Block Party (song)

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"Block Party"
Single by Stacy Lattisaw and Johnny Gill
from the album Perfect Combination
Released1984
Genre Funk, Soul, Hi-NRG, Disco, New Jack Swing
Length5:25
Label Cotillion (7 99725 (US))
Songwriter(s) Narada Michael Walden, Preston Glass
Stacy Lattisaw singles chronology
"Perfect Combination" / "Heartbreak Look"
(1984)
"Block Party"
(1984)
"Baby It's You"
(1984)
Johnny Gill singles chronology
"Perfect Combination" / "Heartbreak Look"
(1984)
"Block Party"
(1984)
"Baby It's You"
(1984)

"Block Party" is a song performed by Stacy Lattisaw and Johnny Gill from their duet album Perfect Combination . The song was written by Narada Michael Walden, who also wrote her uptempo 1980 single "Jump to the Beat". It entered three Billboard charts in total. [1]

Contents

Track listing

1984 release

12-inch vinyl [2]

Side 1
No.TitleLength
1."Block Party"5:25
2."Block Party"5:25

7-inch vinyl [2]

Side 1
No.TitleLength
1."Block Party"4:04
2."Come Out of the Shadows"5:19

Chart position

Chart (1984)Peak
position
Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play [1] 48

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References

  1. 1 2 "Stacy Lattisaw US chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 29, 2009.
  2. 1 2 ""Block Party" on Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved August 24, 2011.