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High School Dance

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"High School Dance"
side-A label by Capitol Records
One of side-A labels of the US single
Single by the Sylvers
from the album Something Special
B-side"Lovin' You Is Like Lovin' the Wind"
ReleasedApril 1977
Recorded1976
GenreSoul, Disco
LabelCapitol Records
Songwriter(s)Leon Sylvers III, Edmund Sylvers, James Sylvers, Ricky Sylvers
Producer(s)Freddie Perren
The Sylvers singles chronology
"Hot Line"
(1976)
"High School Dance"
(1977)
"Any Way You Want Me"
(1977)

"High School Dance" is a song recorded by American family group the Sylvers from their 1976 album Something Special. Written by members of the Sylvers, it charted in 1977 at number 17 on the Pop charts and number 6 on the R&B charts.[1]

Chart performance

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Weekly singles charts

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Chart (1977) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 17
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [2] 13
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles 6
Canada[3] 8
New Zealand 18

Year-end charts

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Chart (1977) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [4] 84
U.S. Cash Box [5] 89
Canada [6] 88

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 563.
  2. ^ "Top 100 1977-07-09". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2014-12-28.
  3. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  4. ^ "Pop Singles" Billboard December 24, 1977: 64
  5. ^ "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1977". Cashbox Magazine. Archived from the original on 2012-08-26. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  6. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
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