"Evil Roy" is a single by R&B/funk band Earth, Wind & Fire issued in 1988 by Columbia Records.[1] The song rose to No. 22 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart and No. 38 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.[2][3]

"Evil Roy"
Single by Earth, Wind & Fire
from the album Touch the World
B-side"Evil Roy (Instrumental)"
Released1988
Recorded1987
GenreR&B
Length4:01 (single version)
4:54 (album version)
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Maurice White
Earth, Wind & Fire singles chronology
"Thinking of You"
(1988)
"Evil Roy"
(1988)
"Turn on (The Beat Box)"
(1988)

Overview

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"Evil Roy" was produced by EWF bandleader Maurice White and composed by Philip Bailey, Attala Zane Giles and Allee Willis. The song came off the band's 1987 studio album Touch the World.[1]

A music video was issued in 1988 to accompany the single.[4]

Critical reception

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David Emerson of The Boston Globe described "Evil Roy" as having "a menacing bass line".[5] Harry Sumrall of the San Jose Mercury-News stated "Evil Roy, gets down, just as the title cut assumes a loftier tone, lyrically, while funking out."[6]

Personnel

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Chart positions

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Chart (1988) Peak
position
U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play 38[3]
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 22[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Earth, Wind & Fire: Evil Roy. Columbia Records. 1988.
  2. ^ a b "Earth, Wind & Fire: Evil Roy (Hot R&B Singles)". billboard.com.
  3. ^ a b "Earth, Wind & Fire: Evil Roy (Dance Club Play Songs)". billboard.com.
  4. ^ "Earth, Wind & Fire: Evil Roy". youtube.com.
  5. ^ Emerson, David (December 3, 1987). "Earth, Wind & Fire: Touch The World". newspapers.com. Boston Globe. p. 106.
  6. ^ Sumrall, Harry (November 29, 1987). "Michael's heard above screams". newsbank.com.