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I've Got the Next Dance

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"I've Got the Next Dance"
Single by Deniece Williams
from the album When Love Comes Calling
B-side"When Love Comes Calling"
ReleasedApril 1979
Recorded1979
GenreDiscoR&BSoul
Length3:42
LabelARC/Columbia
Songwriter(s)Cheyenne Fowler, Keg Johnson, June Deniece Williams
Producer(s)David Foster

"I've Got the Next Dance" is a song by Deniece Williams issued as a single in April 1979 on ARC/Columbia Records.[1] The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Dance Club Play chart and No. 26 on the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart.[2][3]

Overview

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"I've Got the Next Dance" was composed by Cheyenne Fowler, Keg Johnson and June Deniece Williams. although there were three other non-credited composers. The song was also produced by David Foster and came off Williams' 1979 album When Love Comes Calling.[1]

Critical reception

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Connie Johnson of the Los Angeles Times found that "Williams rocks assertively in an arrangement that would have overwhelmed a lesser singer."[4] Andy Kellman of Allmusic called I've Got the Next Dance "an effervescent slice of galloping disco-pop".[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Deniece Williams: I've Got the Next Dance. ARC/Columbia Records. 1979.
  2. ^ "Deniece Williams: I've Got The Next Dance (Dance Club Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  3. ^ "Deniece Williams: I've Got The Next Dance (Hot Soul Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  4. ^ Johnson, Connie (October 28, 1979). "Deniece Williams: When Love Comes Calling". newspapers.com. Los Angeles Times. p. 412.
  5. ^ Kellman, Andy. "Deniece Williams: When Love Comes Calling". allmusic.com. Allmusic.