World Clique

World Clique is the debut album by American dance music band Deee-Lite, which was released in 1990. The album's first single, "Groove Is in the Heart", was a top-five success on both the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart as well as a No. 1 hit on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart. Three subsequent singles also hit the top ten on the U.S. dance chart, including "Power of Love/Build That Bridge", which also hit No. 1, and "Good Beat".

World Clique
Studio album by
Deee-Lite
ReleasedAugust 7, 1990
RecordedJanuary 1989–May 1990
Studio
  • D&D (New York City)
  • Calliope (New York City)
GenreHouse
Length48:19
LabelElektra
ProducerDeee-Lite
Deee-Lite chronology
World Clique
(1990)		 Infinity Within
(1992)
Singles from World Clique
  1. "Groove Is in the Heart"
    Released: August 1990
  2. "Power of Love"
    Released: 1990
  3. "E.S.P."
    Released: 1991

Guest artists on the album include Bootsy Collins, Q-Tip, Fred Wesley and Maceo Parker. When World Clique was released on compact disc, two bonus tracks were added to the album: "Deee-Lite Theme" and "Build the Bridge".

"E.S.P." contains a sample of actor Bela Lugosi from the 1934 film The Black Cat.[1]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Calgary HeraldB[3]
Chicago Sun-Times[4]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(choice cut)[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[6]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[7]
NME9/10[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[9]
Select5/5[10]
Slant Magazine[11]
Spin(favorable)[12]

Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times called World Clique "seductive and smart",[13] while Billboard called it an "innovative, media-saturated debut".[14]

In 2003, Slant Magazine included World Clique in its list, Vital Pop: 50 Essential Pop Albums.[15] Charles Pitter for Zouch notes that album track and single "Groove Is in the Heart" is a "dance classic".[16]

Commercial performance

The album's initial success occurred in the UK, where it peaked at No. 14 on the UK Albums Chart in September 1990.[17] Simultaneously, the album entered the Billboard 200 at No. 180 for the week of September 15 in the US.[18] Fueled by the success of "Groove Is in the Heart", World Clique continued to climb the chart for several weeks, peaking at No. 20 for the week of November 24.[19]

The success of subsequent singles "Power of Love", "Good Beat", and "E.S.P." helped the album to sustain steady sales throughout the following months, with the album achieving RIAA Gold certification in December 1990[20] and remaining on the Billboard 200 for a total of 41 weeks before falling off the chart in June 1991, following its final chart position at No. 199.[21] World Clique is Deee-Lite's most successful album, outlasting Infinity Within (1992) and Dewdrops in the Garden (1994) on the Billboard 200 chart and outperforming its successors in terms of highest peak position and mainstream exposure and sales.[22]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Deee-Lite except "Deee-Lite Theme", which was written by Deee-Lite and Herbie Hancock, and "Groove Is in the Heart", which was written by Deee-Lite, Hancock and Jonathan Davis.

No.TitleLength
1."Deee-Lite Theme"2:10
2."Good Beat"4:40
3."Power of Love"4:40
4."Try Me on... I'm Very You"5:14
5."Smile On"3:55
6."What Is Love?"3:38
7."World Clique"3:20
8."E.S.P."3:43
9."Groove Is in the Heart"3:51
10."Who Was That?"4:35
11."Deep-Ending"3:47
12."Build the Bridge"4:32

Personnel

Deee-Lite

Additional personnel

  • Bootsy Collins – additional bass ("Who Was That?"), additional guitar ("Smile On"), guitar ("Try Me"), background vocals ("Groove Is in the Heart")
  • Q-Tip (from A Tribe Called Quest) – rap ("Groove Is in the Heart")
  • Sahirah – background vocals ("World Clique")
  • Sheila Slappy – background vocals ("World Clique")
  • Fred Wesley – trombone ("Smile On", "Groove Is in the Heart", "Try Me On")
  • Maceo Parker – saxophone ("Smile On", "Groove Is in the Heart", "Try Me On")
  • Bill "Chicken on Fire" Coleman – vocals ("Build the Bridge")

Technical

  • Deee-Lite – producer, arranger, mixing
  • Mike "Tweekin" Rogers – additional background vocal production and arrangement, engineer, mixing
  • Eddie Sancho – assistant engineer
  • Derek Lategan – assistant engineer
  • Bob Power – additional engineering
  • Herb Powers – mastering
  • Bill Coleman – executive producer
  • Nick Egan – art direction, design
  • Daisy – art direction
  • Tom Bouman – design
  • Michael Halsband – photography
  • Michael Economy – comics
  • Tabboo!! – hand lettering

Charts

Certifications
Certifications for World Clique
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[30] Platinum 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[31] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[32] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
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  3. Obee, Dave (September 6, 1990). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald.
  4. McLeese, Don (October 1, 1990). "Worldly Deee-Lite clicks in techno-dance debut". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on December 28, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  5. Christgau, Robert (n.d.). "CG: Deee-Lite". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  6. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  7. Sandow, Greg (August 17, 1990). "World Clique". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  8. Mead, Helen (September 1, 1990). "Deee Lite – World Clique". NME. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  9. Considine, J. D. (2004). "Deee-Lite". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 222. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
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  11. Gonzalez, Ed (May 1, 2004). "Deee-Lite: World Clique". Slant Magazine. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  12. Daly, Steven (October 1990). "Spins". Spin. p. 79. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
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  14. "Billboard". 27 June 1992.
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  16. Pitter, Charles. "Zouch".
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