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'''Dynamite!''' is a 1980 dance/soul single by [[Stacy Lattisaw]]. "Dynamite" hit #1 on the dance charts and hit #8 on the soul charts. Lattisaw was 13 years old when she made it to #1 and became the youngest artist to hit the top spot on the dance charts.
| name = Dynamite!
| cover = Stacydynamite.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Stacy Lattisaw]]
| album = [[Let Me Be Your Angel (album)|Let Me Be Your Angel]]
| B-side = Dreaming
| released = 1980
| recorded = 1980
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = [[Post-disco]], [[funk]]
| length = 6:07
| label = [[Cotillion Records|Cotillion]]
| writer = {{hlist|[[Narada Michael Walden]]|Bunny Hull}}
| producer = Narada Michael Walden
| prev_title = [[When You're Young and in Love]]
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = [[Jump to the Beat]]
| next_year = 1980
}}


"'''Dynamite!'''" is a song produced by [[Narada Michael Walden]], co-written by Walden and Bunny Hull, and recorded by [[Stacy Lattisaw]] for her second [[studio album]] ''[[Let Me Be Your Angel (album)|Let Me Be Your Angel]]'' (1980). The song was released as the [[lead single]] from ''Let Me Be Your Angel'' in 1980.

==Chart performance==
In the United States, "Dynamite!" did not make the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], but it hit number one on the [[Dance Club Songs]] chart (where it was her only number-one hit in general),<ref>{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=152}}</ref> and it peaked at number eight on the [[Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs]] chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004|publisher=Record Research |page=341}}</ref> Lattisaw was just 13 years old when she made it to number-one and was the youngest act to have a number-one single on the Dance Club Songs chart at that time.

==Track listings and formats==
'''7" single'''

# "Dynamite!" – 4:20
# "Dreaming" – 4:45

'''12" single'''

# "Dynamite!" – 5:58
# "Dreaming" – 4:45

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1980)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
|UK Singles ([[UK Singles Chart|Official Charts Company]])
|align="center"|51
|-
|US [[Dance Club Songs|Disco Top 100]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')
|align="center"|1
|-
|US [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot Soul Singles]] (''Billboard'')
|align="center"|8
|}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}


{{Stacy Lattisaw}}
* "Joel Whitburn's, Presents, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004", 2004
* "Joel Whitburn's, Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003", 2004




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| before = "[[Take Your Time (Do It Right)]]" by [[The S.O.S. Band]]
| title = [[Hot Dance Club Play|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play]] [[number-one dance hits of 1980 (USA)|number-one single]] with "[[Jump to the Beat]]"
| years = [[July 19]], [[1981]] (one week)
| after = "[[Upside Down]]" by [[Diana Ross]]
}}
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[[Category:Stacy Lattisaw songs]]
[[Category:1980 songs]]
[[Category:1980 singles]]
[[Category:1980 singles]]
[[Category:Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Narada Michael Walden]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Narada Michael Walden]]
[[Category:Cotillion Records singles]]
[[Category:Funk songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Bunny Hull]]


{{1980s-R&B-song-stub}}

Latest revision as of 16:20, 30 October 2022

"Dynamite!"
Single by Stacy Lattisaw
from the album Let Me Be Your Angel
B-side"Dreaming"
Released1980
Recorded1980
GenrePost-disco, funk
Length6:07
LabelCotillion
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Narada Michael Walden
Stacy Lattisaw singles chronology
"When You're Young and in Love"
(1979)
"Dynamite!"
(1980)
"Jump to the Beat"
(1980)

"Dynamite!" is a song produced by Narada Michael Walden, co-written by Walden and Bunny Hull, and recorded by Stacy Lattisaw for her second studio album Let Me Be Your Angel (1980). The song was released as the lead single from Let Me Be Your Angel in 1980.

Chart performance

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In the United States, "Dynamite!" did not make the Billboard Hot 100, but it hit number one on the Dance Club Songs chart (where it was her only number-one hit in general),[1] and it peaked at number eight on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart.[2] Lattisaw was just 13 years old when she made it to number-one and was the youngest act to have a number-one single on the Dance Club Songs chart at that time.

Track listings and formats

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7" single

  1. "Dynamite!" – 4:20
  2. "Dreaming" – 4:45

12" single

  1. "Dynamite!" – 5:58
  2. "Dreaming" – 4:45

Charts

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Chart (1980) Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) 51
US Disco Top 100 (Billboard) 1
US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard) 8

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 152.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 341.