"Let Your Body Go Downtown" is a song co-written by Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran, [1] [2] [3] 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. [4] It was also released in France, Germany, Italy and The Netherlands on Vertigo Records. [5] It was a BBC Radio 1 "Record of the Week" and playlist by a number of UK regional radio stations. [6] As noted by Record World magazine, it took the single three months to enter the UK Singles Chart. [7] However, the song reached No. 38 on that chart, [8] [9] No. 34 on the NME singles chart, [10] No. 37 on the EveryHit Retrocharts [11] and No. 12 on the UK Disco Chart, published by Record Mirror. [12] It was also released as a track on the album Ronnie Jones Presents Let-Your-Body-Go-With-The-Disco released on the Phillips record label in Italy [13] and it received numerous radio plays there as listed in "Radiocorrier". [14] A live performance of the song featuring Ford, his orchestra and backing singers was shown on the 12 May 1977 edition of Top of the Pops. [15]
The song was followed by another de Paul/Moran penned release, " Going to a Disco", [16] in a similar vein, [17] also released on the Mountain record label in 1977 as a 7 inch and 12 inch single [18] but did not chart although it received a positive review from the British DJ James Hamilton, [19] [20] as well as in the British mainstream press. [21] It is also mentioned alongside "Let Your Body Go Downtown" in the books The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music [22] and Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2006. [23]
"Let Your Body Go Downtown" is still played on the radio, [24] [25] most recently on the Ana Matronic Disco Devotion radio show on BBC Radio 2, [26] on Funky Tuesday [27] and on Disco Magic. [28]
"Let Your Body Go Downtown" is a song co-written by Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran, [1] [2] [3] 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. [4] It was also released in France, Germany, Italy and The Netherlands on Vertigo Records. [5] It was a BBC Radio 1 "Record of the Week" and playlist by a number of UK regional radio stations. [6] As noted by Record World magazine, it took the single three months to enter the UK Singles Chart. [7] However, the song reached No. 38 on that chart, [8] [9] No. 34 on the NME singles chart, [10] No. 37 on the EveryHit Retrocharts [11] and No. 12 on the UK Disco Chart, published by Record Mirror. [12] It was also released as a track on the album Ronnie Jones Presents Let-Your-Body-Go-With-The-Disco released on the Phillips record label in Italy [13] and it received numerous radio plays there as listed in "Radiocorrier". [14] A live performance of the song featuring Ford, his orchestra and backing singers was shown on the 12 May 1977 edition of Top of the Pops. [15]
The song was followed by another de Paul/Moran penned release, " Going to a Disco", [16] in a similar vein, [17] also released on the Mountain record label in 1977 as a 7 inch and 12 inch single [18] but did not chart although it received a positive review from the British DJ James Hamilton, [19] [20] as well as in the British mainstream press. [21] It is also mentioned alongside "Let Your Body Go Downtown" in the books The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music [22] and Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2006. [23]
"Let Your Body Go Downtown" is still played on the radio, [24] [25] most recently on the Ana Matronic Disco Devotion radio show on BBC Radio 2, [26] on Funky Tuesday [27] and on Disco Magic. [28]