| Evil Roy | |
| Cover: | Evil Roy.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Earth, Wind & Fire |
| Album: | Touch the World |
| B-Side: | Evil Roy (Instrumental) |
| Released: | 1988 |
| Recorded: | 1987 |
| Genre: | R&B |
| Length: | 4:01 (single version) 4:54 (album version) |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Maurice White |
| Prev Title: | Thinking of You |
| Prev Year: | 1988 |
| Next Title: | Turn on (The Beat Box) |
| Next Year: | 1988 |
"Evil Roy" is a single by R&B/funk band Earth, Wind & Fire issued in 1988 by Columbia Records.[1] The song rose to No. 22 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart and No. 38 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.[2] [3]
"Evil Roy" was produced by EWF bandleader Maurice White and composed by Philip Bailey, Attala Zane Giles and Allee Willis. The song came off the band's 1987 studio album Touch the World.
A music video was issued in 1988 to accompany the single.[4]
David Emerson of The Boston Globe described "Evil Roy" as having "a menacing bass line".[5] Harry Sumrall of the San Jose Mercury-News stated "Evil Roy, gets down, just as the title cut assumes a loftier tone, lyrically, while funking out."[6]
| Chart (1988) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 38 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 22 |