| Let's Party | |
| Cover: | Let's Party Jive Bunny single.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers |
| B-Side: | Auld Lang Syne |
| Released: | [1] |
| Length: | 4:25 |
| Label: | Telstar |
| Producer: | Andy Pickles, Ian Morgan |
| Prev Title: | That's What I Like |
| Prev Year: | 1989 |
| Next Title: | That Sounds Good to Me |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
"Let's Party" is a song by British novelty pop music act Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers, the third single released by the father-and-son DJ team Andy and John Pickles. Released on 4 December 1989, it reached the top of the UK Singles Chart for a single week the same month.[2] They became only the third act to reach 1 with their first three singles, following on from Gerry and the Pacemakers in 1964 and Frankie Goes to Hollywood in 1984, and took the shortest time to achieve the feat.
The record follows on from the formula which took their earlier singles "Swing the Mood" and "That's What I Like" to number one on the charts. Although it did not appear on , the track took its melodic hook from Joe Loss's "March of the Mods" - the same as the album's closing track "Hopping Mad". Unlike Jive Bunny's previous two hits, it did not reach the top of the international charts, although it reached number two in Ireland, Norway and Denmark, and charted in several other European nations.
The difference was it sampled classic Christmas songs instead. These included the 1973 Christmas No. 1 Slade's "Merry Xmas Everybody" and Gary Glitter's "Another Rock and Roll Christmas". It also included Wizzard's "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" but, as they did not have permission to use the song, they got the group's lead singer Roy Wood to re-record the song.
Following Gary Glitter's convictions, later editions on download and streaming sites replaced his track with Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" despite that Carey's song had to be included before Glitter's on the 1996 Christmas Party Album.
| Chart (1989–1990) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Denmark (Tracklisten)[3] | 2 |
| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[4] | 9 |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] | 12 |