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"Block Party"
Single by Stacy Lattisaw and Johnny Gill
from the album Perfect Combination
Released1984
Genre
Length5:25
LabelCotillion (7 99725 (US))
Songwriter(s)Narada Michael Walden, Preston Glass
Stacy Lattisaw singles chronology
"Perfect Combination" / "Heartbreak Look"
(1984)
"Block Party"
(1984)
"Baby It's You"
(1984)
Johnny Gill singles chronology
"Perfect Combination" / "Heartbreak Look"
(1984)
"Block Party"
(1984)
"Baby It's You"
(1984)

"Block Party" is a song performed by Stacy Lattisaw and Johnny Gill from their duet album Perfect Combination. The song was written by Narada Michael Walden, who also wrote her uptempo 1980 single "Jump to the Beat". It entered three Billboard charts in total.[1]

Track listing

1984 release

12-inch vinyl[2]

  • US: Cottilion / 7 99725
Side 1
No.TitleLength
1."Block Party"5:25
2."Block Party"5:25

7-inch vinyl[2]

  • US: Cottilion / 7 99725
Side 1
No.TitleLength
1."Block Party"4:04
2."Come Out of the Shadows"5:19

Chart position

Chart (1984) Peak
position
Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play[1] 48

References

  1. ^ a b "Stacy Lattisaw US chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 29, 2009.
  2. ^ a b ""Block Party" on Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved August 24, 2011.