Remarks:
In 1979 this song went to #6 in Belgium, #8 in the Netherlands, #28 in Germany and #49 in Britain. It did not chart on the US pop or R&B charts. The video is from Dutch television. There are also videos of them on German and Italian television. I found the song by way of a Brazilian YouTube channel.
I assumed they were continental Europeans, not even British. And that was before I knew how the song charted or that the video came from Dutch television. I was mainly basing it on the song: the lyrics seemed limited and the title did not seem like something an actual person from the US would think of.
As it turns out, they are from the US! But it is like that Avalanches video: what you can see is US American, but the mind behind it is not. The Ritchie Family is a girl group created by a French record producer. They are not even sisters or cousins.
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Lyrics:
Aah, aah, aah, aah, generation
Aah, aah, aah, aah, generation
American generation, American generation
Founded on the beat, there’s disco in the street
We boogie as we go to funky radio
Finding summer fun
That’s rooted in the drum
Let everybody come, aah
American Generation, American generation
Grooving to the bass, it shows on every face
That life’s a festival, so try some letting go
The future bears a change
There’s music in our veins
We’ll never be the same, ooh
(Instrumental Interlude)
Aah, aah, aah, aah, generation
Aah, aah, aah, aah, generation
American Generation, American generation
Grooving to the bass, it shows on every face
That life’s a festival, so try some letting go
The future bears a change
There’s music in our veins
We’ll never be the same, ooh
(Instrumental Interlude)
Aah, aah, aah, aah, generation
Aah, aah, aah, aah, generation
Source: letras.mus.br.
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