| "Neutron Dance" | ||||
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| Single by Pointer Sisters | ||||
| from the album Break Out | ||||
| A-side | Neutron Dance | |||
| B-side | Telegraph Your Love | |||
| Released | December 30, 1984 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
| Genre | Dance, R&B, New Wave | |||
| Length | 3:53 | |||
| Label | Planet | |||
| Writer(s) | Allee Willis, Danny Sembello | |||
| Producer | Richard Perry | |||
| Pointer Sisters singles chronology | ||||
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"Neutron Dance" is a dance/R&B/New Wave song from the Pointer Sisters. Released from their album Break Out in 1984, the song hit the US Top 10, peaking at number six on the Billboard chart, and was also featured in the Eddie Murphy motion picture Beverly Hills Cop.
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It became the group's fourth top ten single in a row from "Break Out." A video of the song was in heavy rotation on MTV at the time. Released at the height of the Cold War, the song was misinterpreted by the Russian Government as a song about nuclear war.[1]
7" single
| Chart (1984/85) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 6 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 13 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 23 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | 4 |
| UK Singles Chart | 31 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 1 |
| German Singles Chart | 18 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 19 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 14[2] |
| Dutch Top 40 | 21 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 7 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 17 |
| Australian Singles Chart | 4 |
| Preceded by "I Want to Know What Love Is " by Foreigner |
Canadian RPM number-one single March 16, 1985 |
Succeeded by "One More Night" by Phil Collins |
2. Referenced in P.M. Dawn's 1991 single Set Adrift On Memory Bliss
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