The song incorporates the famed Bo Diddley beat, a classic rock and roll rhythm.
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Bo Diddley
American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer who played a key role in the transition from the blues to rock and roll.
His use of African rhythms and a signature beat, a simple five-accent hambone rhythm, is a cornerstone of hip hop, rock, and pop music.
Not Fade Away (song)
Song credited to Buddy Holly and Norman Petty (although Petty's co-writing credit is likely to have been a formality ) and first recorded by Holly and his band, the Crickets.
The rhythmic pattern of "Not Fade Away" is a variant of the Bo Diddley beat, with the second stress occurring on the second rather than third beat of the first measure, which was an update of the "hambone" rhythm, or patted juba from West Africa.
Bo Diddley (Bo Diddley song)
Rhythm and blues and rock and roll song first recorded by Bo Diddley at Universal Recording Corporation in Chicago and released on the Chess Records subsidiary Checker Records in 1955.
Written by Diddley, its lyrics are based on the traditional lullaby titled "Hush Little Baby", and it prominently features the Bo Diddley beat that the singer made famous.
Rhythm and blues
Genre of popular music that originated in African-American communities in the 1940s.
The "Bo Diddley beat" (1955) is perhaps the first true fusion of 3–2 clave and R&B/rock 'n' roll.
I Want Candy
Song written and originally recorded by the Strangeloves in 1965 that reached No. 11 in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.
It is a famous example of a song that uses the Bo Diddley beat.
Juba dance
African-American style of dance that involves stomping as well as slapping and patting the arms, legs, chest, and cheeks (clapping).
Modern variations on the dance include Bo Diddley's "Bo Diddley Beat" and the step-shows of African American Greek organizations.
Rock and roll
Genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Also in 1955, Bo Diddley introduced the "Bo Diddley beat" and a unique electric guitar style, influenced by African and Afro-Cuban music and in turn influencing many later artists.
Magic Bus (song)
Song recorded by British rock band the Who.
The song makes use of the Bo Diddley beat.
American Girl (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers song)
Rock song written by Tom Petty and recorded by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for their self-titled debut album in 1976.
The tempo is fast and "urgent," and is built on a repeated jangling guitar riff based on a "Bo Diddley beat."
Desire (U2 song)
Song by Irish rock band U2 and the third track on their 1988 album, Rattle and Hum.
U2 cite the Stooges' song "1969" as the primary influence on "Desire," which is an interpolation of the Bo Diddley beat.