"The Boss" is a 1979 soul

Soul music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...

/disco

Disco

Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...

 song written and produced by Ashford & Simpson

Ashford & Simpson

Nickolas Ashford , and Valerie Simpson , were a husband and wife songwriting/production team and recording artists....

 and recorded by singer Diana Ross

Diana Ross

Diana Ernestine Earle Ross is an American singer, record producer, and actress. Ross was lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that included successful ventures into film and Broadway...

, who released it as a single on the Motown label. It was the first release from the album of the same title

The single peaked at #19 on the 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...

 chart, reached #12 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, and went to #1 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot Dance Club Play

Hot Dance Club Play

The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...

 chart.

The track was remixed by David Morales

David Morales

David Morales is an internationally acclaimed Grammy-winning house music DJ and producer. In addition to his production and DJ work, Morales is one of the most prolific remixers of all time, transforming many pop music songs into club-friendly dance tracks...

 in 1993 and included on Ross' album Diana Extended: The Remixes

Diana Extended: The Remixes

"Diana Extended: The Remixes" is a remix album released by American soul singer Diana Ross in 1994.Six tracks were reworked by some of the biggest names in the industry at the time and cover Ross' career as a solo artist and as a member of The Supremes, with Frankie Knuckles updating "Someday We'll...

.

The track was remixed by Almighty Records

Almighty Records

Almighty Records is a British recording label and remix production team founded in 1989, releasing their first single in the same year. Producing mainly Dance-Pop and Hi-NRG music, the label is best known for releasing remakes and remixes of mainstream pop songs...

 in 2009 and was included on their album "Almighty - We Love Diana Ross"

Personnel

• Lead vocals by Diana Ross
• Background vocals by Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Maxine and Julia Waters
• Produced and written by Ashford & Simpson
  Ashford & Simpson
  Nickolas Ashford , and Valerie Simpson , were a husband and wife songwriting/production team and recording artists....
  
  

Cover Versions

The song was covered

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 by Ashford and Simpson during a televised live concert special in 1982, and by Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston

Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among...

 during her live shows in 1997/98.

A cover of the song by The Braxtons

The Braxtons

The Braxtons were an American R&B girl group consisting of sisters Toni Braxton, Traci Braxton, Towanda Braxton, Trina Braxton, and Tamar Braxton...

 was include on the 1996 album So Many Ways

So Many Ways

So Many Ways is a 1996 album by The Braxtons. The Braxtons originally started out in 1989. The first signed as a fivesome to Arista Records which consisted of Toni Braxton and her 4 sisters, Tamar, Trina, Towanda and Traci. In 1990, they released their first single "Good Life". It would be their...

, A remix by Masters At Work

Masters At Work

Masters at Work is the house/garage production and remix team of "Little" Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez. They first worked together using the name, which had been given to them by mutual friend Todd Terry , in 1990...

 topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in early 1997.

On February 12, 2008, American

United States

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 dance-pop

Dance-pop

Dance-pop is dance-oriented pop music that originated in the early 1980s. Developing from post-disco, it is generally up-tempo music intended for clubs with the intention of being danceable or merely dancey...

 singer Kristine W

Kristine W

Kristine W, born Kristine Weitz, is an American singer-songwriter. She has released seven albums, three of them through major labels, plus an early recording she sells to fans through her website...

released a cover of this song as the first single off her album The Power of Music. Kristine's version also hit number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in March 2008, becoming her eleventh US dance chart-topper and the third version of the song to top this survey.