The Gap Band II

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The Gap Band II
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 19, 1979
Recorded1979
StudioTotal Experience Recording Studios (Hollywood)
Genre
Length38:52
Label Mercury
Producer Lonnie Simmons
The Gap Band chronology
The Gap Band
(1979)
The Gap Band II
(1979)
The Gap Band III
(1980)

The Gap Band II is the fourth studio album by the Gap Band, released in 1979 on Mercury Records. It is their second major label release, and produced by Lonnie Simmons.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The album reached No. 3 on the Black Albums chart and No. 42 on the Pop Albums chart. The album produced the singles "Steppin' (Out)" (No. 10 Black Singles), "Party Lights" (No. 36 Black Singles), and "I Don't Believe You Want to Get up and Dance (Oops!)" (No. 4 Black Singles, No. 52 Club Play Singles).

The album established the Gap Band as leaders in the R&B market, becoming their first gold album, selling over 500,000 copies through 1980. The album's most successful track, "I Don't Believe You Want to Get up and Dance (Oops!)", was their first to incorporate aspects of the P-Funk sound. The song also alludes to a well-known corruption of the childhood nursery rhyme, Jack and Jill (a pattern later continued on "Humpin'").

Track listing

#TitleWriter(s)Length
1.Steppin' (Out) Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson 4:25
2.No Hiding PlaceCharlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson5:34
3. I Don't Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Oops!) Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Robert Wilson, Ronnie Wilson, Rudolph Taylor8:39
4.Who Do You CallCharlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Robert Wilson, Ronnie Wilson4:57
5.You Are My HighCharlie Wilson, Johnsye Smith, Ronnie Wilson5:38
6.Party LightsCharlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson, Rudolph Taylor3:54
7.The Boys Are Back in TownCharlie Wilson, Malvin Dino Vice, Lonnie Simmons5:45

Personnel

Charts

Singles

YearSingleChart positions [6]
US
R&B
US
Disco
1980"I Don't Believe You Want to Get up and Dance (Oops!)"452
"Party Lights"36-
"Steppin' (Out)"10-

References

  1. Henderson, Alex. The Gap Band: The Gap Band II > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
  2. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 271.
  3. "The Gap Band Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  4. "The Gap Band Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  5. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1980". Billboard. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  6. "The Gap Band US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved September 11, 2011.