| Life is a Dance: The Remix Project | ||||
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| Remix album by Chaka Khan | ||||
| Released | June 15, 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1978-1989 | |||
| Genre | R&B, Funk, Disco, House | |||
| Length | 75:51 (cassette: 82:03) | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Chaka Khan chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
| Robert Christgau | (C+) [2] |
Life is a Dance: The Remix Project is a remix album of recordings by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan released by the Warner Bros. Records label in 1989. The compilation takes its title from a track included on Khan's 1978 solo debut album Chaka.
The album which was released as a double-record set, on CD and as a limited cassette edition with one bonus track comprises remixes made in the styles of late eighties dance music genres like house music, hip hop and acid house of tracks originally recorded between the years 1978 and 1984, including two from Rufus & Chaka Khan's final album Stompin' at the Savoy - Live: "Ain't Nobody" and "One Million Kisses".
Life is a Dance - The Remix Project resulted in three single releases; "I'm Every Woman" ('89 Remix), "Ain't Nobody" ('89 Remix) and "I Feel For You" ('89 Remix). The 1989 remix of "I'm Every Woman" became a #8 hit on the UK singles chart while Paul Simpson's take on "I Feel for You" peaked at #45. The Life is a Dance - The Remix Project album itself reached #14 on the UK albums chart, making it the best-selling Chaka Khan album in the U.K. since 1984's I Feel for You. All cuts from the album, peaked at number one on the American, dance play charts, for one week. "Life is a Dance" would mark the final time all cuts from an LP would make the top spot on the dance play charts.[3]
The Dancin' Danny D. and Frankie Knuckles remixes of "I'm Every Woman" and "Ain't Nobody" were in fact both originally released on the B-side of the US 12" single "´Soul Talkin'", taken from the 1988 album CK.
The 1989 remixes of "This Is My Night" and "Eye to Eye" also appear on Warner's 2006 greatest hits compilation The Platinum Collection.
Note: the remixes of the tracks "I Feel for You", "This Is My Night" and "Eye to Eye" appearing on this album should not be confused with the original 12" remixes made in 1984 by the original producers Arif Mardin and Russ Titelman, all of which remain unreleased on CD in both the United States and Europe.
Prince's 1979 original track of "I Feel for You" is sampled shortly in Paul Simpson's remix.
The Life is a Dance - The Remix Project was transferred from vinyl to CD in 1989 and remains in print.
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| Preceded by "Do You Love What You Feel" by Inner City |
(all cuts) Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single September 30, 1989 |
Succeeded by "Miss You Much" by Janet Jackson |
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