Do You Wanna Go Party is the sixth studio album by the funk and disco group KC and the Sunshine Band. The album was produced by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch and was released in June 1979 on the TK label.
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| Released | June 22, 1979 | |||
| Recorded | 1978 | |||
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| Length | 33:03 | |||
| Label | TK | |||
| Producer | H. W. Casey, Richard Finch | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+[3] |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul | [4] |
History
editDo You Wanna Go Party contains the group's last number one hit in the US, "Please Don't Go".[5] The title track was a moderate hit, with more success on the R&B chart, reaching the top ten. The B-side to "Please Don't Go", "I Betcha Didn't Know That", was also a Top 20 R&B chart hit.
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Hooked On Your Love" | 3:55 | |
| 2. | "I've Got The Feeling" | 3:05 | |
| 3. | "Ooh, I Like It" | 6:06 | |
| 4. | "Please Don't Go" | 3:50 | |
| 5. | "I Betcha Didn't Know That" | Frederick Knight, Sam Dees | 4:08 |
| 6. | "Que Pasa?" | 5:10 | |
| 7. | "Do You Wanna Go Party" | 7:29 |
Personnel
edit- Harry Wayne Casey – keyboards, vocal
- Jerome Smith – guitar
- Richard Finch – bass guitar, drum, percussion
- Robert Johnson – drum
- Fermin Goytisolo – percussion
- Ken Faulk – trumpet
- Vinnie Tanno – trumpet
- Jerry Peel – french horn
- Joe Singer – french horn
- Mike Lewis – tenor saxophone
- Whit Sidener – baritone saxophone
- Beverly Champion – background vocals
- Donna Rhodes – background vocals
- Althea Tate – background vocals
Guest musicians
- Manuel Capote – strings
- David Chappell – strings
- Bogdan Chruszcz – strings
- David Everhart – strings
- Marguerit Haldeman – strings
- Roslind Lang – strings
- Marjorie Lash – strings
- Stuart McDonald – strings
- Susan Oltman – strings
- Robert Phillips – strings
- Debra Spring – strings
- Guy Weddle – strings
- Valerie Vonpechy – harp
- Charles Chalmers – background vocals
- Sandra Chalmers – background vocals
- Teri DeSario – background vocals
References
edit- ^ Breihan, Tom (March 11, 2020). "The Number Ones: KC & The Sunshine Band's "Please Don't Go"". Stereogum. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
Musically...Do You Wanna Go Party is...the kind of simplistic uptempo funk that had taken the group to the top a half-decade earlier.
- ^ Henderson, Alex. Do You Wanna Go Party review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: K". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 28, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin. p. 188.
- ^ "Please Don't Go". Billboard.