Do It Again Medley with Billie Jean
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"Do It Again Medley with Billie Jean" is a song by the Italian music project Club House, released in 1983. The song combines elements of two hits made famous by other artists: "Do It Again", a 1973 top-ten hit by Steely Dan and Michael Jackson's number-one song from earlier in the year, "Billie Jean".
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| Single by Club House | ||||
| Released | 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
| Length | 7:30 (12 inch single) 4:08 (7 inch single edit) | |||
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Songwriting credit on the track is given to Jackson as well as the primary members of Steely Dan, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen.
The song reached the Billboard Hot 100 at number 75, but was a much bigger hit in Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands and the UK, where it peaked at 6, 7, 10 and 11 on their local charts, respectively.
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart (1983) | Peak position |
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| Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] | 79 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[2] | 6 |
| Germany (GfK)[3] | 41 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[4] | 7 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[5] | 9 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] | 10 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[7] | 33 |
| UK Singles (Official Charts)[8] | 11 |
Year-end charts
Slingshot version
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| Single by Slingshot | |
| Released | 1983 |
| Recorded | 1983 |
| Length | 7:22 |
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"Do It Again Medley with Billie Jean" was covered the same year by Detroit-based band Slingshot. It was their only song to reach the Billboard charts in the US, where it spent one week at number one on the Hot Dance Club Play chart in August 1983.
| Chart (1983) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[11] | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot Black Singles[11] | 25 |