You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" is a song by British singer Leo Sayer, taken from his 1976 album Endless Flight. It reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it his first top single in the United States, and reached number two on the UK Singles Chart. Billboard ranked it the Billboard Year-End [Hot 100 singles of 1977|number 13 song of 1977].
Credited songwriters Sayer and Vini Poncia won a Grammy Award for the song in 1978 for Best R&B Song. Ray Parker Jr, who was a session musician at the time, has stated that he was the original songwriter and that when he gave the tune as a demo, his accreditation as such was missed. "It's not Leo's fault," Parker told Variety. "He tried to cut six or seven more of my songs just because he felt so bad."
Like other Sayer songs from that time, it features extensive use of the singer's falsetto voice, a very popular vocal register in disco-era songs. Sayer performed the song in List of [Saturday Night Live episodes#Season 2 |the thirteenth episode of the second season] of "Saturday Night Live" and List of [The Muppet Show episodes#Season 3 |the second episode of season 3] of The Muppet Show.
Personnel
- Leo Sayer – vocals
- John Barnes – electric piano, clavinet
- Larry Carlton, Ray Parker Jr. – guitar
- Steve Gadd – drums
- Jeff Porcaro – drums
- Clydie King, Becky Louis, Sherlie Matthews – background vocals
- Chuck Rainey – bass
- Gene Page - string arrangements
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
| Chart | Rank |
| Australia | 49 |
| Canada | 30 |
| New Zealand | 27 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 13 |
All-time charts
Cover versions
- Lee Ritenour brought back drummer Steve Gadd among other session stars to add this cover to his 1979 album, Feel the Night.
- DTV, in 1984, set the song to The Grasshopper and the Ants.
- A remixed version of "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" credited to Groove Generation featuring Leo Sayer charted on the UK Singles Chart in 1998, peaking at No.32.
- In 2008, the Wiggles sang the song as the title work of their DVD You Make Me [Feel Like Dancing |You Make Me Feel Like Dancing], with Leo Sayer guest starring.