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Let Your Body Go Downtown
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"'Let Your Body Go Downtown'" is a song co-written by Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran,[http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=862219&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID ] and recorded by the Martyn Ford Orchestra as a single on 18 March 1977 on the Mountain record label. A 12-inch single was also released. It was also released in France, Germany, Italy and The Netherlands on Vertigo Records. It was a BBC Radio 1 "Record of the Week" and playlist by a number of UK regional radio stations.26 March 1977, Record Week As noted by 'Record World' magazine, it took the single three months to enter the UK Singles Chart.'Record World', 28 May 1977, p. 73 However, this insistent funk/soul/disco song reached No. 38 on that chart, and No. 12 on the UK Disco Chart, published by 'Record Mirror'. It was also released as a track on the album "Ronnie Jones Presents Let-Your-Body-Go-With-The-Disco" released on the Phillips record label in Italy and it received numerous radio plays there as listed in "Radiocorrier".Radiocorriere, 26 August 1979 A live performance of the song featuring Ford, his orchestra and backing singers was shown on the 12 May 1977 edition of 'Top of the Pops'.
The song was followed by another de Paul/Moran penned release, "Going to a Disco", in a similar vein, also released on the Mountain record label in 1977 as a 7 inch and 12 inch single but did not chart although it received a positive review from the British DJ James Hamilton. It is also mentioned alongside "Let Your Body Go Downtown" in the books 'The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music''The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music', Colin Larkin, Virgin, 2002, and 'Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2006'.'Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2006', Graham Betts, Collins, 2006,
"Let Your Body Go Downtown" is still played on the radio, most recently on the Ana Matronic Disco Devotion radio show on BBC Radio 2.
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Category:1977 singles
Category:Songs written by Lynsey de Paul
Category:Martyn Ford Orchestra songs
Category:Songs written by Michael Moran (music producer)
Category:1977 songs
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