Jack Your Body (original Mix) 1986 | Steve "silk" Hurley -

Released in , "Jack Your Body" is the ultimate example of early Chicago house. It was built on a skeletal, driving rhythm using a Roland TR-909 drum machine and a pulsing, squelching bassline sampled and replayed from the Shep Pettibone remix of First Choice’s "Let No Man Put Asunder".

Steve "Silk" Hurley was so busy finishing an album for his group J.M. Silk that he didn't even know the song had hit #1 until his manager mentioned it in passing. STEVE "SILK" HURLEY - Jack Your Body (Original Mix) 1986

In January 1987, "Jack Your Body" made history by becoming the . Its success was an anomaly for the time: Released in , "Jack Your Body" is the