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1983 single by Break Machine
"Street Dance"
B-side "Street Dance" (instrumental) Released December 1983 (1983-12 ) Recorded 1983
Studio
Power Station (New York City)
Genre
Length
3 :42 (7-inch version)
6 :26 (12-inch and album version)
Label
Sire (US)
Record Shack (UK)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Jacques Morali
"Street Dance " (1983)
"Break Dance Party" (1984)
"Street Dance " is a song by American
hip hop act
Break Machine , released as their debut single in 1983, from their album Break Dance Party (released as Break Machine in the UK). It became an international hit, topping the charts in several countries as well as peaking at number three on the
UK Singles Chart . It was one of the first commercially successful hip hop songs and was produced and co-written by
Jacques Morali and
Henri Belolo who were also behind
disco group
Village People . According to a list released in 2004 by the
SNEP , the song was the 86th best selling single of all time in France.
[2]
Music video
The music video features the act
popping and
breakdancing around the streets of New York City.
[3]
Track listings
7-inch
"Street Dance" (Vocal) – 3:42
"Street Dance" (Instrumental) – 3:32
12-inch
"Street Dance" (Vocal) – 6:28
"Street Dance" (Instrumental) – 5:06
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Sampling
In 1998, German group
Scooter sampled the song in "
We Are the Greatest ".
[26] In 2011, Swedish
house DJ
Avicii sampled the song in "
Street Dancer ".
[27]
References
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a
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ISBN
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Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists . St. Martin's Publishing Group.
ISBN
978-1-4668-6697-3 .
^
Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book.
ISBN
0-646-11917-6 .
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Break Machine – Street Dance" (in German).
Ö3 Austria Top 40 .
^ "
Break Machine – Street Dance" (in Dutch).
Ultratop 50 .
^
"Top 3 in Europe" (PDF) .
Music & Media . May 28, 1984. p. 5. Retrieved June 11, 2022 .
^
a
b
"Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF) .
Music & Media . Vol. 1, no. 2. April 9, 1984. Retrieved November 16, 2020 .
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Break Machine – Street Dance" (in German).
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"Dagblaðið Vísir - DV - 83. tölublað (06.04.1984) - Tímarit.is" . timarit.is . Retrieved November 16, 2020 .
^ "
The Irish Charts – Search Results – Street Dance" .
Irish Singles Chart .
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"M&D: Classifiche" . musicaedischi.it . Retrieved June 3, 2022 .
^ "
Nederlandse Top 40 – Break Machine" (in Dutch).
Dutch Top 40 .
^ "
Break Machine – Street Dance" (in Dutch).
Single Top 100 .
^ "
Break Machine – Street Dance" .
VG-lista .
^
"Top 3 in Europe" (PDF) .
Music & Media . Vol. 1, no. 13. June 25, 1984. p. 7. Retrieved November 16, 2020 .
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Break Machine – Street Dance" .
Singles Top 100 .
^ "
Break Machine – Street Dance" .
Swiss Singles Chart .
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"Break Machine: Artist Chart History" .
Official Charts Company .
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a
b
c
"Break Machine Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography" . Music VF . Retrieved November 16, 2020 .
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"Jaaroverzichten 1984" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved January 5, 2021 .
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"TOP – 1984" . www.top-france.fr . Retrieved November 16, 2020 .
^ "Top 100 Singles".
Music Week . London, England: Morgan-Grampian plc. January 26, 1985. p. 37.
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"Samples of Street Dance by Break Machine on WhoSampled" . WhoSampled . Retrieved November 16, 2020 .
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"Avicii's 10 Best Songs: Critics' Picks" . Billboard . Retrieved November 16, 2020 .