High School Dance Explained

High School Dance
Type:single
Artist:the Sylvers
Album:Something Special
B-Side:Lovin' You Is Like Lovin' the Wind
Released:April 1977
Recorded:1976
Genre:Soul, Disco
Label:Capitol Records
Producer:Freddie Perren
Prev Title:Hot Line
Prev Year:1976
Next Title:Any Way You Want Me
Next Year:1977

"High School Dance" is a song recorded by American family group the Sylvers from their 1976 album Something Special. Written by members of the Sylvers, it charted in 1977 at number 17 on the Pop charts and number 6 on the R&B charts.[1]

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1977)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 10017
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [2] 13
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles6
Canada[3] 8
New Zealand 18

Year-end charts

Chart (1977)Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [4] 84
U.S. Cash Box [5] 89
Canada [6] 88

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 563.
  2. Web site: Top 100 1977-07-09 . . 2014-12-28 .
  3. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 2016-10-12.
  4. "Pop Singles" Billboard December 24, 1977: 64
  5. Web site: Top 100 Year End Charts: 1977 . . 2016-07-26 . 2012-08-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120826065711/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/1977YESP.html . dead .
  6. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 2016-10-12.