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"Everybody Dance"
"Everybody Dance"
	Side A of US 7-inch single
Single by Chic
from the album Chic
B-side	"You Can Get By"
Released	April 1978
Recorded	1977
Genre	Disco
Length	6:41 (Album version); 3:30 (Radio Edit)
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Nile Rodgers; Bernard Edwards;
Producer(s)	Rodgers; Edwards;
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Music video
	"Everybody Dance - Chic" on YouTube

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"Everybody Dance" is a song by American band Chic. The disco song, which features Norma Jean Wright on lead vocals and Luther Vandross, Diva Gray, Robin Clark and David Lasley on background vocals,^[1] was released as the second single from the band's self-titled debut album Chic (1977). According to guitarist Nile Rodgers, it was the first song specifically written for Chic, and, due to its historical status and popularity, is usually played as the opening song of the band's live set. It was later heavily sampled by British group Steps on their song "Stomp" and echoed by the Manic Street Preachers on their single "(It's Not War) Just the End of Love".

The song has featured in films such as The Last Days of Disco (1998) and Summer of Sam (1999) during the orgy scene, and is also featured in the Grand Theft Auto IV expansion pack The Ballad of Gay Tony on the radio station K109. It has also been covered by Kimberley Walsh for Horrid Henry: The Movie.

According to Rodgers speaking for the BBC Four documentary "How to Make It in the Music Business", the session the song was recorded during cost the band $10, which went on bribing the elevator engineer not to tell the manager they were recording in there.^[2]

Release

Unlike most Chic singles, its 12" version was not included on a regular album, nor was it widely available upon original release, with the 12" format being issued only as a promo. The extended 12" version has, however, subsequently been issued on numerous compilations. Also unlike most Chic singles, the b-side "You Can Get By" was edited down from the original album track; almost all future Chic b-sides would be presented in their full-length versions.

Reception

Cash Box praised the "fine, flashy bass work, double-timing on the high-hat and handclapping."^[3] Record World said that the "good melody and arrangement" should allow the song's appeal to expand beyond Chic's previous dance audience.^[4]

Chart performance

"Everybody Dance" became another hit for the band in the United States, peaking at number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1978. In the UK Singles chart, it reached number 9 in May 1978, spending 9 weeks in the Top 40 there.

Track listing and formats

Atlantic 7" 3469, 1978

A. "Everybody Dance" (7" Edit) - 3:30
B. "Est-Ce Que C'est Chic" - 3:38

Atlantic promo 12" DSKO 109, 1978

A. "Everybody Dance" (12" Mix) - 8:25
B. "You Can Get By" - 5:36

Atlantic 12" DK 4621, 1978 / Atlantic Oldies promo 12" DSKO 179, 1979

A. "Everybody Dance" (12" Mix) - 8:25
B. "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" - 8:21

Charts

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[5]	45
Ireland (IRMA)^[6]	6
UK Singles (OCC)^[7]	9
US Billboard Hot 100^[8]	38
US Billboard R&B	12
US Billboard Dance Club Play	1

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[9]	Silver	200,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Wikane, Christian John (2020-12-11). "He's the Leader: An Interview with Aretha's "Main Man" Fonzi Thornton, PopMatters". PopMatters. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
^ "Episode 1". Nile Rodgers: How to Make It in the Music Business. 25 August 2018. BBC4.
^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. April 1, 1978. p. 22. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. March 25, 1978. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 4595a." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Everybody Dance". Irish Singles Chart.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
^ "Chic Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "British single certifications – Chic – Everybody Dance". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[1] Wikane, Christian John (2020-12-11). "He's the Leader: An Interview with Aretha's "Main Man" Fonzi Thornton, PopMatters". PopMatters. Retrieved 2022-01-05.

[htmiitmb-2] "Episode 1". Nile Rodgers: How to Make It in the Music Business. 25 August 2018. BBC4.

[cb-3] "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. April 1, 1978. p. 22. Retrieved 2022-01-01.

[rw-4] "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. March 25, 1978. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-15.

[sc_Canadatopsingles_Chic-5] "Top RPM Singles: Issue 4595a." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.

[sc_Ireland2_Chic-6] "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Everybody Dance". Irish Singles Chart.

[sc_UK_Chic-7] "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Chic-8] "Chic Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.

[United_KingdomChicEverybody_DancesingleCertRef-9] "British single certifications – Chic – Everybody Dance". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

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+{{Short description|1977 single by Chic}}
 {{Infobox song
 | name       = Everybody Dance
 | cover      = Everybody Dance by Chic US single (variation 2).png
 | alt        =
-| caption    = Side A of US 7-inch vinyl single
+| caption    = Side A of US 7-inch single
 | type       = single
 | artist     = [[Chic (band)|Chic]]
 | album      = [[Chic (album)|Chic]]
 | B-side     = You Can Get By
-| released   = March 1978
+| released   = April 1978
 | recorded   = 1977
 | studio     =
 | venue      =
 | genre      = [[Disco]]
-| length     = 6:41 (LP version)<br />3:30 (7" edit)<br />8:25 (12" mix)
+| length     = 6:41 (Album version)<br/>3:30 (Radio Edit)
 | label      = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
-| writer     = {{flat list|
+| writer     = {{hlist|[[Nile Rodgers]]|[[Bernard Edwards]]}}
-* [[Bernard Edwards]]
+| producer   = {{hlist|Rodgers|Edwards}}
-* [[Nile Rodgers]]}}
-| producer   = {{flat list|
-* Bernard Edwards
-* Nile Rodgers
-* Kenny Lehman}}
 | prev_title = [[Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)]]
 | prev_year  = 1977
 | next_title = [[Le Freak]]
 | next_year  = 1978
+| misc       = {{External music video|{{YouTube|aKmJxpKKvYM|"Everybody Dance - Chic"}}}}
 }}
-"'''Everybody Dance'''" is a song by [[Americans|American]] [[Band (rock and pop)|band]] [[Chic (band)|Chic]]. The [[disco]] song, which features [[Norma Jean Wright]] on [[Lead vocalist|lead vocals]], and [[Luther Vandross]], [[Diva Gray]], [[Robin Clark]] and [[David Lasley]] on [[Backing vocalist|background vocals]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wikane|first=Christian John|date=2020-12-11|title=He's the Leader: An Interview with Aretha's "Main Man" Fonzi Thornton, PopMatters|url=https://www.popmatters.com/fonzi-thornton-2020-interview-2649451159.html|access-date=2022-01-05|website=PopMatters|language=en-US}}</ref> was released as the second [[Single (music)|single]] from the band's debut [[Album#Types of album|studio album]], ''[[Chic (album)|Chic]]'' (1977). According to the band's [[guitarist]] [[Nile Rodgers]], "Everybody Dance" was the first song specifically written for Chic, and, due to its historical status and popularity, is usually played as the opening song of the band's live set.
+"'''Everybody Dance'''" is a song by American band [[Chic (band)|Chic]]. The [[disco]] song, which features [[Norma Jean Wright]] on lead vocals and [[Luther Vandross]], [[Diva Gray]], [[Robin Clark]] and [[David Lasley]] on background vocals,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wikane|first=Christian John|date=2020-12-11|title=He’s the Leader: An Interview with Aretha’s “Main Man” Fonzi Thornton, PopMatters|url=https://www.popmatters.com/fonzi-thornton-2020-interview-2649451159.html|access-date=2022-01-05|website=PopMatters|language=en-US}}</ref> was released as the second [[Single (music)|single]] from the band's [[Chic (album)|self-titled]] debut [[album]] [[Chic (album)|''Chic'']] (1977). According to guitarist [[Nile Rodgers]], it was the first song specifically written for Chic, and, due to its historical status and popularity, is usually played as the opening song of the band's live set. It was later heavily sampled by British group [[Steps (band)|Steps]] on their song "[[Stomp (Steps song)|Stomp]]" and echoed by the [[Manic Street Preachers]] on their single "[[(It's Not War) Just the End of Love]]".
-The song has featured in films such as  ''[[The Last Days of Disco]]'' (1998) and ''[[Summer of Sam]]'' (1999) during the [[orgy]] scene, and is also featured in the ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'' expansion pack ''[[Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony|The Ballad of Gay Tony]]'' on the in-game radio station, [[K109]]. The song was later heavily [[Sampling (music)|sample]]d by [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Pop music|pop]] group [[Steps (pop group)|Steps]] on their 2000 single "[[Stomp (Steps song)|Stomp]]" and echoed by the [[Manic Street Preachers]] on their 2010 single "[[(It's Not War) Just the End of Love]]".
+The song has featured in films such as  ''[[The Last Days of Disco]]'' (1998) and ''[[Summer of Sam]]'' (1999) during the orgy scene, and is also featured in the ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'' expansion pack ''[[Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony|The Ballad of Gay Tony]]'' on the radio station [[K109]]. It has also been covered by [[Kimberley Walsh]] for ''[[Horrid Henry: The Movie]]''.
+According to Rodgers speaking for the [[BBC Four]] documentary "How to Make It in the Music Business", the session the song was recorded during cost the band $10, which went on bribing the elevator engineer not to tell the manager they were recording in there.<ref name="htmiitmb">{{cite episode|title=Episode 1|series=Nile Rodgers: How to Make It in the Music Business|airdate=25 August 2018|network=[[BBC4]]}}</ref>
-==Recording==
-According to [[Nile Rodgers]], speaking for the [[BBC4]] [[Documentary film|documentary]] ''How to Make It in the Music Business'', the session the song was recorded during cost the band [[United States dollar|$]]10, which went on bribing the elevator engineer not to tell the manager they were recording in there.<ref name="htmiitmb">{{cite episode|title=Episode 1|series=Nile Rodgers: How to Make It in the Music Business|airdate=25 August 2018|network=[[BBC4]]}}</ref>
 ==Release==
-Unlike most [[Chic discography#Singles|Chic singles]], the extended 12" mix of "Everybody Dance" was not included on a regular album, nor was it widely available upon original release, with the [[Twelve-inch single|12-inch format]] being issued only as a [[Promotional recording|promo]]. The extended mix has, however, subsequently been issued on numerous compilations. Also, unlike most Chic singles, the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] "You Can Get By" was edited down from the original album version; almost all future Chic B-sides would be presented in their full-length versions.
+Unlike most Chic singles, its 12" version was not included on a regular album, nor was it widely available upon original release, with the 12" format being issued only as a [[Promotional recording|promo]]. The extended 12" version has, however, subsequently been issued on numerous compilations. Also unlike most Chic singles, the b-side "You Can Get By" was edited down from the original album track; almost all future Chic b-sides would be presented in their full-length versions.
+==Reception==
-==Critical reception==
-''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' magazine praised the "fine, flashy [[Bass guitar|bass]] work, double-timing on the [[Hi-hat|high-hat]] and [[Clapping|handclapping]]."<ref name=cb>{{cite news|title=CashBox Singles Reviews|date=April 1, 1978|page=22|newspaper=Cash Box|accessdate=2022-01-01|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1978/CB-1978-04-01.pdf}}</ref> ''[[Record World]]'' magazine said that the "good [[melody]] and [[arrangement]]" should allow the song's appeal to expand beyond Chic's previous dance audience.<ref name=rw>{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=March 25, 1978|accessdate=2023-02-15|title=Hits of the Week|page=1|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/78/RW-1978-03-25.pdf}}</ref>
+''[[Cash Box]]'' praised the "fine, flashy [[bass guitar|bass]] work, double-timing on the [[hi-hat|high-hat]] and handclapping."<ref name=cb>{{cite news|title=CashBox Singles Reviews|date=April 1, 1978|page=22|newspaper=Cash Box|accessdate=2022-01-01|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1978/CB-1978-04-01.pdf}}</ref> ''[[Record World]]'' said that the "good melody and arrangement" should allow the song's appeal to expand beyond Chic's previous dance audience.<ref name=rw>{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=March 25, 1978|accessdate=2023-02-15|title=Hits of the Week|page=1|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/78/RW-1978-03-25.pdf}}</ref>
 ==Chart performance==
-In the United States, "Everybody Dance" became another [[Hit song|hit single]] for Chic, peaking at number 38 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] on June 17, 1978. It peaked at number 12 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot Soul Singles]] chart. Along with the [[Chic (album)#Track listing|album cut]] "[[Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)]]", "Everybody Dance" topped the [[Dance Club Songs|National Disco Action Top 40]] chart for [[List of National Disco Action number ones of 1977|eight consecutive weeks, from October 22 to December 10, 1977]]. In the United Kingdom, it reached number nine on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in May 1978, spent 9 weeks in the [[Top 40]] there and was [[Music recording certification|certified]] [[British Phonographic Industry#Certifications|Silver]] by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] (BPI).
+"Everybody Dance" became another hit for the band in the United States, peaking at number 38 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart in 1978. In the UK Singles chart, it reached number 9 in May 1978, spending 9 weeks in the Top 40 there.
 ==Track listing and formats==
+;Atlantic 7" 3469, 1978
-;US 1977 12-inch vinyl single – Promo Only ([[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] DSKO 109)
-:A1. "Everybody Dance" – 8:25
+*A. "Everybody Dance" (7" Edit) - 3:30
-:B1. "You Can Get By" – 5:20
+*B. "Est-Ce Que C'est Chic" - 3:38
+;Atlantic promo 12" DSKO 109, 1978
-;US 1978 7-inch vinyl single (Atlantic 3469)
-:A1. "Everybody Dance" – 3:30
+*A. "Everybody Dance" (12" Mix) - 8:25
-:B1. "You Can Get By" – 3:59
+*B. "You Can Get By" - 5:36
-;1978 12-inch vinyl single (Atlantic DK 4621) / 1979 12-inch vinyl single – Promo Only (Atlantic DSKO 179) (4621)
+;Atlantic 12" DK 4621, 1978 / Atlantic Oldies promo 12" DSKO 179, 1979
-:A1. "Everybody Dance" – 8:25
+*A. "Everybody Dance" (12" Mix) - 8:25
-:B1. "[[Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)]]" – 8:21
+*B. "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" - 8:21
 ==Charts==
-===Weekly charts===
 {|class="wikitable sortable"
-!Chart (1977–1978)
+!Chart (1978)
 !Peak<br />position
 |-
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 {{single chart|Billboardhot100|38|song=Everybody Dance|artist=Chic}}
 |-
+|US ''Billboard'' [[R&B]]
-|US [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot Soul Singles]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')
 | style="text-align:center;"|12
 |-
+|US ''Billboard'' Dance Club Play
-|US [[Dance Club Songs|National Disco Action Top 40]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<br /><small>(with "[[Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)]]")</small>
 | style="text-align:center;"|1
 |}
-==Certifications and sales==
+==Certifications==
 {{Certification Table Top}}
 {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Chic|title=Everybody Dance|award=Silver|relyear=2008|certyear=2021|id=17394-1185-1|access-date=July 30, 2021}}
 {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
-==Cover versions==
-;1990s
-*In 1993, [[RuPaul]] recorded a [[cover version]] of the song for his debut studio album, ''[[Supermodel of the World]]''.
-*In 1993, British [[Dance music|dance]] group Evolution scored a [[UK Singles Chart|UK Top 20]] hit single with a [[House music|house]] cover of "Everybody Dance", released through [[Deconstruction Records]]. The extended version was appropriately titled "Chic Inspirational Mix".
-;2000s
-*In 2007, [[Deborah Cox]] reinterpreted the song as "Everybody Dance (Clap Your Hands)", incorporating a [[Sampling (music)|sample]] of the original Chic vocals in the mix. Her cover briefly hit the US [[Dance Club Songs]] chart, peaking at number 17.
-;2010s
-*In 2011, [[Kimberley Walsh]] covered it for the film ''[[Horrid Henry: The Movie]]''.
 ==References==
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-[[Category:1977 songs]]
 [[Category:Atlantic Records singles]]
 [[Category:Songs about dancing]]

v t e Chic
Bernard Edwards Nile Rodgers Tony Thompson Alfa Anderson Luci Martin Norma Jean Wright Fonzi Thornton Michelle Cobbs Nathaniel S. Hardy, Jr. Omar Hakim Robert Sabino Sylver Logan Sharp Luther Vandross Diva Gray Robin Clark
Studio albums	Chic (1977) C'est Chic (1978) Risqué (1979) Real People (1980) Take It Off (1981) Soup For One (1982) Tongue in Chic (1982) Believer (1983) Chic-ism (1992) It's About Time (2018)
Live albums	Live at the Budokan (1999) A Night in Amsterdam (2006)
Compilations	Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits (1979) Freak Out: The Greatest Hits of Chic and Sister Sledge (1988) Megachic: Best of Chic (1990) Dance, Dance, Dance: The Best of Chic (1991) The Best of Chic, Volume 2 (1992) Everybody Dance (1995) Dance, Dance, Dance & Other Hits (1997) The Very Best of Chic & Sister Sledge (1999) The Very Best of Chic (2000) Good Times: The Very Best of the Hits & the Remixes (Chic & Sister Sledge) (2005) The Definitive Groove Collection (2006) Up All Night (2013)
Singles	"Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" "Everybody Dance" "Le Freak" "I Want Your Love" "Good Times" "My Forbidden Lover" "My Feet Keep Dancing" "Rebels Are We" "Real People" "Stage Fright" "Soup for One" "Hangin'" "Chic Mystique" "I'll Be There"
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