| "Don't Stop the Music" | ||||
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 Side A of the US 7-inch single | ||||
| Single byYarbrough and Peoples | ||||
| from the albumThe Two of Us | ||||
| B-side | "You're My Song" | |||
| Released | December 19, 1980 (UK)[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
| Genre | R&B,boogie | |||
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| Label | Mercury | |||
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| "Don't Stop the Music " onYouTube | ||||
"Don't Stop the Music" is a song byYarbrough and Peoples, from the duo's 1980 debut album,The Two of Us. It was released as a single onMercury Records in 1980.
The song reached number 26 on the dance charts, number 19 on theBillboard Hot 100, and fared even better on the US R&B chart, where it hit number one,[2] Outside the US, "Don't Stop the Music" went to number 7 in the UK. The song's success helped to earn agold record for the duo.Radio promotion for the record was handled in Los Angeles by independent marketing firm Dudley-Gorov,[3] while a youngRussell Simmons shopped the record to New York club DJs as one of his early jobs.[4]
| Chart (1981) | Peak position |
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| Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] | 73 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6] | 4 |
| CanadaRPM Top Singles | 40 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[7] | 18 |
| Netherlands[8] | 2 |
| UK Singles Chart[9] | 7 |
| USBillboard Hot 100[10] | 19 |
| USR&B Singles[11] | 1 |
| Dance/Club Play Singles[12] | 26 |
| USCash Box Top 100[13] | 17 |
The music video for the song featured hand puppets singing "You don't really wanna stop? No!" The duo also used them for many of their live performances.
"Don't Stop the Music" has been heavily sampled by other artists, primarily in the hip hop genre, on songs including “Tops Drop” byFat Pat, “Can’t Stop the Southland” byBrownside, "Gangsta Lovin'" byEve, "All Night Long" byCommon, "Let It Go" byKeyshia Cole, "Don't stop what you doing" byDiddy off his debut albumNo Way Out,"Crazy in Love" (Rockwilder Remix) byBeyoncé and "Let's Do It Again" byTLC.