Dance to the Music (song)
1968 single by Sly and the Family Stone / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Dance to the Music" is a 1967 hit single by soul/funk/rock band Sly and the Family Stone for the Epic/CBS Records label. It was the first single by the band to reach the Billboard Pop Singles Top 10, peaking at #8 and the first to popularize the band's sound, which would be emulated throughout the black music industry and dubbed "psychedelic soul".[2] It was later ranked #223 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Quick Facts Single by Sly and the Family Stone, from the album ...
"Dance to the Music" | ||||
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Single by Sly and the Family Stone | ||||
from the album Dance to the Music | ||||
B-side | "Let Me Hear It From You" | |||
Released | 17 November 1967[1] | |||
Recorded | 1967 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:00 | |||
Label | Epic 5-10256 EMI Columbia DB 8369 (March 1968 UK release) Direction 58-3568 (June 1968 UK reissue) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Sly Stone | |||
Producer(s) | Sly Stone | |||
Sly and the Family Stone singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Dance to the Music" (audio) on YouTube | ||||
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"Dance to the Music" by Sly and the Family Stone was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998.[5]