The BossHoss - On The Sunny Side Of The Street

What this video is

Released in 2008 as a single from 'Shake & Shout', this video represents The BossHoss at the height of their domestic German celebrity. The band — a Berlin-born septet founded in 2004 — built their identity around country-and-western reinterpretations of contemporary pop and hip-hop hits, self-describing their style as 'Country Trash Punk Rock.' Their choice to cover the 1930 jazz standard 'On the Sunny Side of the…

Why it matters

The BossHoss occupy a singular position in 2000s European music: the only major act to mainstream American 'Country Trash Punk Rock' aesthetic for a German pop audience. Covering a jazz standard rather than a hip-hop hit in this single marks a genre-widening gesture. The video functions as a…