Do It Again Medley with Billie Jean

"Do It Again Medley with Billie Jean" is a song by the Italian music project Club House, released in 1983. The song combines elements of two hits made famous by other artists: "Do It Again", a 1973 top-ten hit by Steely Dan and Michael Jackson's number-one song from earlier in the year, "Billie Jean".

"Do It Again Medley with Billie Jean"
Single by Club House
Released1983
Recorded1983
Length7:30
Label
Songwriter(s)
Club House singles chronology
"Do It Again Medley with Billie Jean"
(1983)
"Superstition Medley with Good Times"
(1983)

Songwriting credit on the track is given to Jackson as well as the primary members of Steely Dan, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen.

The song reached the Billboard Hot 100 at number 75, but was a much bigger hit in Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands and the UK, where it peaked at 6, 7, 10 and 11 on their local charts, respectively.

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1983) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] 79
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[2] 6
Germany (GfK)[3] 41
Ireland (IRMA)[4] 7
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[5] 9
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 10
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[7] 33
UK Singles (OCC)[8] 11

Year-end charts

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Chart (1983) Position
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[9] 45
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[10] 82

Slingshot version

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"Do It Again Medley with Billie Jean"
Single by Slingshot
Released1983
Recorded1983
Length7:22
LabelQuality
Songwriter(s)

"Do It Again Medley with Billie Jean" was covered the same year by Detroit-based band Slingshot. It was their only song to reach the Billboard charts in the US, where it spent one week at number one on the Hot Dance Club Play chart in August 1983.

Chart (1983) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[11] 1
US Billboard Hot Black Singles[11] 25

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 278. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  2. ^ "Club House – Do It Again Medley With Billie Jean" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Club House – Do It Again Medley With Billie Jean" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  4. ^ "The Irish Charts – All there is to know". IRMA. Retrieved 16 July 2013. Search "Do it again / Billie Jean (medley)"
  5. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 35, 1983" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Club House – Do It Again Medley With Billie Jean" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  7. ^ "Club House – Do It Again Medley With Billie Jean". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  8. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  9. ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1983" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1983" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  11. ^ a b "Slingshot – Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
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