Let's Hear It for the Boy

"Let's Hear It for the Boy"
Single by Deniece Williams
from the album Footloose and Let's Hear It for the Boy
Released February 14, 1984
Format
Recorded 1983
Genre
Length 4:21
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) George Duke
Deniece Williams singles chronology
"Love Won't Let Me Wait"
(1984)		 "Let's Hear It for the Boy"
(1984)		 "Next Love"
(1984)

"Love Won't Let Me Wait"
(1984)		 "Let's Hear It for the Boy"
(1984)		 "Next Love"
(1984)

"Let's Hear It for the Boy" was the second number-one song for Deniece Williams and appeared on the soundtrack to the feature film Footloose. It climbed to number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on May 26, 1984, as well as number one on the dance and R&B charts,[1][2] and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, and was certified platinum in the US, gold in Canada and silver in the UK by the RIAA, Music Canada and the British Phonographic Industry respectively.[3][4][5] The music video was released in mid-April 1984.[6] The song features background vocals from George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam, who would go on to form the duo Boy Meets Girl.

In 2011, country singer Jana Kramer covered the song for the remake of "Footloose". In 2017 the song was covered by UK Hi-Nrg dance artist, Allan Jay in aid of The Retired Greyhound Trust and their Let's Hear It For The Boy campaign.

Music video

There is an official music video of this song, featuring Williams along with several young men, one of them being the singer Aaron Lohr as the young boy who is the first person to appear in the video.[7]

Chart history

Credits and personnel

See also

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 625.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 280.
  3. ↑ British Phonographic Industry certification for Let's Hear It for the Boy Archived January 11, 2013, at WebCite
  4. ↑ "Gold & Platinum – RIAA".
  5. ↑ "Page not found". Music Canada. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Rolling Stones plan to do video, concert in L.A. during Olympics". The Ledger. May 3, 1984. p. 2A. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Deniece Williams: Let's Hear It for the Boy". MTV. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 Singles 1984". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Deniece Williams Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  10. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 257.
  11. ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, June 2, 1984
  12. ↑ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Top 100 Singles of 1984 – Volume 41, No. 17, January 05 1985". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  14. ↑ "End of Year Charts 1984". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
  15. ↑ Scaping, Peter, ed. (1984). "Top 100 singles: 1983". BPI Year Book 1984. British Phonographic Industry. pp. 42–43. ISBN 0-906154-04-9.
  16. ↑ Musicoutfitters.com
  17. ↑ Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 29, 1984
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