"Music Is the Key" | ||||
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Single by J.M. Silk | ||||
from the album The House Sound Of Chicago | ||||
B-side | "Remix" | |||
Released | July 1985 | |||
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Recorded | 1985 | |||
Genre | Chicago house | |||
Length | 5:45 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Steve Hurley | |||
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Steve "Silk" Hurley singles chronology | ||||
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"Music Is the Key" is the debut single by J.M. Silk, and the first release issued on D.J. International Records in 1985.
The song was written by Steve "Silk" Hurley and successfully entered the US Dance chart, where it climbed to number 9, [1] while scoring at number 18 for U.S. Maxi-Singles Sale. [2]
Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 9 |
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 18 |
Steve W. "Silk" Hurley, also known as J.M. Silk, is an American club DJ, pioneering house music producer, songwriter, and four-time Grammy Award nominee. Two times as Remixer of the Year, Non-Classical, respectively twice for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical.
"Jack Your Body" is a house music song by Steve "Silk" Hurley, originally released as a single in 1986. It was featured on the only J.M. Silk album, Hold on to Your Dream, released in 1987.
"Shake Your Head" is a song by the band Was. It was originally released in 1983 on the album Born to Laugh at Tornadoes. In 1992, it was re-recorded and remixed by house music producer Steve "Silk" Hurley, and features actress Kim Basinger alongside a re-recorded Ozzy Osbourne on vocals. It appeared on the group's compilation album, Hello Dad... I'm in Jail.
"I Can't Turn Around" is a song written and originally performed by soul singer Isaac Hayes as the lead single from his 1975 album Chocolate Chip.
"Love Can't Turn Around" is a 1986 Chicago house song by Farley Keith Williams a.k.a. Farley "Jackmaster" Funk and Jesse Saunders featuring vocalist Darryl Pandy. It holds an important place in the history of house music as the first record in that genre to cross over from the U.S. clubs into the UK Singles Chart.
"Searchin" is a 1993 song by the musician CeCe Peniston, taken from her second solo album Thought 'Ya Knew on A&M Records.
"Keep On Walkin'" is a 1992 song by the musician CeCe Peniston, recorded for her debut album release Finally on A&M Records.
"We Got a Love Thang" is a 1992 song by American musician CeCe Peniston, originally released on her debut album, Finally. The song was co-written by Chantay Savage, and became the second number one hit for the artist, remaining on the top of the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart two weeks. In the United Kingdom the title scored number six, while on the Hot 100 it reached number twenty.
"Nobody Else" is a 1998 song by CeCe Peniston. The composition was to be the lead single of the singer's originally scheduled album release on the Silk Entertainment label, as well as reportedly released on Steve Hurley's compilation The Voices of Life, Vol 1. The production of her album was cancelled eventually, and releasing of the compilation wouldn't happen either. However, the singer released another two singles on the label, "He Loves Me 2" the following year and "My Boo" in 2000.
"Shadows of Your Love" is a 1986 song performed by J.M. Silk featuring Steve "Silk" Hurley.
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"She's So Far Away" is a song by J.M. Silk, taken from the album Hold on to Your Dream, which was released in 1987 on RCA Records.
"Cry of the Lonely" is a song by J.M. Silk, released as the final single taken from the album Hold on to Your Dream issued on RCA Records, in 1987.
"Work It Out" is a house music song by Chicago based producer Steve "Silk" Hurley featuring rap vocals by M. Doc.
"Cold World" is a song recorded by Steve "Silk" Hurley along with Jamie Principle.
"Heart of Passion" is a song by J.M. Silk taken from the album Hold on to Your Dream, which was released on RCA Records, in 1987.
"The Word Is Love " is a 1997 song released by Hurley's Voices of Life, featuring vocals by Sharon Pass.
"Runnin' Away" is a song released by The Voices of Life with lead vocals performed by Sharon Pass, with whom Steve "Silk" Hurley worked also on previous singles (on "Seasons of Love" with leading vocal by Keith Nunnally in 1991, and "The Word Is Love " that peaked at number twenty-six on the UK Singles Chart in 1998.
"He Loves Me 2" is a 1999 song by the musician CeCe Peniston. This single was to be originally included on the singer's album, which was not released. A remix of the song, Paul Johnson's Dancefloor Dub, entered the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where it peaked at number twenty-four in November 1999, after being classified number five as the Billboard Hot Dance Breakouts in the Club Play category.
"I'm Not Over You" is a 1994 song by the musician CeCe Peniston, originally recorded for her album Thought 'Ya Knew on A&M Records. The single achieved number two in the US Dance chart, and number ten on the R&B field. In the Billboard Hot 100 the song charted at number forty-one. The B-side of the single included "Searchin'", which was previously released only for promotional purposes.