Party All the Time

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“Party All the Time”

Single by Eddie Murphy from the album How Could It Be
Released	1985
Recorded	1985
Genre	Synthpop
Label	Sony
Writer(s)	Rick James
Producer	Rick James

"Party All the Time" was a single recorded by comic actor Eddie Murphy in 1985, written and produced by Rick James & Kevin Johnston. The single reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the only major hit of his music career. The song includes some of Eddie Murphy's falsetto talents, however restricted to a few phrases and a repetition of the chorus. Later, "Weird Al" Yankovic covered part of the song in one of his polkas. [1] The song holds the dubious honor of being ranked #7 in VH1's list of The 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs Ever, [2] and #8 in Blender magazine's list of the "50 Worst Songs Ever". [3]

In 2006, house DJ and producer Sharam Tayebi of Deep Dish released a remix of the song known simply as "PATT", an abbreviation for "Party All The Time" that reached #8 in the UK. The subsequent music video is a homage to the original, which had featured Murphy, James, and some backup singers recording the song in a studio.