"Let Your Body Go Downtown" is a song co-written by Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran, and recorded by the Martyn Ford Orchestra as a single on 18 March 1977 on the Mountain record label. A 12-inch single was also released. It was also released in France, Germany, Italy and The Netherlands on

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. It was a BBC Radio 1 "Record of the Week" and playlist by a number of UK regional radio stations. As noted by ''Record World'' magazine, it took the single three months to enter the

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. However, this insistent funk/soul/disco song reached No. 38 on that chart, and No. 12 on the UK Disco Chart, published by ''

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''. It was also released as a track on the album "Ronnie Jones Presents Let-Your-Body-Go-With-The-Disco" released on the Phillips record label in Italy and it received numerous radio plays there as listed in "Radiocorrier". A live performance of the song featuring Ford, his orchestra and backing singers was shown on the 12 May 1977 edition of ''

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''. The song was followed by another de Paul/Moran penned release, "

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", in a similar vein, also released on the Mountain record label in 1977 as a 7 inch and 12 inch single but did not chart although it received a positive review from the British DJ James Hamilton. It is also mentioned alongside "Let Your Body Go Downtown" in the books ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music'' and ''Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2006''. "Let Your Body Go Downtown" is still played on the radio, most recently on the

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Disco Devotion radio show on BBC Radio 2.

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1977 singles Songs written by Lynsey de Paul Martyn Ford Orchestra songs Songs written by Michael Moran (music producer) 1977 songs {{1970s-pop-song-stub