Let the Music Play

E646164

"Let the Music Play" is a 1983 dance-pop and freestyle hit song by Shannon that became a defining track of the early electronic dance music era.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Let the Music Play canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Let the Music Play ⓘ
artist Shannon ⓘ
bSide My Heart's Divided ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 14 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 8 ⓘ
chartPositionUSDanceClubSongs 1 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
era early 1980s ⓘ
format 12-inch single ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ
genre dance-pop ⓘ
electronic dance music ⓘ
freestyle ⓘ
hasInstrumentation drum machines ⓘ
electronic percussion ⓘ
synthesizers ⓘ
hasLegacy considered a classic of 1980s dance music ⓘ
frequently included on 1980s dance compilations ⓘ
hasMusicVideo true ⓘ
hasRemix extended dance mix ⓘ
influencedGenre dance-pop ⓘ
freestyle ⓘ
isDebutSingleOf Shannon ⓘ
label Emergency Records ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 4:38 ⓘ
notableFor being a defining track of the early electronic dance music era ⓘ
popularizing the freestyle genre ⓘ
performer Shannon ⓘ
producer Chris Barbosa ⓘ
Mark Liggett ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1983 ⓘ
releaseDate 1983-09-19 ⓘ
releaseYear 1983 ⓘ
songwriter Chris Barbosa ⓘ
Ed Chisholm ⓘ
tempo uptempo ⓘ
theme dance and romance in a nightclub setting ⓘ
vocalist Shannon ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Streetwise Records → released → Let the Music Play ⓘ
Barry White → notableAlbum → Let the Music Play ⓘ
S.O.S. (Let the Music Play) → basedOn → Let the Music Play ⓘ
S.O.S. (Let the Music Play) → inspiredBy → Let the Music Play ⓘ
S.O.S. (Let the Music Play) → usesSampleOf → Let the Music Play ⓘ
Let the Music Play → album → Let the Music Play ⓘ