I've Got the Next Dance

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"I've Got the Next Dance"
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Single by Deniece Williams
from the album When Love Comes Calling
B-side "When Love Comes Calling"
ReleasedApril 1979
Recorded1979
Genre R&B
Length3:42
Label ARC/Columbia
Songwriter(s) Cheyenne Fowler, Keg Johnson, June Deniece Williams
Producer(s) 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]

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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. 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]

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References

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  2. "Deniece Williams: I've Got The Next Dance (Dance Club Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
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  5. Kellman, Andy. "Deniece Williams: When Love Comes Calling". allmusic.com. Allmusic.