BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983
“Street Dance” is the debut single by American electro act, Break Machine released in 1983.
“Street Dance” peaked at #3 on the UK Singles Chart in March 1984 and was the 39th best-selling single of that year. It hit #1 in Sweden and Norway. In Germany, it was the 78th best-selling single of 1984. It charted #11 in Italy. “Street Dance”‘s strongest chart performance was in Norway, where it was #1 for five weeks. In France, the song reached #1 for two weeks, selling over a million copies and becoming the 86th best-selling single of all time according to a list released in 2004 by the Syndicat National de l’Edition Phonographique.
In the United States “Street Dance” barely missed the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at #105 in April 1984. The single was a top ten U.S. dance hit reaching #6 on the Billboard Dance Chart and #78 on the Billboard R&B Chart. This was the groups only charting single in the U.S.
SIDE A:
Street Dance (Vocal) 6:30
SIDE B:
Street Dance (Instrumental) 5:07
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Street Dance | U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles | #78 |
| 1984 | Street Dance | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | #6 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Sire – 0-20189, Sire – 9 20189-0
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Maxi-Single, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop
Style: Breaks, Electro
CREDITS:
Arranged By – Fred Zarr
Engineer – Bill Scheniman
Engineer [Assisted By] – David Greenberg*
Executive-Producer – Henri Belolo
Other [Very Special Thanks To] – Ed Pavia, Keith Rodgers
Performer [The Break Machine Are] – Cortez Jordan, Lindell Blake, Lindsay Blake
Photography By – Ken Howard (3)
Producer – Jacques Morali
Written-By – F. Zarr*, H. Belolo*, J. Morali*, K. Rodgers*
NOTES:
Produced by (Toutoune Productions) for Can’t Stop Productions, Inc.
Recorded and Mixed at Power Station, NYC
Made in U.S.A.
Find the 12″ at DISCOGS
VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
DAC/Phono Pre-amp: Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
Username: btg
Password: burningtheground
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One classic! It was starting to play and the music invited us to dance. I had (still have) the compacto (name given to 7″ vinyl in Brazil). Grato!
You’ve done it again. From Break Dance Party to Street Dance. 😀
I still remember fondly, I was 10 years old, I had to stay with my uncles all day in a small shop in Buenos Aires, in the first shopping mall in Argentina oppened in 1983. I spent all day at the record store searching through the vinyls, and every day at every hour asking the owner to play this same record!
Thanks for the memories…
Thanks my Vinyl Master 🙂
Morali/Belolo (both died!), French Production!
This was my first record! (Well, my actual first record was Laura Branigan’s “Self Control”, but this here sounds cooler as a first record). Anyway, still got both, still like both.
I have a cd single with these mixes but i have a feeling your rips will sound much better.
Thanks Paul 🙂
This really should have been a bigger pop hit here in the US. Still,because I listened to a lot of dance radio, I got to really get into it. I love how this was HUGE internationally. I seem to be more inspired by European sensibilities but I just love music wherever its from.
Thanks Paul for another cool record that gets me on my feet. You’re pressing the right buttons this week for me. So much fun for all!
Jeff
Excelente Pault gracias por estos dos aportes de Break Machine.
I hoped you would post this one. Here it is. This song brings back beautiful memories. I´m really enjoying this week Paul, making me forget all the troubles we are living in. Thank you so very much 🙂