'Don't Stop the Music'byfrom the album'You're My Song'ReleasedJanuary 12, 1981FormatRecorded1980,Length7: 494:08 (7')Jonah Ellis, Alisa Peoples and Cavin YarbroughJonah Ellissingles chronology' Don't Stop the Music'(1981)'Don't Waste Your Time'(1984)'Don't Stop the Music' is a song by, from the duo's 1980 debut album, The Two of Us. It was released as a single on in 1981.The song reached number 26 on the dance charts, number 19 on the number 7 in the UK and fared even better on the US R&B chart, where it hit number one, helping to earn a for the duo. Radio promotion for the record was handled in Los Angeles by independent marketing firm Dudley-Gorov, while a young shopped the record to New York club DJs as one of his early jobs.The music video for the song featured hand puppets singing 'You don't really wanna stop? The duo also used them for many of their live performances. Contents.Cover versions The song has been covered multiple times, most notably in 1989. In 1998, the song made a flurry of cover appearances, in altered form. Included the song as 'Ain't No Stoppin' on their album, and Puff Daddy reworked the song as 'Don't Stop What You're Doin' for the album.
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The group stayed faithful to the original version on their album. The song was included on the to the film From Jamaica, Bits & Pieces, band produced by Sly & Robbie, recorded a version (1981).Sampling The song has been sampled numerous times:In 1994, the song was sampled by rapper, in a remix of his song 'Zunga Zeng'. Also in 1994, interpolated the chorus during the breakdown on the track 'Let's Do It Again' from their album. The same year Hip-Hop duo sampled the song, which is based on their single ' featuring that was produced by (both from ). Then in 1995 the R&B girl group Nuttin Nyce lifted the hook for their track 'Froggy Style.'
Yarbrough & Peoples burst onto the music scene with the million-selling single 'Don't Stop the Music,' a sinewy slab of synth-based R&B/funk that was ahead of its time and had a far-reaching influence in the years to come. The sizzling track held down the number one R&B spot for five weeks and hit number 19 pop on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1981. The duo released one album for Mercury, and then. All the singles and albums of YARBOROUGH & PEOPLES, peak chart positions, career stats, week-by-week chart runs and latest news.
The song's bassline was sampled by on her track 'I Want to Know Your Name' on her album 'One Love'. In 2002, the song's chorus was used on the top 5 single ' by and, and then by for the song ' from her album, released in 2007. The song was also sampled in Fat Pat's 'Tops Drop' on his 1998 debut album Ghetto Dreams and went on to hit #46 and #5 on U.S. R&B and Rap charts, respectively.also sampled this record In 1996 on the unreleased original version of the song 'Don't Stop'. However this song was remixed for his 2006 album.
The original song can be found on the internet under the name 'Don't Stop the Music'.Chart history Chart (1981)PeakpositionAustralia 73Belgium ( Flanders)4Canada Top Singles40Ireland 18Netherlands27US19US126US Top 10017References. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research.
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Yarbrough & Peoples also appears in this compilation. Tracks of Disc 1. 1.
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love. 2.
Knock On Wood. 4. Barefootin'. 5. Walking The Dog. 6.
Mustang Sally. 7. Ride Your Pony. 8. Tell It Like It Is. 9.
Papa's Got A Brand New Bag. 10. Sweet Soul Music. 11. When A Man Loves A Woman. 13.
Soul Man. 14. Shout Bamalama. 15. Try A Little Tenderness. 16.
The Dark End Of The Street. 17. Slip Away. 18. Who's Making Love.
Tracks of Disc 2. 1. Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You.
2. I'll Take You There. 3. Who's Making Love. 4. Don't Play That Song.
5. Tired Of Being Alone.
6. Can I Cang My Mind.
7. Big Stuff.
8. I Got You (I Feel Good). 9.
Slip Away. 10. Rescue Me. 11. Power Of Love.
12. Supernatural Thing, Pt. Got To Get You Off My Mind.
14. Hurts So Good. 15. That's How Strong My Love Is. 16. Let's Straighten It Out.
17. We're Gonna Make It. 18. Trapped By A Thing Called Love. Tracks of Disc 3. 1. Celebration.
2. Don't Stop The Music. 3. You Dropped A Bomb On Me.
4. Freeway Of Love. 5. Let's Get Serious. 6.
Super Freak. 7. Rhythm Of The Night. 8.
Funkytown. 9. Let It Whip. 10. Rock Me Tonight (For Old Time's Sake). 11.
Let's Hear It For The Boy. 12. Atomic Dog. 13.
Juicy Fruit. 14. Operator. 15.
The Other Woman. 17. She's Strange. 18. Somebody's Watching Me. Tracks of Disc 4. 1.
Being With You. 2. After The Love Has Gone.
3. I'll Make Love To You. 4. If I Were Your Woman.
5. Here And Now. 6. Save The Best For Last. 7. One Hundred Ways. 8.
Three Times A Lady. 9. Piano In The Dark. 10. Tonight, I Celebrate My Love.
12. Secret Lovers. 13. Don't Look Any Further. 14. Back At One. 15.
Close To You. 16. All My Life.
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17. Anniversary. 18. If You Don't Know Me By Now. Yarbrough & Peoples also appears in this compilation. Tracks of Disc 1.
1. Back And Forth. 2. Let Me Tickle Your Fancy.
3. Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger). 4. Medicine Song. 5. Stay With Me Tonight. 6.
I Can't Get Next To You. 7. Do You Love What You Feel. 9. Don't Stop The Music. 10.
Breakin'.There's No Stoppin' Us Now. 11. Some Kind Of Lover. 13. On Our Own. 14. Rub You The Right Way.
15. Giving You The Benefit. Tracks of Disc 2.
1. Let's Get It On. 2. Boogie Down. 3. Psychedelic Shack. 4.
Strawberry Letter 23. 5. Get Down On It. 6. Too Hot Ta Trot.
8. Once You Get Started. 9. Burn Rubber.
10. I'm A Sucker For Your Love. 11. She's Strange. 12. Don't Be Cruel.
13. If I Had No Loot. 15. The Right Stuff.
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