My Feet Keep Dancing
"My Feet Keep Dancing" | ||||
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Single by Chic | ||||
from the album Risqué | ||||
B-side | "Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song)" | |||
Released | December 1979 [1] | |||
Recorded | 1979 | |||
Studio | Power Station, New York City | |||
Genre | Disco[2] | |||
Length | 6:38 (album version) 3:51 (single version) | |||
Label | Atlantic (3683) | |||
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Chic singles chronology | ||||
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"My Feet Keep Dancing" is the third single from Chic's third studio album Risqué. It features a co-lead vocal by Luci Martin and Bernard Edwards and a tap dance solo by Fayard Nicholas (of the Nicholas Brothers), Eugene Jackson (of Our Gang), and Sammy Warren.
Cash Box described it as an "ear-catching dance concoction, with its rhythmic use of strings."[3] Record World called it "a fine example of how Chic sets the standards for today's dance music."[4]
Track listings
[edit]- Atlantic 7" 3638, 1979
- A. "My Feet Keep Dancing" (7" Edit) - 3:51
- B. "Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song)" - 4:05
- Atlantic promo 12" DSKO 220
- A. "My Feet Keep Dancing" - 6:38
- B. "Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song)" - 4:05
Chart
[edit]It reached #21 on the UK singles chart in January 1980, spending 9 weeks on the chart. It failed to enter US Billboard R&B chart Top 40 peaking at #42. On the disco chart, "My Feet Keep Dancing, along with the cuts, "Good Times" and "My Forbidden Lover" went to #3.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Chic singles".
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 56.
- ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. November 24, 1979. p. 24. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
- ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. November 24, 1979. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-11.