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| "Dance to the Music" | ||||
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| Single by Sly and the Family Stone | ||||
| from the album Dance to the Music | ||||
| B-side | "Let Me Hear It From You" | |||
| Released | 17 November 1967[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1967 | |||
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| Length | 3:00 | |||
| Label | Epic 5-10256 EMI Columbia DB 8369 (March 1968 UK release) Direction 58-3568 (June 1968 UK reissue) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Sly Stone | |||
| Producer(s) | Sly Stone | |||
| Sly and the Family Stone singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Dance to the Music" (audio) on YouTube | ||||
"Dance to the Music" is a 1967 hit single by soul/funk/rock band Sly and the Family Stone for the Epic/CBS Records label. It was the first single by the band to reach the Billboard Pop Singles Top 10, peaking at #8 and the first to popularize the band's sound, which would be emulated throughout the black music industry and dubbed "psychedelic soul".[2] It was later ranked #223 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
"Dance to the Music" by Sly and the Family Stone was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998.[5]
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- ^ Sclafani, Tony (2013). "Sly and the Family Stone". The Grateful Dead FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Greatest Jam Band in History. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1617135835.
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- ^ "GRAMMY HALL OF FAME AWARD". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2023-07-17.