Gino Soccio - Dancer (Warner Bros. Records 1979)

"Dancer" is a 1979 crossover disco single, by Canadian born producer, Gino Soccio, from the LP entitled, "Outline". Along with the track, "Dance to Dance", "Dancer" hit number one on the disco chart for six weeks and was the first of two times Soccio would reach the top spot. "Dancer" also crossed over to the soul singles chart where it peaked at number sixty and to the pop singles chart where it made it to number forty-eight. Vocals are by Soccio, Heather Gauthier, Sharon Lee Williams, Laurie Noedzielski, Busta Jones, and Julia Gilmorec.

Gino Soccio is a Canadian disco record producer of Italian descent. His only US Billboard Hot 100 entry was the #48 hit single "Dancer" in 1979, but he did hit #1 on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart twice ("Dancer" / "Dance to Dance" in 1979, and "Try It Out" / "Hold Tight" in 1981, six weeks each). "Dancer" peaked at #46 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1979. Soccio's third biggest hit, "It's Alright" / "Look At Yourself", from his album, Face to Face, reached #2 for 5 weeks also on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. "Turn It Around" was released only as a single in 1984.

Soccio got his start in disco when Montreal producer Pat Deserio called him and asked if he would play keyboards and help compose for the Kebekelektrik album. Prior to this, Soccio was working as a local session musician. The Kebekelektrik album helped to launch Soccio's career, as his composition "War Dance" became a hit on U.S. dance floors, a song Soccio himself had deemed "filler".

He also played keyboards on the Bombers album "Bombers" in 1978.

His debut solo album "Outline" was released in 1979 and contained the hit "Dancer"; the album received widespread critical acclaim and catapulted Soccio onto the world disco stage.

In 1979, Soccio also recorded a disco album with Guy Lafleur which cost CAD$100 000 to produce.

In the UK he received airplay from Robbie Vincent on BBC Radio London, and Greg Edwards on Capital Radio on imported RFC Records, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Records.

He also assembled and produced the disco studio group, Witch Queen, best known for their hit, "Bang A Gong" / "All Right Now" (1979). It peaked at number eight on the US Hot Dance/Disco chart.

I keep hearing overtones of the song "Harmony" by Suzi Lane produced by Giorgio Moroder (1979) and later hit for Suzy Q ft Michelle Mills with producers Jerry Cucuzzella & John Brenner (1985).

Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer

Dancer
Let your body free now
Dancer
If you want to feel good
Dancer
Got to get a move on
Dancer
Try to take it higher
Dancer

Dancer
Try to take it higher
Dancer

Dancer
Try to take it higher
Dancer

CHORUS
You never knew the power of your body
But when you keep on dancing to the music
You reach up high into the sky

Dancer
Got to get a move on
Dancer
If you want to feel good
Dancer
Keep your body shaking
Dancer
Try to take it higher
Dancer

Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Try to take it higher

(Chorus x2)

Dancer
Got to get a move on
Dancer
If you want to feel good...

[miguelantonioarauzabril]

Tengo 60 @ños y jamás pensé en volver a oír está hermosa melodía llena de fuerza y buen ritmo...gracias por subirla .. ya es inmortal..

[uduio]

By reading all the comments here I see many of the younger generation is discovering what we use to hear in the 70's. Loved Disco everybody use to dress up and dance & we had places to dance. I am crazy for this song and was a dance animal at that time. I am 64 yrs. now . It's all in my memories. "Somebody shaking"

[pierfrancescocionchi]

Avevo solo 9 anni, e già ascoltavo la disco-music. Mitica canzone.❤️❤️❤️❤️

[robinmukherjee]

Way ahead of its time. Still sounding awesome in 2023.

[tanbut]

Can you believe that we spent 6-7 hrs a night in a disco dancing to songs like this? This brings back so many memories, gawd I miss disco! Thanks for sharing Gino Soccio is awesome, so many songs by him.

[mucurlu.]

i am 64. still listening, .. we had much better music and better times than this generation.. love it..

[riccardoparri]

Questo pezzo meriterebbe qualche miliardo di visualizzazioni

[johncraven]

I was 18 when I bought this and now I’m 62, and it still sounds amazing

[Ilmonarchico]

Standing ovation for this masterpiece of disco music!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[joseluisescuderovalverde]

Las composiciones de Gino Soccio fueron absolutamente avanzadas a su tiempo, todo un clásico completamente fresco en 2024

[speedyhairyson]

I love this!! I was 18 in NY in '79. When this dropped, we were on the dance floor. 🕺 ❤

[Cornbread-gikt]

‘Silver Shadows’ on the east side of NYC. Jam packed Friday and Saturday nights. Or, the Brooklyn rollerskating ring. This younger generation has no idea what life was like back then going out on the ‘town’ late at night when it was safe. People had fun👍

[semplicementeio]

Quanti ricordi con questo pezzo di Gino Soccio😍

[giancarlotravagin]

Top
Bei ricordi
Anni stupendi ritornerei a quel tempo più che volentieri ❤

[VincenzoMirabello-xyzw]

One of the best disco dance, to dance together, Silvester, Donna Summer, Santa and Smeralda, Giorgio Moroder, Amy, Stewart, Beney.M, D.D.Jeckson, I was 17 years old we were always in the disco the best years are the 70s and 80s🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 a hug from italy 🕺💃🕺💃🔥🔥🔥

[eternalsterling]

I'm not gonna pretend that I was alive when this song came out.
Or that I remember anything about this song until I heard it on YouTube.
I'm also not gonna pretend that I'm from somewhere I'm not.

That being said, I enjoy the hell outta this one.

[patriotsify]

I was a bartender at some hot clubs in the 80s in Calgary and this track always packed the floor. Quebec disco. It was also very big in the aerobic studios.

[mariopitrelli]

Avevo appena compiuto 18anni quanti bellissimi ricordi quante volte l'ho ballata

[snowysaab]

They don't come much better than this. 1979 what a year!!!!

[frankk]

A masterpiece in discomusic.we danced the night away and could not get enough. One of the best