"My Feet Keep Dancing" is the third single from Chic's third studio album Risqué. It features a co-lead vocal by Luci Martin and Bernard Edwards and a tap dance solo by Fayard Nicholas (of the Nicholas Brothers), Eugene Jackson (of Our Gang), and Sammy Warren.

"My Feet Keep Dancing"
Single by Chic
from the album Risqué
B-side"Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song)"
ReleasedDecember 1979 [1]
Recorded1979
StudioPower Station, New York City
GenreDisco[2]
Length6:38 (album version)
3:51 (single version)
LabelAtlantic (3683)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Bernard Edwards
  • Nile Rodgers
Chic singles chronology
"My Forbidden Lover"
(1979)
"My Feet Keep Dancing"
(1979)
"Rebels Are We"
(1980)

Cash Box described it as an "ear-catching dance concoction, with its rhythmic use of strings."[3] Record World called it "a fine example of how Chic sets the standards for today's dance music."[4]

Track listings

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Atlantic 7" 3638, 1979
  • A. "My Feet Keep Dancing" (7" Edit) - 3:51
  • B. "Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song)" - 4:05
Atlantic promo 12" DSKO 220
  • A. "My Feet Keep Dancing" - 6:38
  • B. "Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song)" - 4:05

Chart

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It reached #21 on the UK singles chart in January 1980, spending 9 weeks on the chart. It failed to enter US Billboard R&B chart Top 40 peaking at #42. On the disco chart, "My Feet Keep Dancing, along with the cuts, "Good Times" and "My Forbidden Lover" went to #3.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Chic singles".
  2. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 56.
  3. ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. November 24, 1979. p. 24. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  4. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. November 24, 1979. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-11.