Dancer (Gino Soccio song)

Dancer is a song by Gino Soccio. It was released as a single in 1979 from his album Outline.[1][2][3][4]

"Dancer"
Single by Gino Soccio
from the album Outline
B-side"So Lonely"
Released1979
Recorded1979
GenreDisco
Length
  • 3:30 (single version)
  • 8:23 (album & 12" version)
LabelRFC/Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Gino Soccio
Producer(s)Mix Machine
Gino Soccio singles chronology
"The Visitors"
(1978)		 "Dancer"
(1979)		 "Dance To Dance"
(1979)

The song topped the Billboard Disco chart and remained on that spot for six weeks.[5] It was also Soccio's only Billboard Hot 100 entry, peaking at No. 48, and his only Top 10 hit on his home country's RPM Top Singles chart, peaking at No. 6.[6]

Chart performance
Chart (1979) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles[7] 6
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 48
US Billboard Hot Soul Singles[8] 60
US Billboard Disco Top 80[8] 1
UK Singles[9] 46

References
  1. "The 30 Best Disco Songs That Every Millennial Should Know". Spin. June 18, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  2. Boles, Benjamin (April 29, 2016). "Junior Boys, Dinamo Azari, Skratch Bastid, and More Pick Their Essential Canadian Disco Songs". Vice. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  3. Lawrence, Tim (February 2, 2004). Love Saves the Day. Duke University Press. ISBN 0822385112. Retrieved January 19, 2021 – via Google Books.
  4. Burke, Andrew (November 6, 2019). Hinterland Remixed. McGill-Queen's Press. p. 49. ISBN 9780773559714. Retrieved January 19, 2021 – via Google Books.
  5. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 238.
  6. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 538.
  7. "RPM Top 100 Singles - June 23, 1979" (PDF).
  8. "Dancer (US)". Music VF. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  9. "Dancer (UK)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
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