Steve "silk" Hurley - Jack Your Body (original Mix) 1986 May 2026

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.

The title itself is a tribute to the ecstatic, freestyle dance move defined by rhythmic torso movements that dominated the Chicago club scene at venues like the Warehouse. Breaking the UK Charts 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: Steve "Silk" Hurley was so busy finishing an

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". Breaking the UK Charts In January 1987, "Jack