Instant Replay (song)

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"Instant Replay"
Single by Dan Hartman
from the album Instant Replay
B-side "Instant Replay (Replayed)"
ReleasedAugust 1978
Genre Disco [1]
Length3:25 (single version)
5:20 (album version)
8:15 (12-inch version)
Label Blue Sky
Songwriter Dan Hartman
Producer Dan Hartman
Dan Hartman singles chronology
"Lighthouse"
(1977)		"Instant Replay"
(1978)		"This Is It"
(1979)

"Instant Replay" is a song by Dan Hartman from the album Instant Replay. The song reached number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart, while topping out on the R&B chart at number 44. In the UK, the song peaked at number 8 in November 1978. [2]

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Music video

The video for the song features Hartman alongside future Kiss lead guitarist Vinnie Vincent, Hilly Michaels from the band Sparks on drums, and future Hall & Oates guitarist and Saturday Night Live band leader G.E. Smith on bass. Backing vocalist Blanche Napoleon did not appear in the video, though her vocals can still be heard. [3] [4] [5]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [17] Gold75,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [18] Silver250,000^
United States (RIAA) [19] Gold1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Cover versions

References

  1. ↑ Echols, Alice (March 29, 2010). "Ladies' Night: Women and Disco". Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 93. ISBN   978-0-393-06675-3.
  2. 1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 421. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  3. ↑ "Interview: Conversation with Blanche Napoleon - Ep174". Decibel Geek. December 2011. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  4. ↑ "Interview: Episode 67 - Blanche Napoleon on Dan Hartman". The Hustle. August 16, 2016. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  5. ↑ Hartman, Dan (1978). Instant replay.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  7. ↑ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Library and Archives Canada . 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  8. ↑ "Dan Hartman – Instant Replay" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  9. ↑ "Dan Hartman – Instant Replay" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  10. ↑ Infodisc.fr Archived 2013-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ "Dan Hartman – Instant Replay". Top 40 Singles.
  12. ↑ AllMusic
  13. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 247.
  14. ↑ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending December 30, 1978". Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 2018-01-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) Cash Box magazine.
  15. ↑ "Top 100 1978 - UK Music Charts". uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  16. ↑ "Kent Music Report No 288 – 31 December 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1979". Kent Music Report . Retrieved January 10, 2023– via Imgur.com.
  17. ↑ "Canadian single certifications – Dan Hartman – Instant Replay". Music Canada . Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  18. ↑ "British single certifications – Dan Hartman – Instant Replay". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  19. ↑ "American single certifications – Dan Hartman – Instant Replay". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  20. ↑ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
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