
/dance
song by North American
bass guitarist and vocalist Michael Henderson
. The song was from the album Wide Receiver which is now out of print
. However the compilation album
The Best of Michael Henderson contains the song 'Wide Receiver'.
Michael Henderson is mainly known for smooth R&B
of the style later known as 'quiet storm
'; this song was his only club dance track.
references. It also has references to marijuana. Sounds from the handheld game Mattel Electronic Football were used in the introduction and background of the song.
The phrase "sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't" from Mounds and Almond Joy
advertising were also used in the lyrics.
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
/dance
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
song by North American
North American
North American generally refers to an entity, people, group, or attribute of North America, especially of the United States and Canada together.-Culture:*North American English, a collective term used to describe American English and Canadian English...
bass guitarist and vocalist Michael Henderson
Michael Henderson
Michael Henderson is an American bass guitarist and vocalist best known for his bass playing with Miles Davis in the early 1970s, on early fusion albums such as A Tribute to Jack Johnson, Pangaea, and Live-Evil.- Biography :He was one of the first notable bass guitarists of the fusion era as well...
. The song was from the album Wide Receiver which is now out of print
Out of print
Out of print refers to an item, typically a book , but can include any print or visual media or sound recording, that is in the state of no longer being published....
. However the compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
The Best of Michael Henderson contains the song 'Wide Receiver'.
Michael Henderson is mainly known for smooth R&B
Smooth R&B
Smooth R&B is a subjective term that refers to the mellower subset of R&B.*Smooth jazz - a mellower type of jazz, similar to R&B.*Slow jam - a ballad commonly marketed as R&B; sometimes has overlap with smooth jazz....
of the style later known as 'quiet storm
Quiet storm
Quiet storm is a late-night radio format, featuring soulful slow jams, pioneered in the mid-1970s by then-station-intern Melvin Lindsey at WHUR-FM, in Washington, D.C. Smokey Robinson's like-titled hit single, released in 1975 as the title track to his third solo album, lent its name to the format...
'; this song was his only club dance track.
Song theme
The song contains innuendos in the form of American footballAmerican football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
references. It also has references to marijuana. Sounds from the handheld game Mattel Electronic Football were used in the introduction and background of the song.
The phrase "sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't" from Mounds and Almond Joy
Almond Joy
An Almond Joy is a candy bar manufactured by Hershey's. It consists of a coconut-based center topped with two almonds and enrobed in a layer of milk chocolate...
advertising were also used in the lyrics.