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.' Music Box Dancer' is an piece by Canadian musician that was an international hit in the late 1970s. It features an theme in C-sharp major (enharmonic to ) designed to resemble a, accompanied by other instruments playing a counterpoint melody as well as a wordless chorus. (Most modern piano music sheets have the song in the key of C.)Mills wrote and recorded 'Music Box Dancer' in 1974, but it did not become a until 1978.
By Christmas of that year, it was in the top ten of many European and Asian pop music charts. Released as a single in the United States in January 1979, it reached #3 on the chart on the week ending May 5, and also reached #3 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart and #47 on the Canadian pop chart. The single also did well in Australia, reaching #14 on the Australian Singles Chart (Kent Music Report).A few notes are missing in the third repeated introduction to the main melody, which could not be corrected, as Mills did not have the funds to record another take. Contents.History In 1974 Mills released an album that featured 'Music Box Dancer', but it was not initially a hit. When he re-signed with Polydor Records Canada in 1978, the label released a new song as a single, with 'Music Box Dancer' on the B-side. The single was sent to stations in Canada, and one copy was mistakenly sent to CFRA-AM, an Ottawa pop station.
The program director played the A-side and could not figure out why it had been sent to his station, so he played the B-side to see if the record label had been mistakenly marked. He liked 'Music Box Dancer' and added it to his station's playlist.The song's success at CFRA was swift. 'Music Box Dancer' premiered on CFRA's top 30 chart on May 5, 1978; by June 30, it was the #1 song on the station's playlist. 'Music Box Dancer' also began picking up play on other Canadian stations around this time, becoming a nationwide hit. Mills's album went gold in Canada, which, after several months, prompted Polydor in the US to release the album and single with the B-side 'The Poet and I'.The million-selling Gold-certified single reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the spring of 1979 as well as #4 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart, while the album reached #21 on the Billboard Top Album chart and also went gold.
Polydor awarded a gold record to TV station WNGE for breaking the single in the U.S.; the follow-up, another piano instrumental titled 'Peter Piper', peaked at #48 on the Billboard Hot 100, although it was a popular Top 10 hit on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. Mills managed one final Adult Contemporary chart entry, 'Happy Song', which peaked at #41 at the beginning of 1981. Mills also released a version of Ricky Nelson's 'Poor Little Fool' with substantial airplay in Ontario during the 70's and 80's.Chart performance. Weekly singles charts Chart (1978-79)PeakpositionAustralia 14Canada Adult Contemporary3Canada Top Singles47Ireland 152Switzerland1U.S.3U.S.
Top 1002Year-end charts Chart (1979)RankAustralia60New Zealand29Switzerland6U.S. Billboard Hot 10049U.S. Cash Box Top 10028Cover versions 'Music Box Dancer' has been recorded by such pianists as, and, and by orchestral artists such as. Bandleader added lyrics and titled the song on his album I Will Survive in 1979. Germany's recorded a calypso version, and an accordion version was released in Sweden. The band PePe produced a techno version.
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