The Boss (Diana Ross song)
| "The Boss" | |
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| Song | |
| B-side | "I'm in the World" |
"The Boss" is a 1979 disco song written and produced by Ashford & Simpson and recorded by singer Diana Ross, who released it as a single on the Motown label. It was the first release from the album of the same title
Commercial performance
The single peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart,[1] reached #12 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, and went to number 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.
The song debuted at number 64 in the UK Singles Chart on July 21, 1979, reaching its highest peak on August 4, 1979.[2][3] The song spent 7 weeks in the top 75 before leaving the chart on September 1, 1979.[4]
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Formats
The track was remixed by David Morales in 1993 and included on Ross' album Diana Extended: The Remixes. The track was also remixed by Almighty Records in 2009 and was included on their album "Almighty - We Love Diana Ross"
Personnel
- Lead vocals by Diana Ross
- Background vocals by Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Maxine and Julia Waters
- Produced and written by Ashford & Simpson
The Braxtons version
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| Song |
"The Boss" is a song performed by American recording R&B group The Braxtons. The song was written by Ashford & Simpson and produced by Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez, "Little" Louie Vega. It was released as the third single from their first studio album So Many Ways on March 17, 1997.
Music video
A music video was released featuring The Braxtons Trina, Towanda and Tamar with a length of the video at 4 minutes and 27 seconds. The video starts with Towanda kissing goodbye her lover as he rushes off to work. Then the video brings you to a living room where The Braxton's are singing and dancing. The video also shows The Braxton's talking on the phone to each other and also singing by a tree.[10]
Commercial performance
On February 1, 1997 the Masters At Work version topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart for one week a #1 in the United States.[11] The song stayed in the chart for 14 weeks.[12]
On March 29, 1997 the song debuted at number 31 on the UK Singles Chart.[13] The song spent a total of three weeks on the chart at numbers 50 and 69 respectively before leaving the Top 75 on April 12, 1997 becoming their second top 40 in the UK.[14][15]
Track listing and formats
Chart performance
| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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| UK[13] | 31 |
| US Billboard Dance Club[12] | 1 |
Release history
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Late, 1996 | Vinyl 12", Promo | Atlantic Records | [16][17] |
| United Kingdom | [18][20] | |||
| United States | 1997 | CD | [19] | |
| Europe | [22] | |||
| Germany | [23] | |||
| Australia | Warner Music Australia | [21] |
Other cover versions
On February 12, 2008, American dance-pop singer Kristine W released a cover of this song as the first single off her album The Power of Music. Kristine's version also hit number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart[24] in March 2008, becoming her eleventh US dance chart-topper and the third version of the song to top this survey.
The song was covered by Ashford and Simpson during a televised live concert special in 1982, and by Whitney Houston during her live shows in 1997/98.
See also
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)
- ^ "UK Singles Chart Archive 21.07.1979". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ^ "UK Singles Chart Archive 04.08.1979". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ^ "UK Singles Chart Archive 01.09.1979". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ^ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6839a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6839a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6839a
- ^ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6826&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6826.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6826 boss
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
- ^ "The Braxtons – The Boss CD". discogs.com. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ^ "The Braxtons - The Boss". YouTube. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ^ "The Braxtons - Chart History Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ^ a b "Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date February 1, 1997". Billboard. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ^ a b "UK Singles Chart Archive 29.03.1997". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ^ "UK Singles Chart Archive 05.04.1997". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ^ "UK Singles Chart Archive 12.04.1997". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ^ a b "The Braxtons - The Boss (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ^ a b "The Braxtons - The Boss at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ^ a b "The Braxtons - The Boss (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ^ a b "The Braxtons - The Boss Maxi Single Promo". Discogs. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ^ a b "The Braxtons - The Boss UK (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ^ a b "The Braxtons - The Boss Australia Maxi Single at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ^ a b "The Braxtons - The Boss (CD) Europe at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ^ a b "The Braxtons - The Boss Germany CD at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ^ Current Billboard Hot Dance Club Play
