Dynamite! (song) explained

Dynamite!
Cover:Stacydynamite.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Stacy Lattisaw
Album:Let Me Be Your Angel
B-Side:Dreaming
Released:1980
Recorded:1980
Genre:Post-disco, funk
Length:6:07
Label:Cotillion
Producer:Narada Michael Walden
Prev Title:When You're Young and in Love
Prev Year:1979
Next Title:Jump to the Beat
Next Year:1980

"Dynamite!" is a song produced by Narada Michael Walden, co-written by Walden and Bunny Hull, and recorded by Stacy Lattisaw for her second studio album Let Me Be Your Angel (1980). The song was released as the lead single from Let Me Be Your Angel in 1980.

Chart performance

In the United States, "Dynamite!" did not make the Billboard Hot 100, but it hit number one on the Dance Club Songs chart (where it was her only number-one hit in general),[1] and it peaked at number eight on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart.[2] Lattisaw was just 13 years old when she made it to number-one and was the youngest act to have a number-one single on the Dance Club Songs chart at that time.

Track listings and formats

7" single

  1. "Dynamite!" – 4:20
  2. "Dreaming" – 4:45

12" single

  1. "Dynamite!" – 5:58
  2. "Dreaming" – 4:45

Charts

Chart (1980)Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)51
US Disco Top 100 (Billboard)1
US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard)8

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 152.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004. Record Research . 341.