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You Make Me Feel Like Dancing

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For the album by the Wiggles, see You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (album).
"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"
Single by Leo Sayer
from the album Endless Flight
B-side"Magdalena"
ReleasedOctober 1976
Genre
Length3:41
2:50 (7″ version)
LabelChrysalis (UK)
Warner Bros. (US)
Songwriters
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ProducerRichard Perry
Leo Sayer singles chronology
"Moonlighting"
(1975) 		"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"
(1976) 		"When I Need You"
(1977)
Music Video
"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" on YouTube

"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" is a song by the English singer Leo Sayer, taken from his 1976 album Endless Flight. It reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart,[3] making it his first top single in the United States, and reached number two on the UK singles chart.[4] Billboard ranked it the number 13 song of 1977.

Credited songwriters Sayer and Vini Poncia won a Grammy Award for the song in 1978 for Best R&B Song. Ray Parker Jr, who was a session musician at the time, has stated that he was the original songwriter and that when he gave the tune as a demo, his accreditation as such was missed.[5] "It's not Leo's fault," Parker told Variety. "He tried to cut six or seven more of my songs just because he felt so bad."[5]

Like other Sayer songs from that time, it features extensive use of the singer's falsetto voice, a very popular vocal register in disco-era songs. Sayer performed the song in the thirteenth episode of the second season of "Saturday Night Live" and the second episode of season 3 of The Muppet Show.

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References

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  1. ^ "Leo Sayer - You Make Me Feel Like Dancing / Magdalena (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 1976. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  2. ^ "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing by Leo Sayer Songfacts". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
  3. ^ Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard Book of #1 Hits, 5th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  4. ^ a b "Leo Sayer - Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  5. ^ a b Helligar, Jeremy (August 11, 2020). "How Ray Parker Jr. Got Cheated Out of a Grammy for a No. 1 Hit". Variety. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  6. ^ Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  7. ^ a b "National Top 100 Singles for 1976". Kent Music Report. 27 December 1976. Retrieved 15 January 2022 – via Imgur.
  8. ^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Image 5179". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Image 5163a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  10. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Leo Sayer". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Leo Sayer – You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  12. ^ "Leo Sayer – You Make Me Feel Like Dancing". Top 40 Singles.
  13. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  14. ^ "Leo Sayer – You Make Me Feel Like Dancing". Singles Top 100.
  15. ^ Swiss Charts Archive. 15 February 1977.
  16. ^ "Official Singles Chart on 14/11/1976 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  17. ^ "Leo Sayer Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  18. ^ "Leo Sayer Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  19. ^ "Leo Sayer Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  20. ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts (West Germany)" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name.
  21. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  22. ^ "Kent Music Report No 183 – 26 December 1977 > National Top 100 Singles for 1977". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 8 January 2022 – via Imgur.com.
  23. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  24. ^ "Top Selling Singles of 1977 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1977-12-31. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  25. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1977/Top 100 Songs of 1977". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  26. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
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