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"'Let's Hear It for the Boy'" is a song by Deniece Williams that appeared on the soundtrack to the feature film 'Footloose'. The song was released as a single from both the soundtrack and her album of the song's same name on February 14, 1984, by Columbia Records. It was written by Tom Snow and Dean Pitchford and produced by George Duke. The song became Williams' second number one on the US 'Billboard' Hot 100 on May 26, 1984, also topping the dance and R&B charts, and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, behind "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham!. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, and was certified platinum in the US, gold in Canada and silver in the UK by the RIAA, Music Canada and the British Phonographic Industry respectively.[http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx British Phonographic Industry certification for Let's Hear It for the Boy] The music video was released in mid-April 1984. The song features background vocals from George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam, who would go on to form the duo Boy Meets Girl.

In 2011, country singer Jana Kramer covered the song for the remake of 'Footloose'. In 2017 the song was covered by UK hi-NRG dance artist Allan Jay in aid of the Retired Greyhound Trust and their Let's Hear It for the Boy campaign.

Music video



The music video for the song features Williams along with several young men, one of them being the singer Aaron Lohr as the young boy who is the first person to appear in the video.

Credits and personnel



*Tom Snow composition

*Dean Pitchford composition

*Deniece Williams lead vocals, backing vocals

*George Merrill backing vocals

*Shannon Rubicam backing vocals

*George Duke producer, drum programming, keyboards, Memory Moog bass, Prophet synthesizer, synthesizer

*Paul Jackson, Jr. guitar

*Paulinho Da Costa percussion

Charts



Weekly charts



Year-end charts



See also



*List of 'Billboard' Hot 100 number-one singles of 1984

References



Category:1984 singles

Category:Deniece Williams songs

Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles

Category:Cashbox number-one singles

Category:RPM Top Singles number-one singles

Category:Songs from Footloose

Category:Songs written by Tom Snow

Category:Songs written by Dean Pitchford

Category:Freestyle music songs

Category:1984 songs

Category:Columbia Records singles

Category:Dance-pop songs

Category:Post-disco songs

Category:Song recordings produced by George Duke

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