"Don't Stop the Music" | |
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Single by Yarbrough and Peoples | |
from the album The Two of Us | |
B-side | "You're My Song" |
Released | 1981 |
Format | 12" Single |
Recorded | 1980 |
Genre | Boogie, R&B, dance |
Length | 7:49 4:08 (7") |
Label | Mercury |
Writer(s) | Jonah Ellis, Alisa Peoples and Calvin Yarbrough |
Producer | Jonah Ellis Lonnie Simmons |
"Don't Stop the Music" is a song by Yarbrough and Peoples, from the duo's 1980 debut album, The Two of Us. It was released as a single on Mercury Records in 1981.
The song reached #26 on the dance charts, #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 #7 in the UK and fared even better on the US R&B chart, where it hit number one,[1] helping to earn a gold record for the duo.
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The song has been covered multiple times, most notably in 1989 by Simon Harris.
The song has been sampled numerous times: In 1994, the song was sampled by rapper K7, in a remix of his song "Zunga Zeng". In 1997, the song was sampled by P. Diddy (then known as Puff Daddy) in the song "Don't Stop What You're Doin'," from the album No Way Out. In 2002, the song's chorus was used on the top 5 single Gangsta Lovin' by Eve and Alicia Keys, and then by Keyshia Cole for the song "Let It Go" from her album Just Like You, released in 2007. The song was also sampled in Fat Pat's "Tops Drop."
2Pac 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 Pac's Life album. The original song can be found on the internet under the name "Don't Stop The Music".
Chart (1981) | Peak position |
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US R&B Singles[2] | 1 |
UK Singles Chart[3] | 7 |
US Billboard Hot 100[4] | 19 |
Dance/Club Play Singles[5] | 26 |
Preceded by "Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)" by Gap Band |
Billboard's Hot Soul Singles number one single February 28 - March 28, 1981 |
Succeeded by "Being with You" by Smokey Robinson |