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Do You Wanna Get Away (song)

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"Do You Wanna Get Away"
Single by Shannon
from the album Do You Wanna Get Away
Released1985
GenrePost-disco[1]
Length4:54 (album version)
LabelMirage/Emergency
Songwriter(s)Ann Godwin
Chris Barbosa
Producer(s)Chris Barbosa
Mark Liggett
Shannon singles chronology
"Sweet Somebody"
(1984)
"Do You Wanna Get Away"
(1985)
"Stronger Together"
(1985)
Alternative covers
12" single

"Do You Wanna Get Away" is a 1985 song by American dance pop singer Shannon. It was released as the lead single from her second studio album of the same name. It was her third number one dance chart hit in less than two years. The single spent two weeks at number one on the US Dance Club Play chart, and reached the top 20 on US Soul Singles chart and charted on the US Hot 100.

Track listing

US 12" Single
No.TitleLength
1."Do You Wanna Get Away" (Vocal/Long Version)4:57
2."Do You Wanna Get Away" (Long Dub Version)6:07

Charts

Chart (1985) Peak
Position
German Singles Chart[2] 57
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] 49
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play[3] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[3] 2
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles[3] 13

See also

References

  1. ^ "Picks and Pans Review: Do You Wanna Get Away". People. Vol. 24, no. 3. 15 July 1985. ISSN 0093-7673. The title cut is basic and gripping post-disco worthy of a Donna Summer.
  2. ^ Germany Singles Chart (Retrieved January 27, 2010)
  3. ^ a b c d Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved January 27, 2010)