"Haven't You Heard" is a song by American singer-songwriter

Patrice Rushen Patrice Louise Rushen (born September 30, 1954) is an American jazz pianist, R&B singer, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and music director. At the 25th Annual Grammy Awards, her 1982 single, "Forget Me Nots", received a no ...

, released in October 1979 as the first single from her fifth album, ''

Pizzazz ''Pizzazz'' is the fifth album by American singer Patrice Rushen, released in 1979 on Elektra Records. Critical reception ''The Boston Globe'' called ''Pizzazz'' a "really a good disco album, with a few non-disco numbers to break the monotony. ...

'' (1979). The song was both co-written and co-produced by Rushen, and became her first international hit in 1980. It reached number 42 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number five on the ''Billboard'' Disco Top 100 chart and number seven on the ''Billboard''

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chart. In the UK, the song peaked at number 62 on the UK Singles Chart.

Legacy

In 2018, ''

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'' ranked "Haven't You Heard" number 199 in their list of "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s", calling it "a formally perfect expression of

disco Disco is a music genre, genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightclub, nightlife, particularly in African Americans, African-American, Italian-Americans, Italian-American, LGBTQ ...

. This kind of intimacy, personified by the whispery translucence of Rushen's voice, is just as easily exported to the dance floor." In 2020, ''

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'' ranked the song number 45 in their list of "The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time". In 2022, ''

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'' ranked it number 99 in their "200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time" list.

Charts

References

External links

* 1980 songs 1980 singles Patrice Rushen songs Songs written by Patrice Rushen Elektra Records singles {{1980s-pop-song-stub