![]() ![]() There’s also a pretty epic soundstage graveyard, filled with dancers. Everyone else seems to be having fun, though.Īddams Groove has some pretty high production values, including a very early example of CGI in the form of a bodiless Hammer head bouncing around a room after being decapitated by Wednesday and Pugsley. Even though he’s only in this video briefly – nothing quite like the rather extensive dancing done by Julia and Houston – it still smacks of contractual obligation rather than any sense of wanting to. ![]() She was ten at the time, and this was her second big role after Mermaids the year prior.īut, c’mon: Christopher Lloyd? In a cheesy pop-rap video? By this point, he’d been in all three Back to the Future films, as well as Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and Clue. I mean: I totally would’ve understood Christina Ricci appearing in an MC Hammer video, circa 1990. The entire cast of The Addams Family – with one exception – makes an appearance in the funky graveyard, making one wonder what kind of contract Christopher Lloyd, Raul Julia, and Anjelica Houston signed. That being said, the song was successful enough to see inclusion on Too Legit to Quit as a bonus track. The song also received the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song that year, even going so far as to beat out Vanilla Ice’s titular song from Cool As Ice. His song for that film, Addams Groove, is notable for many things, not the least of which is that it was Hammer’s last top ten single. In the brief period where MC Hammer sold millions of records, he was tapped to record an original song to promote The Addams Family. MC Hammer’s Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ‘Em and Too Legit to Quit were released back-to-back in 19, and by the time The Funky Headhunter dropped three years later, hip-hop had moved from the pop-friendly jams of Hammer, Young MC, and Vanilla Ice to the likes of Dr. The brightest stars burn briefest, as the saying goes. Addams Groove by MC Hammer from The Addams Family ![]()
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