music.wikisort.org - Composition"Can't Stop the Music" is a song recorded by American disco group the Village People. As the group's first release after the exit of original lead singer Victor Willis, with lead vocals sung by replacement cop Ray Simpson, the song was the first Village People single since their commercial breakthrough to not chart inside the US top 40, though it fared much better in Europe (reaching #7 in Belgium, #10 in West Germany, #11 in the UK, #15 in Sweden, #18 in Ireland, and #19 in Austria), South Africa (reaching #1 in the country), and Oceania (reaching #1 in Australia and #2 in New Zealand). It is the title track from the soundtrack album of their feature movie, Can't Stop the Music, which failed to attract a major audience, except in Australia.[1]
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1980 single by Village People
"Can't Stop the Music" |
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B-side | "Milkshake", "Liberation" |
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Released | 1980 |
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Recorded | 1980 |
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Genre | Disco |
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Length | 3:37 |
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Label | Casablanca |
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Songwriter(s) | Jacques Morali |
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Producer(s) | Jacques Morali |
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"Sleazy" (1979) |
"Can't Stop the Music" (1980) |
"Magic Night" (1980) |
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Recently, Village People have included "Can’t Stop The Music" in their set, breaking tradition of the Cop singing lead and instead having two of the other members take over lead vocal duties as Victor takes a break in the middle of the show.
Critical reception
Cash Box said that compared to the Village People's previous hits, this song "[emphasizes] the music a bit more and [softens] the normally strident beat."[2]
Personnel
Charts
Weekly charts
Chart (1980-1981) |
Peak position |
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] |
1 |
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) |
19 |
Belgium (Ultratop) |
7 |
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[4] |
8 |
France (IFOP)[5] |
50 |
Ireland (IRMA)[6] |
18 |
New Zealand (RIANZ) |
2 |
South Africa (Springbok)[7] |
1 |
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) |
15 |
UK Singles (OCC) |
11 |
US Disco Singles (Billboard) |
27 |
West Germany (Official German Charts) |
10 |
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Year-end charts
Chart (1980) |
Rank |
Australia[8] |
6 |
South Africa[9] |
7 |
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Covers
Puerto Rican boy band Menudo wrote a Spanish-language adaptation of the song, entitled "No Se Puede Parar la Música", in 1981.
References
- "Greatest Box-Office Bombs, Disasters and Flops". Filmsite.org. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
- "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. June 28, 1980. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
- Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 329. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Village People". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 275. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- "Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70" (in French). InfoDisc. 1980-07-11. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Can't Stop the Music". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
- "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- "Top 20 Hit Singles of 1980". Retrieved 2 September 2018.
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- Victor Willis
- Angel Morales
- James Kwong
- James Lee
- Chad Freeman
- J. J. Lippold
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