Shannon - Let The Music Play (Original Video)1983

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"Let The Music Play" is a song recorded by the American Dance and Freestyle singer from Washington, D.C. Shannon, released on September 19, 1983, as both her debut single and the lead single from her 1984 debut studio album "Let The Music Play". "Let The Music Play" was the first of Shannon's four No.1s on the US Dance Club Songs Chart, reaching the top spot in October 1983. It also became a huge crossover hit in the US, peaking at No.2 on the Hot R&B and Hip-Hop Songs Chart, behind Patti LaBelle's "If Only You Knew" and No.8 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in February 1984. "Let The Music Play" was ranked 43rd on the 2009 VH1 Special 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 1980s. Rolling Stone and Billboard featured it in their lists of "200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time"[, and "500 Best Pop Songs Of All Time" in 2022 and 2023, respectively.