Dancing Machine
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| Single by The Jackson 5 from the album G.I.T.: Get It Together/Dancing Machine |
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| Released | February 1974 | ||||
| Format | 7" single | ||||
| Recorded | 1973, Hitsville West, Los Angeles | ||||
| Genre | Funk/disco | ||||
| Length | 3:30 (album version) 2:43 (single version) |
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| Label | Motown M 1286 |
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| Writer(s) | Hal Davis Don Fletcher Dean Parks |
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| Producer | Hal Davis | ||||
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"Dancing Machine" is a 1973 song recorded by The Jackson 5, released as a single in 1974. The group's first US Top Ten hit since 1972's "Sugar Daddy", "Dancing Machine" reached number two on the Billboard pop music charts and number one on the R&B charts.
[edit] Background
The song, which sold over three million copies [1], popularized the Robot dance routine, devised by Jackson 5 lead singer Michael Jackson. Jackson first performed the dance while singing "Dancing Machine" with the Jackson 5 on an episode of Soul Train and several other shows for the next three years.
"Dancing Machine", originally recorded for the group's 1973 album G.I.T.: Get It Together, was also the title track of their 1974 album Dancing Machine released in 1974 as a remix for a response to the success of the single.
"Dancing Machine" was covered by Suburban Legends on their Japan-only EP, Dance Like Nobody's Watching: Tokyo Nights. The song was sampled by MC Hammer on his 1990 album Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em. The song was also sampled by Vanilla Ice on his 1990 album "To The Extreme"
[edit] Credits
- Lead vocals by Michael Jackson and Jermaine Jackson
- Background vocals by Michael Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Tito Jackson, Jackie Jackson, Marlon Jackson
- Instrumentation by assorted Los Angeles musicians
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| Preceded by "The Payback (Part 1)" by James Brown |
Billboard Hot Soul Singles number one single May 11, 1974 - May 4, 1974 |
Succeeded by "I'm in Love" by Aretha Franklin |
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[edit] Notes
- ^ Sales statistics for Jackson 5 singles. Retrieved March 17, 2008
