Let's All Chant
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"Let's All Chant" is a 1978
disco/pop
single by Michael Zager Band. Along with the track, "Love Express", "Let's All Chant" hit the top spot on the disco chart for one week. The single also crossed over to the Soul Singles chart where it peaked at #15, and to the Hot 100 where it peaked at #36.
"Let's All Chant" was featured in the film and soundtrack of Whit Stillman
's, The Last Days of Disco
. A cover by Pat and Mick
hit #11 on the UK charts
in 1988. In addition, it was used in the film Eyes of Laura Mars
as background music during a photo shoot by the character Laura Mars played by Faye Dunaway
.
1978 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1978.-January–April:*January 14 – The Sex Pistols play their final show at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom....
disco/pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
single by Michael Zager Band. Along with the track, "Love Express", "Let's All Chant" hit the top spot on the disco chart for one week. The single also crossed over to the Soul Singles chart where it peaked at #15, and to the Hot 100 where it peaked at #36.
"Let's All Chant" was featured in the film and soundtrack of Whit Stillman
Whit Stillman
Whit Stillman is an American writer-director known for his sly depictions of the "urban haute bourgeoisie" Whit Stillman (born John Whitney Stillman on January 25, 1952) is an American writer-director known for his sly depictions of the "urban haute bourgeoisie" Whit Stillman (born John Whitney...
's, The Last Days of Disco
The Last Days of Disco
The Last Days of Disco is a 1998 sardonic comedy-drama film written and directed by Whit Stillman and loosely based on his travels and experiences in various nightclubs in Manhattan, including Studio 54. The film concerns a group of Ivy League and Hampshire graduates falling in and out of love in...
. A cover by Pat and Mick
Pat and Mick
Pat and Mick were a British vocal duo consisting of popular radio personalities Pat Sharp and Mick Brown. The royalties from their record sales were donated to Capital FM's 'Help A London Child' charity...
hit #11 on the UK charts
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
in 1988. In addition, it was used in the film Eyes of Laura Mars
Eyes of Laura Mars
Eyes of Laura Mars is a 1978 thriller film starring Faye Dunaway and Tommy Lee Jones and directed by Irvin Kershner. The screenplay, adapted from a spec script titled Eyes, written by John Carpenter, was Carpenter's first major studio film...
as background music during a photo shoot by the character Laura Mars played by Faye Dunaway
Faye Dunaway
Faye Dunaway is an American actress.Dunaway won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Network after receiving previous nominations for the critically acclaimed films Bonnie and Clyde and Chinatown...
.