Don't Stop the Music (Yarbrough and Peoples song)
| "Don't Stop the Music" | ||||
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| Single by Yarbrough and Peoples | ||||
| from the album The Two of Us | ||||
| B-side | "You're My Song" | |||
| Released | January 12, 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
| Genre | R&B, boogie | |||
| Length | 7:49 4:08 (7") | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jonah Ellis, Alisa Peoples and Cavin Yarbrough | |||
| Producer(s) | Jonah Ellis Lonnie Simmons | |||
| Yarbrough and Peoples singles chronology | ||||
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"Don't Stop the Music" is a song by Yarbrough and Peoples, from the duo's 1980 debut album, The Two of Us. It was released as a single on Mercury Records in 1981.
Chart Performance
The song reached number 26 on the dance charts, number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and fared even better on the US R&B chart, where it hit number one,[1] Outside the US, "Don't Stop the Music" went to number 7 in the UK. The song's success helped to earn a gold record for the duo. Radio promotion for the record was handled in Los Angeles by independent marketing firm Dudley-Gorov,[2] while a young Russell Simmons shopped the record to New York club DJs as one of his early jobs.[3]
Chart history
| Chart (1981) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] | 73 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] | 4 |
| Canada RPM Top Singles | 40 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[6] | 18 |
| Netherlands [7] | 2 |
| UK Singles Chart[8] | 7 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[9] | 19 |
| US R&B Singles[10] | 1 |
| Dance/Club Play Singles[11] | 26 |
| US Cash Box Top 100[12] | 17 |
Music Video
The music video for the song featured hand puppets singing "You don't really wanna stop? No!" The duo also used them for many of their live performances.
Cover versions
The song has been covered multiple times, most notably:
- In 1989 by Simon Harris.
- In 1998, the song made a flurry of cover appearances, in altered form. Jagged Edge included the song as "Ain't No Stoppin'" on their album A Jagged Era, and Puff Daddy (Sean Combs) reworked the song as "Don't Stop What You're Doin'" for the album No Way Out.
- The group Playa stayed faithful to the original version on their album Cheers 2 U. The song was included on the soundtrack to the film Soul Food[13] From Jamaica, Bits & Pieces, band produced by Sly & Robbie, recorded a version (1981) https://www.discogs.com/Bits-Pieces-Dont-Stop-The-Music/release/159312.
Sampling
The song has been sampled numerous times:
- In 1994, the song was sampled by rapper K7, in a remix of his song "Zunga Zeng".
- Also in 1994, TLC interpolated the chorus during the breakdown on the track "Let's Do It Again" from their album CrazySexyCool.
- The same year Hip-Hop duo Quo sampled the song, which is based on their single "Blowin' Up (Don't Stop the Music)" featuring Aaron Hall that was produced by Teddy Riley (both from Guy).
- Then in 1995 the R&B girl group Nuttin Nyce lifted the hook for their track "Froggy Style."
- The song's bassline was sampled by Tichina Arnold on her track "I Want to Know Your Name" on her album "One Love".
- In 2002, the song's chorus was used on the top 5 single "Gangsta Lovin'" by Eve and Alicia Keys, *Keyshia Cole sampled it for the song "Let It Go" from her album Just Like You, released in 2007.
- The song was also sampled in Fat Pat's "Tops Drop" on his 1998 debut album Ghetto Dreams and went on to hit #46 and #5 on U.S. R&B and Rap charts, respectively.[14]
- 2Pac also sampled this record In 1996 on the unreleased original version of the song "Don't Stop". However this song was remixed for his 2006 Pac's Life album. The original song can be found on the internet under the name "Don't Stop the Music".
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2005). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 85.
- ^ Cary Darling (July 25, 1981). "Dudley-Gorov Niche: Mass Appeal". Billboard. p. 18.
- ^ Russell Simmons (2011). Super Rich: A Guide to Having It All. Penguin. p. 49. ISBN 9781101445983.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Yarbrough and Peoples – Don't Stop The Music" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Don't Stop the Music". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
- ^ https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Yarbrough+&+Peoples&titel=Don't+Stop+The+Music&cat=s
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. Guinness.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2007). Top Pop Singles: 1955-2006. Record Research.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2005). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 85.
- ^ allmusic
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, April 25, 1981". Archived from the original on June 3, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
- ^ Irv Lichtman (August 1, 1998). "Words & Music". Billboard. p. 35.
- ^ "Fat Pat (rapper)", Wikipedia, 2019-01-02, retrieved 2019-01-04