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1989
Opposites Attract
Forever Your Girl
The Wild Pair
"Opposites Attract" was the 6th and final single released from Paula Abdul’s debut album “Forever Your Girl” and achieved success in many countries, including the US and Australia where it was a #1 hit.
The song was written and produced by Oliver Leiber. The song was released on November 28, 1989, just before the release of Paula’s remix album, “Shut Up and Dance.”
The album version of “Opposites Attract” features a back–and-forth duet between Paula Abdul and The Wild Pair, aka Bruce DeShazer (aka Tony Christian) and Marv Gunn.
The Wild Pair also provided background vocals on Abdul’s hit singles, "Forever Your Girl", "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me", and album tracks “Under The Influence” and “Crazy Love” - all songs that were also written and produced by Oliver Leiber.
Derrick "Delite" Stevens
The radio edit features a rap by Derrick “Delite” Stevens who portrays the voice of MC Skat Kat, and is first realized in the music video for the hit song. Derrick also performed MC Skat Kat’s lead vocals on the 1991 studio album “The Adventures of MC Skat Kat and the Stray Mob” which also led to an appearance of the character on Abdul’s “Under My Spell” tour.
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MC Skat Kat
Musical artist
MC Skat Kat is an animated cat character who appeared with Paula Abdul in the video for her song "Opposites Attract" in 1989.
History
[edit]MC Skat Kat was created by Michael Patterson and performed by the Wild Pair duo of Bruce DeShazer and Marv Gunn on "Opposites Attract". MC Skat Kat's rap was written and performed by Derrick Stevens, although Romany Malco, who did the majority of the writing for the M.C. Skat Kat & the Stray Mob album, is often mistakenly credited for being the voice of the rap on Opposites Attract, a story perpetuated by Abdul herself.[1] Derrick Stevens also provided vocals for the character in the MC Skat Kat solo album.
Patterson got the idea for Skat Kat from the Gene Kelly movie Anchors Aweigh, in which Kelly's character dances with Jerry, the mouse from the Tom and Jerry franchise. Patterson would originally play small gigs dressed in full cat attire, though soon after become a studio musician with the character becoming fully animated by members of the Disney and Warner Bros. animation team, working outside the studios between major projects, under the direction of Chris Bailey.
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