Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)

"Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)"
Single by Chic
from the album Chic
B-side	"São Paulo"
Released	1977
Genre	Disco
Length	7" 3:40, 12" 8:21 (album version)
Label	Buddah Records 583 Atlantic Records 3435
Writer(s)	Bernard Edwards Nile Rodgers Kenny Lehman
Producer	Bernard Edwards Nile Rodgers
Chic singles chronology
"Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (1977) "Everybody Dance" (1978)

"Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" is a 1977 disco song recorded by Chic. It was the group's first hit, reaching #6 on both the pop and R&B charts and reached #1 on the dance play charts. Luther Vandross provided backup vocals. He was working as a session vocalist at the time.^[1]

The "yowsah, yowsah, yowsah" of the title, which appears as a spoken interjection in the middle of the song, originated with the American jazz violinist and radio personality Ben Bernie, who popularized it in the 1920s. The phrase was revived in 1969 by They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, a film about a Depression-era dance marathon.

Track listings

Buddha 7" BDA 583, 1977 / Atlantic 7" 3435, September 30, 1977

• A. "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (7" Edit) - 3:41
• B. "São Paulo" - 5:01

Buddha 12" DSC 121, 1977 / Atlantic 12" DK 4600, 1977

• A. "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" - 8:21
• B. "São Paulo" - 5:01

Atlantic 12" promo DSKO 101, 1977

• A. "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" - 8:21
• B. "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (7" Edit) - 3:41

Atlantic 12" DK 4621, 1978

• A. "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" - 8:21
• B. "Everybody Dance" (12" Mix) - 8:25

References

1. ^ Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) Songfacts

External links

• Song Review from Allmusic

Preceded by Village People by Village People (all cuts)

Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single (with "Everybody Dance" and "You Can Get By") October 22, 1977 - November 10, 1977

Succeeded by Once Upon a Time by Donna Summer (all cuts)