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Addams Groove

"Addams Groove"
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Single by MC Hammer
from the album Too Legit to Quit and The Addams Family soundtrack
B-side "Too Legit to Quit," "Street Soldiers"
Released December 17, 1991
Format CD single, 7", 12"
Recorded 1991
Genre Pop rap
Length 3:58
Label Capitol
Writer(s) MC Hammer, Felton Pilate, Vic Mizzy
MC Hammer singles chronology
"Too Legit to Quit"
(1991)
"Addams Groove"
(1991)
"Do Not Pass Me By"
(1992)

Addams Groove is a single performed by hip-hop artist MC Hammer that was released as the theme song to the 1991 film The Addams Family. The song was his last top ten hit in the United States and was the recipient of the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song at the 12th Golden Raspberry Awards in 1991.

A music video was produced to promote the single. It featured Hammer and several of his dancers performing in their unique style around the Addams mansion, as well as most of the cast of the film. The video opens with Hammer pleading with Wednesday (Christina Ricci) and Pugsley (Jimmy Workman) to refrain from chopping his head off with a guillotine. It concludes with several scenes taking place in the Addams' backyard cemetery, including Thing crawling up and down a Hammer dancer and Gomez (Raúl Juliá) dueling in a sword-fight with Hammer over Morticia (Anjelica Huston).

The music video was played prior to the beginning of the film in its theatrical release during the first few weeks of release.

Australian CD single

Japan Mini CD single

UK 7" vinyl single

UK 12" vinyl single

The rap group Das Racist use the hook from "Addams Groove" in their song "People Are Strange".


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