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| Single by Yarbrough and Peoples | ||||
| from the album The Two of Us | ||||
| B-side | "You're My Song" | |||
| Released | 19 December 1980 (UK) [1] | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
| Genre | R&B, boogie | |||
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| Label | Mercury | |||
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| "Don't Stop the Music " on YouTube | ||||
"Don't Stop the Music" is a song by Yarbrough and Peoples, from the duo's 1980 debut album, The Two of Us . It was released as a single on Mercury Records in 1980.
The song reached number 26 on the dance charts, number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100, and fared even better on the US R&B chart, where it hit number one, [2] Outside the US, "Don't Stop the Music" went to number 7 in the UK. The song's success helped to earn a gold record for the duo. Radio promotion for the record was handled in Los Angeles by independent marketing firm Dudley-Gorov, [3] while a young Russell Simmons shopped the record to New York club DJs as one of his early jobs. [4]
| Chart (1981) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report) [5] | 73 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [6] | 4 |
| Canada RPM Top Singles | 40 |
| Ireland (IRMA) [7] | 18 |
| Netherlands [8] | 2 |
| UK Singles Chart [9] | 7 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 [10] | 19 |
| US R&B Singles [11] | 1 |
| Dance/Club Play Singles [12] | 26 |
| US Cash Box Top 100 [13] | 17 |
The music video for the song featured hand puppets singing "You don't really wanna stop? No!" The duo also used them for many of their live performances.
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