Don't Stop the Music (Yarbrough and Peoples song)
{{Infobox song
| name = Don't Stop the Music
| cover = YPSTOP.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Yarbrough and Peoples
| album = The Two of Us
| B-side = You're My Song
| released = 19 December 1980 (UK){{Cite web|url=https://www.45cat.com/record/76085|title = Yarbrough and Peoples - Don't Stop the Music}}
| recorded = 1980
| studio =
| venue =
| length = {{flatlist|
- 7:49
- 4:08 (7")
}}
| label = Mercury
| writer = {{flatlist|
- Jonah Ellis
- Alisa Peoples
- Cavin Yarbrough}}
| producer = {{flatlist|
- Jonah Ellis
- Lonnie Simmons}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Don't Waste Your Time
| next_year = 1984
| misc = {{External music video|header=Official audio|{{YouTube|aK2-L2y25Bg|"Don't Stop the Music "}}}}
}}
"Don't Stop the Music" is a song by Yarbrough and Peoples, from the duo's 1980 debut album, The Two of Us. It was released as a single on Mercury Records in 1980.
Chart performance
The song reached number 26 on the dance charts, number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100, and fared even better on the US R&B chart, where it hit number one,{{cite book |title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2005 |publisher=Record Research |page=85}} Outside the US, "Don't Stop the Music" went to number 7 in the UK. The song's success helped to earn a gold record for the duo.
Radio promotion for the record was handled in Los Angeles by independent marketing firm Dudley-Gorov,{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GCUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT18 |page=18 |title=Dudley-Gorov Niche: Mass Appeal |date=July 25, 1981 |author=Cary Darling |magazine=Billboard}} while a young Russell Simmons shopped the record to New York club DJs as one of his early jobs.{{cite book |title=Super Rich: A Guide to Having It All |page=49 |author=Russell Simmons |author-link=Russell Simmons |publisher=Penguin |date=2011 |isbn=9781101445983}}
Chart history
Music video
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.
Samples and covers
"Don't Stop the Music" has been heavily sampled by other artists, primarily in the hip hop genre, on songs including “Tops Drop” by Fat Pat, “Can’t Stop The Southland” by Brownside, "Gangsta Lovin'" by Eve, "All Night Long" by Common, "Let It Go" by Keyshia Cole, and "Crazy in Love" (Rockwilder Remix) by Beyoncé and "Let's Do It Again" by TLC.
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