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
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