Dance Appeal

Dance Appeal was a Canadian supergroup of dance, rhythm and blues, reggae and hip hop artists, who released the one-off single "Can't Repress the Cause" in 1990.[1] The song, a plea for greater inclusion of these predominantly black music genres in the Canadian music industry, was released as a direct response to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's 1990 decision to deny an FM radio license to Milestone Radio for what would have become Canada's first urban music station; the single's title was intentionally chosen to result in the initialism "CRTC".

Participating artists included Maestro Fresh Wes, Dream Warriors, Michie Mee, B-Kool, Eria Fachin, Lillian Allen, Devon, HDV, Dionne, Thando Hyman, Carla Marshall, Messenjah, Jillian Mendez, Lorraine Scott, Lorraine Segato, Candy Pennella, Self Defense, Leroy Sibbles, Zama and Thyron Lee White.[2]

The song received a Juno Award nomination for Best R&B/Soul Recording at the Juno Awards of 1991,[3] and its video won the MuchMusic Video Award for Best Dance Video.[4]

References
  1. "Song has a double message: Dance song disputes new FM station licence". The Globe and Mail, September 21, 1990.
  2. "Urban Music" Archived November 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  3. "Rap music makes presence felt in '91 Juno Awards nominations". Montreal Gazette, February 7, 1991.
  4. "Crash Test Dummies pick up MuchMusic's top video award". Waterloo Region Record, September 30, 1991.
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