Can't Stop the Music (song)

"Can't Stop the Music"
Single by Village People
from the album Can't Stop the Music
B-side "Milkshake", "Liberation"
Released 1980
Format 12"
Recorded 1980
Genre Disco
Length 3:37
Label Casablanca Records
Writer(s) Jacques Morali
Producer Jacques Morali
Village People singles chronology
"Sleazy"
(1979)
"Can't Stop the Music"
(1980)
"Magic Night"
(1980)

"Can't Stop the Music" is the title of a song recorded by American disco group the Village People. It is the title track for the soundtrack album of their feature movie, Can't Stop the Music. While the single was successful both in the U.S. (reaching #10), the UK (reaching #11) and Australia (reaching #1) the film by the same name was not, except in Australia.

Chart positions

Chart (1980) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 10
U.S. Billboard Disco Singles 30
Australian Singles Chart 1
Austrian Singles Chart 19
New Zealand Singles Chart 2
Swedish Singles Chart 15
UK Singles Chart 11
Preceded by
"Turning Japanese" by The Vapors
Australian Kent Music Report number-one single
July 7, 1980 – July 28, 1980
Succeeded by
"Funkytown" by Lipps Inc