Dancer (Gino Soccio song)
| "Dancer" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Gino Soccio | ||||
| from the album Outline | ||||
| B-side | "So Lonely" | |||
| Released | 1979 | |||
| Recorded | 1979 | |||
| Genre | Disco | |||
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| Label | RFC/Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Gino Soccio | |||
| Producer(s) | Mix Machine | |||
| Gino Soccio singles chronology | ||||
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Dancer is a song by Gino Soccio. It was released as a single in 1979 from his album Outline.[1][2][3][4]
The song topped the Billboard Disco chart and remained on that spot for six weeks.[5] It was also Soccio's only Billboard Hot 100 entry, peaking at No. 48, and his only Top 10 hit on his home country's RPM Top Singles chart, peaking at No. 6.[6]
Background
[edit]The song was part of the playlist at New York City disco Paradise Garage, in an extended mix by DJ Larry Levan. “They would play that song three times in a row sometimes, and it was already an eight-minute song," Soccio told Wax Poetics in a 2013 career retrospective interview. "It was twenty-four minutes of ‘Dancer,’ and people just would not get enough of it. It really was something. It blew me away.”[7]
Chart performance
[edit]| Chart (1979) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada RPM Top Singles[8] | 6 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[9] | 48 |
| US Billboard Hot Soul Singles[9] | 60 |
| US Billboard Disco Top 80[9] | 1 |
| UK Singles[10] | 46 |
Legacy
[edit]During Pride Month 2022, "Dancer" was selected by Jezebel as #22 in their list of "69 of the Best Disco Songs of All Time."[11]
The song was featured as background music in the club scene of the 1979 film "Suhaag".
References
[edit]- ^ "The 30 Best Disco Songs That Every Millennial Should Know". Spin. June 18, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ Boles, Benjamin (April 29, 2016). "Junior Boys, Dinamo Azari, Skratch Bastid, and More Pick Their Essential Canadian Disco Songs". Vice. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ Lawrence, Tim (February 2, 2004). Love Saves the Day. Duke University Press. ISBN 0822385112. Retrieved January 19, 2021 – via Google Books.
- ^ Burke, Andrew (November 6, 2019). Hinterland Remixed. McGill-Queen's Press. p. 49. ISBN 9780773559714. Retrieved January 19, 2021 – via Google Books.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 238.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 538.
- ^ Stuffco, Jered (May 2013). "Invisible Man: The Gino Soccio Story". Wax Poetics.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - June 23, 1979" (PDF).
- ^ a b c "Dancer (US)". Music VF. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ "Dancer (UK)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ Juzwiak, Rich (June 7, 2022). "69 of the Best Disco Songs of All Time, for Pride". Jezebel.