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Don't Stop the Music (Yarbrough and Peoples song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Don't Stop the Music
| cover = YPSTOP.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Yarbrough and Peoples
| album = The Two of Us
| B-side = You're My Song
| released = October 1980
| recorded = 1980
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = R&B, boogie
| length = 7:49
4:08 (7")
| label = Mercury
| writer = Jonah Ellis, Alisa Peoples and Cavin Yarbrough
| producer = Jonah Ellis
Lonnie Simmons
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Don't Waste Your Time
| next_year = 1984
| misc =
}}
'"Don't Stop the Music"' is a song by Yarbrough and Peoples, from the duo's 1980 debut album, 'The Two of Us'. It was released as a single on Mercury Records in 1980.
Chart performance
The song reached number 26 on the dance charts, number 19 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 and fared even better on the US R&B chart, where it hit number one, Outside the US, "Don't Stop the Music" went to number 7 in the UK. The song's success helped to earn a gold record for the duo.
Radio promotion for the record was handled in Los Angeles by independent marketing firm Dudley-Gorov, while a young Russell Simmons shopped the record to New York club DJs as one of his early jobs.
Chart history
Music Video
The music video for the song featured hand puppets singing "You don't really wanna stop? No!" The duo also used them for many of their live performances.
Samples and covers
'Don't Stop the Music' has been heavily sampled by other artists, primarily in the hip hop genre. According to the website WhoSampled, 'Don't Stop the Music' has been sampled 60 times and covered 5 times.
References
Category:1981 singles
Category:1980 songs
Category:Mercury Records singles
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