Insane Clown Posse Cover
| "Let's Go All the Way" | ||||
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| Single by Insane Clown Posse | ||||
| from the album Bizzar | ||||
| Released | 2000 | |||
| Genre | Midwest hip hop | |||
| Length | 3:30 | |||
| Label | Psychopathic Records | |||
| Producer | Mike E. Clark | |||
| Insane Clown Posse singles chronology | ||||
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Insane Clown Posse member Joseph Bruce was driving home to Detroit from Cleveland, Ohio in a car he'd just purchased that only had a cassette player. At a gas station, he purchased an ’80s Hits tape that contained the Sly Fox song. Bruce liked it and decided to reinterpret it.
Allmusic described Insane Clown Posse's version as "their most blatant attempt at radio play". MTV aired the band's video for the song, but only once, in the late evening. The group decided to bombard MTV's Total Request Live (TRL) with requests for the video while on their "Bizaar Bizzar Tour," posting on its website that December 8, 2000, was the day for fans to phone in.
On that day, the band and assorted Psychopathic Records employees and friends drove down to New York City. They were met by nearly 400 Insane Clown Posse fans standing outside in front of the TRL studios with signs supporting the duo. Thirty minutes before the show began, Viacom security guards and New York City police officers were dispatched to remove them from the sidewalk. When some refused to move on the grounds that it was a public street and no other individuals were asked to move, they allege they were assaulted. All phone requests for the video were ignored, and the band was never mentioned during the show. MTV later informed Island Records that the network chose which bands and videos were eligible to be featured on TRL.
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