| "Jack Your Body" | ||||||
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| Single by Steve "Silk" Hurley | ||||||
| from the album Hold on to Your Dream |
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| B-side | Remix | |||||
| Released | December 1986 | |||||
| Format | CD Single CD Maxi 7" Single 12" Maxi |
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| Recorded | 1986 | |||||
| Genre | Chicago house | |||||
| Length | 3:13 | |||||
| Label | DJ International Records RCA Records London Records BCM Records Underground |
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| Writer(s) | Steve Hurley | |||||
| Producer | Steve "Silk" Hurley | |||||
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Jack Your Body is a popular song by Steve 'Silk' Hurley, which was featured on the only J.M. Silk album, Hold on to Your Dream, released in 1987.
One of the landmark records in the history of House music, Jack Your Body was written and produced by Hurley. The song became a major hit on the UK singles chart, reaching #1 for two weeks in January and February 1987,[1] despite Hurley's refusal to promote it.
This was the UK's first house music #1, and paved the way for the acid house sound popular there during the late 1980s. It was also the first UK number one single to achieve the majority of its sales on the 12" format. Under the chart rules in place at the time, the 12" single should not have counted toward "Jack Your Body"'s chart position as its running time execeeded the then-current 25-minute limit. The rule was not enforced since the running time was not brought to the chart compilers' attention until the record was already at number one.
In spite of "Jack Your Body's" success, Hurley has had no further solo singles whatsoever (under his own name) in the UK Top 75.
The song climbed to number twenty-five on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play,[2] reaching number thirty-seven for the U.S. Maxi-Singles Sales category.[3]
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| Chart (1987) | Peak position |
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| UK Singles Chart[nb 1] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 25 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 37 |
| Preceded by "Reet Petite" by Jackie Wilson |
UK number one single 24 January 1987 |
Succeeded by "I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)" by George Michael and Aretha Franklin |
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