"Dancin' Man" is a song by disco group
Q,
written by Rob Peckman.
It reached the Top 40 of the
''Billboard'' Hot 100, and received substantial play in the American Southeast.
Release
"Dancin' Man" was released by
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony
is a Japanese multinational conglomerate (company), cong ...
in Spring 1977.
The song's B-side was titled "Love Pollution."
To promote the song, Epic Records took out a full-page advertisement in the April 23, 1977 issue of
''Billboard'' magazine, urging DJs and radio stations to put the song into rotation.
Airplay
The song went into rotation on many Southeast American radio stations, including:
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WQXI (Atlanta)
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WBBQ (Atlanta)
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WBJW-FM (Orlando)
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WMFJ (Daytona Beach).
The song also received play on:
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KCPX
KCPX (1490 AM) is a news/talk formatted broadcasting radio station
Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestri ...
(Salt Lake City)
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WTRY (Albany)
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KTNQ
KTNQ (1020 AM) is a radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, with a Spanish talk, Spanish AC and Regional Mexican format. It is owned by Latino Media Network; under a local marketing agreement, it was programmed by former owner ...
(Los Angeles).
Charts
The song was a Top 40 hit on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 (where it reached number 23),
the
''Cashbox'' Singles chart (#20), and the
Record World
''Record World'' magazine was one of three major weekly music industry trade magazines in the United States, with ''Billboard'' and '' Cashbox''. It was founded in 1946 as ''Music Vendor''. In 1964, it was changed to ''Record World'' under the ...
chart.
In Canada, "Dancin' Man" reached #19.
Chart history
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
External links
Hear the songon YouTube
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1977 songs
1977 singles
American disco songs
Epic Records singles