E.V.A. (song)

"E.V.A." is the second track from the 1970 album Moog Indigo, produced by Jean-Jacques Perrey, the song was composed by Patricia Leroy, better known as Pat Prilly, Marie Perreault and Andy Badale, better known as Angelo Badalamenti. The song E.V.A. like other songs like "Soul City" they are songs by Electronic music, but which they contain musical similarities to the Funk genre. [1]

"E.V.A."
Song by Pat Prilly, Maria Perreault and Andy Badale
from the album Moog Indigo
Published	1970
Released	1970
Recorded	1970
Genre	Synth funk [1]
Length	3:08
Label	Vanguard Records
Moog Indigo chronology
"Soul City" "E.V.A." "The Rose and the Cross"

Music video

A cover from "E.V.A." made by Fatboy Slim had his music video made by MTV in the 1990s. Jean-Jacques Perrey collaborated in the video clip appearing in it.

Versions and remixes

The musician Fatboy Slim made three covers of the song, in 1997, together with Simon Thronton for a single entitled "E.V.A.", which was distributed in countries such as Italy and United Kingdom, the single had several versions where the order of the songs changed, removed and added versions of the song "E.V.A.". all these versions were re-released for other compilation albums like The Out Sound From Way In. In 2002 Lighting Head made a version of the song "E.V.A.". [2]

Track listing

Brazil

Soul City / E.V.A. (1973)

1. Soul City (2:03)
2. E.V.A. (3:07)

Moog Indigo (1973)

1. Gossipo Perpetuo (2:05)
2. Passport to the Future (2:43)
3. E.V.A. (3:07)
4. Soul City (2:03)

In popular culture

The song "E.V.A." has been sampled for many songs of the hip hop and rap, that can be seen in the songs:

• "Just to get to rep" by Gang Starr in 1990. [3] [4] [5] [6]
• "Fed Up (Remix)", recorded by House of Pain and Guru in 1990. [5] [4]
• Lower da Boom by Artifacts in 1994. [7]
• "Gameplan" by Lord Finesse in 1995. [8] [5]
• "Freak Out" by Erick Sermon and Redman in 1995.
• "3000" made by Dr.Octagon in 1997. [6] [9]
• "Ol'Thing" by A Tribe Called Quest in 1997. [10] [5]
• "Fairground" by Pete Rock in 2005. [11] [6]
• "Beat Grinder" by Damu the Fudgemunk in 2009.
• "Lunch Money" by Pusha T in 2014. [3] [6] [9]

References

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2. "Studio Don". 31 May 2019: thu thoughts.co.uk. Retrieved 30 January 2021. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. "Who Flipped it Better? Gang Starr vs Pusha T". 21 Nov 2014: theboombox.com. Retrieved 30 January 2021. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
4. Santi Hurtado (5 Nov 2016). "Fallece Jean-Jacques Perrey" (in Spanish). p. altafidelidad.org. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
5. "Release "E.V.A.: The Best of Jean-Jacques Perrey"". 21 Sep 2018: musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 30 January 2021. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
6. Dave Segal (8 Nov 2016). "Synth genius and musical prankster Jean-Jacques Perrey has died": thestranger.com. Retrieved 30 January 2021. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
7. "Les Samples de Artifacts" [The Samples from Artifacts]: du-bruit.com. Retrieved 30 January 2021. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
8. "Lord Finesse". 5 Mar 2013: oldschoolflava.overblog.com. Retrieved 30 January 2021. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
9. "Moog Indigo | Concord - Recorded Music". Concord: concord.com. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
10. "Samples of E.V.A. by Jean-Jacques Perrey": secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 30 January 2021. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
11. William Ketchum III. "Jean-Jacques Perrey, electronic music pioneer, dies at age 87" (News): okayplayer.com. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)