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Can't Stop the Music (song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Can't Stop the Music'" is a song recorded by American disco group the Village People. As the group's first release after the exit of original lead singer Victor Willis, with lead vocals sung by replacement cop Ray Simpson, the song was the first Village People single since their commercial breakthrough to not chart inside the US top 40, though it fared much better in Europe (reaching #7 in Belgium, #10 in West Germany, #11 in the UK, #15 in Sweden, #18 in Ireland, and #19 in Austria), South Africa (reaching #1 in the country), and Oceania (reaching #1 in Australia and #2 in New Zealand). It is the title track from the soundtrack album of their feature movie, 'Can't Stop the Music', which failed to attract a major audience, except in Australia.
Recently, Village People have included "Cant Stop The Music" in their set, breaking tradition of the Cop singing lead and instead having two of the other members take over lead vocal duties as Victor takes a break in the middle of the show.
Critical reception
'Cash Box' said that compared to the Village People's previous hits, this song "[emphasizes] the music a bit more and [softens] the normally strident beat."
Personnel
* Ray Simpson - vocals
* Felipe Rose - backing vocals
* Alex Briley - backing vocals
* Glenn Hughes - backing vocals
* David Hodo - backing vocals
* Randy Jones - backing vocals
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Covers
Puerto Rican boy band Menudo wrote a Spanish-language adaptation of the song, entitled "No Se Puede Parar la Msica", in 1981.
References
Category:1980 singles
Category:Village People songs
Category:Number-one singles in Australia
Category:Number-one singles in South Africa
Category:Songs written by Jacques Morali
Category:Casablanca Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Jacques Morali
Category:Disco songs
Category:1980 songs
Category:Songs about music
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