Don't Stop the Music (Yarbrough and Peoples song)

"Don't Stop the Music"
Single by Yarbrough and Peoples
from the album The Two of Us
B-side	"You're My Song"
Released	1981
Format	12" Single
Recorded	1980
Genre	Boogie, R&B, dance
Length	7:49 4:08 (7")
Label	Mercury
Writer(s)	Jonah Ellis, Alisa Peoples and Calvin Yarbrough
Producer	Jonah Ellis Lonnie Simmons

"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 1981.

The song reached #26 on the dance charts, #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 #7 in the UK and fared even better on the US R&B chart, where it hit number one,^[1] helping to earn a gold record for the duo.

Cover Versions

The song has been covered multiple times, most notably in 1989 by Simon Harris.

Sampling

The song has been sampled numerous times: In 1994, the song was sampled by rapper K7, in a remix of his song "Zunga Zeng". In 1997, the song was sampled by P. Diddy (then known as Puff Daddy) in the song "Don't Stop What You're Doin'," from the album No Way Out. In 2002, the song's chorus was used on the top 5 single Gangsta Lovin' by Eve and Alicia Keys, and then by Keyshia Cole for the song "Let It Go" from her album Just Like You, released in 2007. The song was also sampled in Fat Pat's "Tops Drop."

2Pac also sampled this record In 1996 on the unreleased original version of the song "Don't Stop". However this song was remixed for his 2006 Pac's Life album. The original song can be found on the internet under the name "Don't Stop The Music".

Chart history

Chart (1981)	Peak position
US R&B Singles[2]	1
UK Singles Chart[3]	7
US Billboard Hot 100[4]	19
Dance/Club Play Singles[5]	26

References

1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2005). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 85. 
2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2005). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Sinlges: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 85. 
3. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. Guinness. 
4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2007). Top Pop Singles: 1955-2006. Record Research. 
5. ^ allmusic

Preceded by "Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)" by Gap Band

Billboard's Hot Soul Singles number one single February 28 - March 28, 1981

Succeeded by "Being with You" by Smokey Robinson