Dancing Machine
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| Single by the Jackson 5 | ||||
| from the album Get It Together and Dancing Machine | ||||
| B-side | "It's Too Late to Change the Time" | |||
| Released | February 19, 1974[1] | |||
| Recorded | April–May 1973 | |||
| Studio | Hitsville West, Los Angeles | |||
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| Length | 3:30 (Get It Together version) 2:43 (Dancing Machine version) | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
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| Producer | Hal Davis | |||
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"Dancing Machine" is a song recorded by American R&B group the Jackson 5; it was the title track of their ninth studio album. The song was originally recorded for the group's 1973 album G.I.T.: Get It Together and was released as a remix.
The song, which reportedly sold over three million copies,[4] popularized the physically complicated robot dance technique, devised by Charles Washington in the late 1960s. Michael Jackson first performed the dance on television while singing "Dancing Machine" with the Jackson 5 on a Bob Hope special that aired September 26, 1973, but the cameraman cut away from Michael as he did the dance. A month later, on an episode of Soul Train on October 27, 1973 Michael again did the Robot dance and this time it was fully caught on camera. [5] It was the group's first US top ten hit since 1971's "Sugar Daddy". "Dancing Machine" brought the Jackson 5 their second Grammy Award nomination in 1975 for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, losing to Rufus and Chaka Khan's "Tell Me Something Good".
Personnel
- Lead vocals by Michael Jackson and Jermaine Jackson
- Background vocals by Michael Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Tito Jackson, Jackie Jackson and Marlon Jackson
- Instrumentation by Los Angeles area session musicians:[6]
- Bass by William Salter
- Guitars by Dean Parks, David T. Walker and Arthur Wright
- Drums by James Gadson
- Percussion by Bobbye Hall
- Keyboards by Joe Sample
- Produced by Hal Davis
- Arranged by Arthur Wright
Charts
In Canada, "Dancing Machine" went to No. 2 on the RPM 100. In the United States, it hit No. 1 on Cash Box and reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, behind "The Streak" by Ray Stevens.[7] In addition, it hit No. 1 on the R&B charts.[8] Billboard ranked it as the No. 5 song for 1974.[9]
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