Format 7", 12" Length 5:40 (LP version) | ||
Recorded 1980, Vineyard Studios. Writer(s) Andy Stennett, John Rocca, Peter Maas | ||
"Southern Freeez" is the second single from British dance band Freeez. It was released on the debut album of the same name.
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Song information
Freeez gained higher sales with this record than with the previous single, "Keep in Touch". "Southern Freeez" reached the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during February 1981 ("Keep In Touch" reached number 49).
Guest Ingrid Mansfield Allman provided vocals.
The titular Southern Freeez is attested to derive from a dance move, "The Freeze," used by clubbers in the "Royalty" club, Southgate in the early 1980s. A then-popular song, "The Groove" by Rodney Franklin, has moments where the band drops out for a bar, and a style of freezing movement at these points took hold.
Remix
In 1987, the song was remixed and re-released by the label Total Control. The remix reached number No. 63 in the UK Singles Chart.
Cover versions
UK soul singer Beverley Knight covered "Southern Freeez" for her 2011 album Soul UK. A cover also appeared on the album Brasil Bam Bam Bam (2014) by Sonzeira, a band formed by Gilles Peterson with Emanuelle Araujo and Valerie Etienne on vocals.
UK single (1981 version)
- "Southern Freeez" - 5:40
- "Southern Freeez (LP Version)"
UK single (1987 version)
- "Southern Freeez (Dance Mix)"
- "Southern Freeez (Avenger Mix)"
- "Southern Freeez (7" Edit)"