Do You Wanna Go Party

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Do You Wanna Go Party
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 22, 1979
Recorded1978
Genre
Length33:03
Label TK
Producer H. W. Casey, Richard Finch
KC and the Sunshine Band chronology
Who Do Ya (Love)
(1978)
Do You Wanna Go Party
(1979)
Greatest Hits
(1980)
Singles from Do You Wanna Go Party
  1. "Do You Wanna Go Party""
    Released: 1979
  2. "Please Don't Go""
    Released: July 12, 1979
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Christgau's Record Guide B+ [3]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Do You Wanna Go Party is the sixth studio album by the funk and disco group KC and the Sunshine Band. The album was produced by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch and was released in June 1979 on the TK label.

Contents

History

Do You Wanna Go Party contains the group's last number one hit in the US, "Please Don't Go". [5] The title track was a moderate hit, with more success on the R&B chart, reaching the top ten. The B-side to "Please Don't Go", "I Betcha Didn't Know That", was also a Top 20 R&B chart hit.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hooked On Your Love" 3:55
2."I've Got The Feeling" 3:05
3."Ooh, I Like It" 6:06
4."Please Don't Go" 3:50
5."I Betcha Didn't Know That" Frederick Knight, Sam Dees 4:08
6."Que Pasa?" 5:10
7."Do You Wanna Go Party" 7:29

Personnel

Guest musicians

References

  1. Breihan, Tom (March 11, 2020). "The Number Ones: KC & The Sunshine Band's "Please Don't Go"". Stereogum . Retrieved July 14, 2023. Musically...Do You Wanna Go Party is...the kind of simplistic uptempo funk that had taken the group to the top a half-decade earlier.
  2. Henderson, Alex. Do You Wanna Go Party review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  3. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: K". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 28, 2019 via robertchristgau.com.
  4. Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin. p. 188.
  5. "Please Don't Go". Billboard .