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Whitburn, Joel (2004), Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003, Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research, ISBN 0-89820-156-X, archived from the original on 2010-03-16; Some weeks may also be found at Billboard magazine courtesy of Google Books: 1980—1984
[18] In 2009, VH1 ranked the song at number 37 on its list of the "100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 1980s". [19] In 2018, Time Out ranked it at number 44 on its list of "The 100 best party songs". "Funkytown" expresses a simple, repetitive yearning for the pulse of a bigger city, goosed by a killer ten-note synth riff.
Michael Jackson's Thriller (LP cuts) remained atop the Dance/Disco Top 80 chart for 11 weeks, the longest in history. Madonna achieved her first number-one single on the chart with "Holiday"/"Lucky Star". [11] 1984: Prince's "When Doves Cry" topped the Dance/Disco Top 80 chart for six consecutive weeks, longer than any other singles that year ...
Hi-NRG is uptempo disco or electronic dance music usually featuring synthetic bassline octaves. This list contains some examples of hi-NRG artists and songs. Hi-NRG songs by non-hi NRG artists are also included.
Lipps Inc. started as a project of Steven Greenberg when he was a wedding DJ who wanted to try his hand at writing disco songs. He had intended to use the name Lip Sync, but it was in use by another group, so instead he chose the homophone Lipps Inc. Greenberg was the sole member of the group until he met Cynthia Johnson while auditioning singers for his song "Rock It".
Same year, Time Out ranked it number 41 in their "The 50 Best '80s Songs" list. [20] Spin ranked it as one of "The 30 Best Disco Songs That Every Millennial Should Know" in 2019. [ 21 ] Slant Magazine placed "Pull Up to the Bumper" at number 64 in their list of "The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time" in 2020. [ 22 ]
Dance; 1976 "Get off Your Aaahh and Dance" — 39 16 Foxy: 1977 "The Way You Do the Things You Do" — — 5 1978 "Get Off" 9 1 18 Get Off: 1979 "Hot Number" 21 4 26 Hot Numbers "Rrrrrrock" — — 66 Party Boys: 1980 "Party Boys" — — 24 "—" denotes the single failed to chart
Whitburn, Joel (2004), Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003, Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research, ISBN 0-89820-156-X; Some weeks may also be found at Billboard magazine courtesy of Google Books: 1980—1984