Let Your Body Go Downtown

"Let Your Body Go Downtown" is a song co-written by Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran,[1] and recorded by the Martyn Ford Orchestra as a single on 18 March 1977 on the Mountain record label. A 12-inch single was also released.[2] This insistent funk/soul/disco song reached No. 38 on the UK Singles Chart,[3] and No. 12 on the UK Disco Chart, published by Record Mirror.[4] A performance of the song was shown on the 12 May 1977 edition of Top of the Pops.[5]

The song was followed by another de Paul/Moran penned release, "Going to a Disco",[6] but did not chart.

References

  1. ↑ http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=862219&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID
  2. ↑ "Martyn Ford Orchestra - Let Your Body Go Downtown". 45cat.com. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  3. ↑ "let+your+body+go+downtown - full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  4. ↑ "Record Mirror articles, interviews and reviews from Rock's Backpages". Rocksbackpages.com. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  5. ↑ "12/05/77, Top of the Pops - BBC One". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  6. ↑ "Martyn Ford - Going To A Disco". 45cat.com. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
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