HEAVEN'S IN MY BACKSEAT
February 8, 2010

RAW loves The Revenge and we certainly have a sweet tooth for disco, so combine those two and you've got us in a frenzy. That's exactly what happened when we stumbled across the Revenge rework of Hot Chocolate's classic disco jam, Heaven's in the Backseat of My Cadillac. Formed in in the UK in the early 1970s, Hot Chocolate (originally called The Hot Chocolate Band, but later shortened by Mickie Most, their first major label producer) was first noticed for their reggae remix of John Lennon's Give Peace A Chance. In the late 1970s, Hot Chocolate changed direction and incorporated a more soulful, disco-influenced sound and went on to score chart-topping hits with songs like Brother Louie, You Sexy Thing, and So You Win Again. The band continued making hits well into the 1980s, but disbanded in 1986, when cowriter Errol Brown pursued solo success, which he never found after Hot Chocolate.

Fast forward almost 25 years and The Revenge is giving us a slick, extended, disco-dance-ready rework on a timeless classic. Below is the a video of the original cut (RAW loves the cherry red lips at the beginning...sexy!), followed by the Revenge rework we're currently soiling our Levi 501s over. Enjoy this SHIT.

Hot Chocolate - Heaven's in the Backseat of My Cadillac (The Revenge Rework) (320 kbps) | Download