Bustin' Loose | ||||
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Released | 1979 | |||
Studio | Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||
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Length | 39:06 [1] | |||
Label | Source, MCA | |||
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Singles from Winner Takes It All | ||||
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Christgau's Record Guide | B+ [3] |
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Bustin' Loose is a studio album released in 1979 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers. [1] [6] [7] The album includes the charting single and one of the all-time classic go-go songs "Bustin' Loose", [8] along with a remake of the classic Jerry Butler's soul ballad "Never Give You Up" from the 1968 album The Ice Man Cometh . [1]
Bustin' Loose became Brown's first album to chart on the Billboard 200, where it peaked at number 31. On August 10, 1979, Bustin' Loose was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, for shipments of 500,000 copies in the United States. [9] The single "Bustin' Loose" was also certified gold by the RIAA on March 14, 1979. [9]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Bustin' Loose" | Chuck Brown | 7:39 |
2. | "Never Gonna Give You Up" | 5:40 | |
3. | "If It Ain't Funky" | Chuck Brown | 6:01 |
4. | "I Gotcha Now" |
| 5:03 |
5. | "Could It Be Love" |
| 5:19 |
6. | "Games Seven" |
| 6:13 |
7. | "Berro E Sombaro" |
| 3:11 |
Total length: | 39:06 |
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