Street Dance (song)

"Street Dance"
Single by Break Machine
from the album Break Dance Party
B-side"Street Dance" (instrumental)
ReleasedDecember 1983 (1983-12)
StudioPower Station (New York City)
Genre
Length
  • 3:42 (7-inch version)
  • 6:26 (12-inch and album version)
Label
  • Sire (US)
  • Record Shack (UK)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jacques Morali
Break Machine singles chronology
"Street Dance"
(1983)
"Break Dance Party"
(1984)

"Street Dance" is a song by American hip hop act Break Machine, released as their debut single in 1983, from their album Break Dance Party (released as Break Machine in the UK). It became an international hit, topping the charts in several countries as well as peaking at number three on the UK Singles Chart. It was one of the first commercially successful hip hop songs and was produced and co-written by Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo who were also behind disco group Village People. According to a list released in 2004 by the SNEP, the song was the 86th best selling single of all time in France.[2]

  1. ^ a b Stanley, Bob (September 13, 2013). "All Eyez On Me: Hip Hop". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 653. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
  2. ^ "France's best sellers of all time!". Moopy. Retrieved November 16, 2020.

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