| "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" | ||||
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| Single by Chic | ||||
| from the album Chic | ||||
| B-side | "São Paulo" | |||
| Released | 1977 | |||
| Genre | Disco | |||
| Length | 7" 3:40, 12" 8:21 (album version) | |||
| Label | Buddah Records 583 Atlantic Records 3435 |
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| Writer(s) | Bernard Edwards Nile Rodgers Kenny Lehman |
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| Producer | Bernard Edwards Nile Rodgers |
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| Chic singles chronology | ||||
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"Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" is a 1977 disco song recorded by Chic. It was the group's first hit, reaching #6 on both the pop and R&B charts and reached #1 on the dance play charts. Luther Vandross provided backup vocals. He was working as a session vocalist at the time.[1]
The "yowsah, yowsah, yowsah" of the title, which appears as a spoken interjection in the middle of the song, originated with the American jazz violinist and radio personality Ben Bernie, who popularized it in the 1920s. The phrase was revived in 1969 by They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, a film about a Depression-era dance marathon.
| Preceded by Village People by Village People (all cuts) |
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single (with "Everybody Dance" and "You Can Get By") October 22, 1977 - November 10, 1977 |
Succeeded by Once Upon a Time by Donna Summer (all cuts) |