''Life Is a Dance: The Remix Project'' is a

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of recordings by

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R&B/

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singer

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, released by the

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label in 1989. The compilation takes its title from a track included on Khan's 1978 solo debut album '' Chaka''.

Overview

The album, which was released as a double-record set, on CD and as a limited cassette edition with one bonus track, comprises

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es made in the styles of late 1980s dance music genres like

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, hip hop and

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of tracks originally recorded between the years 1978 and 1984, including two from

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's final album ''

Stompin' at the Savoy – Live ''Stompin' at the Savoy – Live'' is an album by American R&B/funk band Rufus with singer Chaka Khan, released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1983. ''Stompin' at the Savoy'' was a double-record set featuring three sides of live material ...

'': "Ain't Nobody" and "One Million Kisses". ''Life Is a Dance: The Remix Project'' resulted in three single releases; "I'm Every Woman" ('89 Remix), "Ain't Nobody" ('89 Remix) and "I Feel For You" ('89 Remix). The 1989 remix of "Ain't Nobody" became a #6 hit on the

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while "I'm Every Woman" peaked at #8 hit and Paul Simpson's take on "I Feel for You" peaked at #45. The album itself reached #14 on the

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, making it the best-selling Chaka Khan album in the UK since 1984's '' I Feel for You''. All cuts from the album peaked at number one on the American dance play charts for one week. ''Life Is a Dance'' would mark the final time all cuts from an album would make the top spot on the dance play charts. The Dancin' Danny D. and Frankie Knuckles remixes of "I'm Every Woman" and "Ain't Nobody" were both originally released on the B-side of the US 12" single "Soul Talkin'", taken from Khan's 1988 album '' ck''. The 1989 remixes of "This Is My Night" and "Eye to Eye" also appear on

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's 2006 greatest hits compilation '' The Platinum Collection''. Note: the remixes of the tracks "I Feel for You", "This Is My Night" and "Eye to Eye" appearing on this album should not be confused with the original 12" remixes made in 1984 by the original producers

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and

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, all of which remain unreleased on CD in both the United States and Europe.

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's 1979 original track of "I Feel for You" is sampled shortly in Paul Simpson's remix. ''Life Is a Dance: The Remix Project'' was transferred from vinyl to CD in 1989 and remains in print. In 1993, Warner Bros. Records re-released the album in Germany and Japan as ''The Remix Project: Greatest Hits'' with the inclusion of a house remix of "

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", not present on ''Life Is a Dance: The Remix Project''.

Track listing

#"Life Is a Dance" (

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) – 6:38 #* Original version appears on 1978 album '' Chaka'' #"I Know You, I Live You" (Tony Humphries Remix) (Khan, Mardin) – 7:46 #* Original version appears on 1981 album ''

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This Is My Night "This Is My Night" is a song by Chaka Khan from the album '' I Feel for You''. The song went to number one for one week on the ''Billboard'' dance chart in 1985. The single also peaked at #60 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and #11 on the R&B chart ...

" (

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Remix) (Frank, Murphy) – 5:07 #* Original version appears on 1984 album '' I Feel for You'' #" Eye to Eye" ( Paul Simpson Remix) (Freeman, Sembello, Sembello, Sembello) – 8:32 #* Original version appears on 1984 album ''I Feel for You'' #"Slow Dancin'" by Chaka Khan and

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(Eric Sadler & Hank Shocklee Remix) (Netto) – 5:55 #* Original version appears on 1982 album ''

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" (David Shaw & Winston Jones Remix) (Bugatti, Musker) – 5:38 #* Original version appears on 1981 album ''

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I'm Every Woman "I'm Every Woman" is a song by American singer Chaka Khan, released as her debut solo single from her first album, '' Chaka'' (1978). It was Khan's first hit outside her recordings with the funk band Rufus. "I'm Every Woman" was produced by Arif ...

" (Remix Version By

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) ( Ashford, Simpson) – 8:24 #* Original version appears on 1978 album '' Chaka'' #"One Million Kisses" (David Shaw & Winston Jones Remix) (Murphy, Osborne) – 5:59 #* Original version appears on

's 1983 album ''

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Ain't Nobody "Ain't Nobody" is a song by American funk band Rufus (band), Rufus and American singer Chaka Khan. It was released on November 4, 1983, as one of four studio tracks included on their live album, live album, ''Stompin' at the Savoy – Live, Sto ...

" by Rufus featuring Chaka Khan (LP Remix Version By

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) (Wolinski) – 4:42 #* Original version appears on Rufus & Chaka Khan's 1983 album ''Stompin' at the Savoy – Live'' #"Clouds" ( C+C Remix) (Ashford, Simpson) – 7:49 #* Original version appears on 1980 album '' Naughty'' #" I Feel for You" ( Paul Simpson Remix) (Prince) – 8:51 #* Original version appears on 1984 album '' I Feel for You'' #"Clouds" (6:12) (Classic Trax Version) (Ashford, Simpson) – 6:12 #* Bonus track cassette edition

Production

– original producer (tracks 1-3, 5-7, 10-11) *

– original producer (tracks 4, 8, 9)

References

External links

*
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