"Don't Stop the Music" is a song by Yarbrough and Peoples

Yarbrough and Peoples

Yarbrough and Peoples was an American R&B duo from Dallas, Texas. Their biggest selling release was "Don't Stop the Music", a US Billboard R&B chart topper in 1981.-Career:...

, from the duo's 1980 debut album, The Two of Us. It was released as a single on Mercury Records

Mercury Records

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 in 1981.

The song reached #26 on the dance charts, #19 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 #7 in the UK and fared even better on the US R&B chart, where it hit number one, helping to earn a gold record

Music recording sales certification

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 for the duo.

Cover Versions

The song has been covered multiple times, most notably in 1989 by Simon Harris

Simon Harris

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.

Sampling

The song has been sampled numerous times:
In 1994, the song was sampled by rapper K7

K7

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, in a remix of his song "Zunga Zeng". In 1997, the song was sampled by P. Diddy (then known as Puff Daddy) in the song "Don't Stop What You're Doin'," from the album No Way Out. In 2002, the song's chorus was used on the top 5 single Gangsta Lovin'

Gangsta Lovin'

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by Eve

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 and Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys

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, and then by Keyshia Cole

Keyshia Cole

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 for the song "Let It Go

Let It Go (Keyshia Cole song)

"Let It Go" is a song by R&B singer Keyshia Cole released as the lead single from her second album Just like You. It features rappers Lil' Kim and Missy Elliott. Elliott also produced the song, which samples "Juicy Fruit" by Mtume, and "Don't Stop the Music" by Yarbrough and Peoples...

" from her album Just Like You

Just like You (Keyshia Cole album)

Just Like You is the second studio album by American R&B singer Keyshia Cole. The album was released on September 25, 2007 on Geffen Records. It was nominated in the Best Contemporary R&B Album category at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards that was held February 2008, but lost to Ne-Yo's Because of You...

, released in 2007. The song was also sampled in Fat Pat's "Tops Drop."

2Pac also sampled this record In 1996 on the unreleased original version of the song "Don't Stop". However this song was remixed for his 2006 Pac's Life album. The original song can be found on the internet under the name "Don't Stop The Music".

Chart history

Chart (1981)	Peak position
US R&B Singles Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	1
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	7
US Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	19
Dance/Club Play Singles	26