義大利舞曲團體［黑盒子］──House流行舞曲──［Strike It Up／開始演奏］

Strike it up, this band is gonna play my tune
Strike it up, I wanna I wanna tell you so
Strike it up, nobodys gonna stop my sound
Strike it up, you know how lonely one can feel

If I have the line and you have the bass
Then strike it up and youll find the rhythms on time
Line after line, going straight to your mind
Cause hyping the place is what were all about

Moving your waist to the bass is no doubt
Roll up the groove, melody is essential
Drop the knowledge on this instrumental
Dance your doubts about house music

Youve got the body so why dont you use it?
Naturally swinging your thing to the song
Cause thats how we pump the dance floor for the strong

Waiting on my feelings, yeah, yeah
Waiting on my feelings, feelings
Waiting on my feelings, yeah, yeah
Waiting on my feelings, feelings

Strike it up, your hand is taping on my skin
Strike it up, and keep me and keep me standing on
Strike it up, you nobodys gonna let you down
Strike it up, you know how lovely one can be

If I have the line and you have the bass
Then strike it up and youll find the rhythms on time
Line after line, going straight to your mind
Cause hyping the place is what were all about

Moving your waist to the bass is no doubt
Roll up the groove, melody is essential
Drop the knowledge on this instrumental
Dance your doubts about house music

Youve got the body so why dont you use it?
Naturally swinging your thing to the song
Cause thats how we pump the dance floor for the strong

Waiting on my feelings, yeah, yeah
Waiting on my feelings, feelings
Waiting on my feelings, yeah, yeah
Waiting on my feelings, feelings

Strike it up
Strike it up

Songwriters
LIMONI, MIRKO / SEMPLICI, VALERIO / DAVOLI, DANIELE / CRUZ, NELSON / PABON, OSCAR / SPEERS, ALLAN

Published by
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., SHAPIRO BERNSTEIN & CO. INC

在五首於歐洲／美國成功的單曲後

１９９１年２月　義大利舞曲團體黑盒子（Black Box）發行［Dreamland］大碟第六首單曲［Strike It Up／開始演奏］

這首House 舞曲由製作小組Groovy Groovy Melody操刀　節奏輕快

主唱仍是美國黑人歌手Martha Wash

由於她在１９９０年提起訴訟　認為黑盒子唱片公司RCA虛偽宣傳，讓人誤以MV中對嘴的法國模特兒Katrin為女主唱

結果庭外和解　拿到賠償金　且以後必須標明真正主唱

所以這回Martha得以在唱片標示為主唱

［Strike It Up］這回登上英國＃１６　荷蘭＃４　愛爾蘭＃８　比利時＃１３　澳洲＃２０　德國／法國＃２６　奧地利＃２７　紐西蘭＃２９　加拿大＃３５

在美國　則登上流行榜＃８　成為他們第二首Top１０暢銷曲　另外R&B榜＃１６

舞曲播放榜則三度登冠

不過這也是黑盒子最後一首英美熱門曲

之後他們事業便逐漸走下坡了

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo3kp5BLF6Q 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA-1Zprsohw  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c8EqewfCxA