I've Got the Next Dance

"I've Got the Next Dance"
Single by Deniece Williams
from the album When Love Comes Calling
B-side	"When Love Comes Calling"
Released	April 1979
Recorded	1979
Genre	Post-disco R&B soul
Length	3:42
Label	ARC/Columbia
Songwriters	Cheyenne Fowler, Keg Johnson, June Deniece Williams
Producer	David Foster

"I've Got the Next Dance" is a song by Deniece Williams issued as a single in April 1979 on ARC/Columbia Records. ^[1] The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Dance Club Play chart and No. 26 on the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart. ^{[2] [3]}

Overview

"I've Got the Next Dance" was composed by Cheyenne Fowler, Keg Johnson and June Deniece Williams, although there were three other non-credited composers, which included Anthony Johnson, Michael Nance, and Ed Mann. The song was also produced by David Foster and came off Williams' 1979 album When Love Comes Calling . ^[1]

Critical reception

Connie Johnson of the Los Angeles Times found that "Williams rocks assertively in an arrangement that would have overwhelmed a lesser singer." ^[4] Andy Kellman of AllMusic called I've Got the Next Dance "an effervescent slice of galloping disco-pop". ^[5]

References

1. Deniece Williams: I've Got the Next Dance. ARC/Columbia Records. 1979.
2. "Deniece Williams: I've Got The Next Dance (Dance Club Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
3. "Deniece Williams: I've Got The Next Dance (Hot Soul Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
4. Johnson, Connie (October 28, 1979). "Deniece Williams: When Love Comes Calling". newspapers.com. Los Angeles Times. p. 412.
5. Kellman, Andy. "Deniece Williams: When Love Comes Calling". allmusic.com. AllMusic.