Let's Dance (9th Creation song)

"Let's Dance"
Song by 9th Creation
from the album Superheroes
B-side"Shucks, You're Fine"
Released1979
Length3:32
LabelHilltak PW 7901
Songwriter(s)A. D. Burrise, J. D. Burrise, Don Allen
Producer(s)J. D. Burrise
9th Creation singles chronology
"Got My Baby Back"
(1979) 		"Let's Dance"
(1979) 		"Mellow Music"
(1982)

"Let's Dance" was a hit for R&B funk group 9th Creation in 1979. It made it to the Billboard, Cash Box and Record World charts.

Background

"Let's Dance" bw "Shucks, You're Fine" was released on Hilltak PW 7901 in 1979.[1] Along with "Steppin'" by The Gap Band, "The Same Thing (Makes You Laugh, Makes You Cry)" by Sly & the Family Stone and "Half a Love" by Aretha Franklin etc., it was a recommended song in Billboard's Top Single Picks for the week ending November 24, 1979.[2] In December, 1979, it was "programmers Pick by J.J. Jefferies of KSOL in San Francisco.[3]

The record peaked spent a total of ten weeks in the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart, peaking at #45 on December 15, 1979.[4] It also spent eleven weeks in the Cash Box Top 100 chart, peaking at #53 on December 12th.,[5][6][7] and it peaked at #47 on January 19th, 1980, having spent a total of seven weeks in the Record World Black Oriented Singles chart.[8][9][10]

Decades later, Jerome Deradji arranged an interview between Fitzroy of the Soul Survivors magazine and A. D. Burrise in 2018. Burrise was explaining that "Let's Dance" was like George Duke funk and also cited Duke as an influence for him to write the song.[11]

Charts

Chart (1979) Peak
position
US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard)[12] 45
US Top 100 (Cash Box)[13][14][15] 53
US Black Oriented Singles (Record World)[16][17][18] 47

References

  1. ^ Music Metason - ArtistInfo, The 9th Creation, Let's Dance / Shucks, You're Fine
  2. ^ Billboard, November 24, 1979 - Page 68 Billboard's Top Single Picks For Week Ending 11/24/79, recommended
  3. ^ Cash Box, December 8, 1979 - Page 33 BLACK CONTEMPORARY, PROGRAMMERS PICKS
  4. ^ Billboard, December 15, 1979 - Page 22A Billboard Hot Soul Singles
  5. ^ Cash Box, December 29, 1979 - Page 92 CASH BOX TOP 100
  6. ^ Cash Box, January 26, 1980 - Page 26 CASH BOX TOP 100
  7. ^ Cash Box, February 2, 1980 - Page 35 CASH BOX TOP 100
  8. ^ Record World,January 12, 1980 - Page 32 Record World Black Oriented Singles
  9. ^ Record World, January 19, 1980 - Page 64 Record World Black Oriented Singles
  10. ^ Record World, January 26, 1980 - Page 40 Record World Black Oriented Singles
  11. ^ The Soul Survivors Magazine, Issue 79, 1st December 2018 - 31st January 2019 - Fitzroy Speaks With A. D. Burrise
  12. ^ Billboard, December 15, 1979 - Page 22A Billboard Hot Soul Singles
  13. ^ Cash Box, December 29, 1979 - Page 92 CASH BOX TOP 100
  14. ^ Cash Box, January 26, 1980 - Page 26 CASH BOX TOP 100
  15. ^ Cash Box, February 2, 1980 - Page 35 CASH BOX TOP 100
  16. ^ Record World,January 12, 1980 - Page 32 Record World Black Oriented Singles
  17. ^ Record World, January 19, 1980 - Page 64 Record World Black Oriented Singles
  18. ^ Record World, January 26, 1980 - Page 40 Record World Black Oriented Singles