Released November 19, 1979 | Length 38:52 Release date 19 November 1979 | |
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Recorded 1979 at Total Experience Recording Studios, Hollywood, California Similar The Gap Band albums, Soul music albums | ||
The Gap Band II is the fourth studio album (contrary to the title) by The Gap Band, released in 1979 on Mercury Records. It is their second major label release, and produced by Lonnie Simmons.
Contents
Gap band steppin out
Reception
The album reached #3 on the Black Albums chart and #42 on the Pop Albums chart. The album produced the singles "Steppin' (Out)" (#10 Black Singles), "Party Lights" (#36 Black Singles), and "I Don't Believe You Want to Get up and Dance (Oops!)" (#4 Black Singles, #52 Club Play Singles).
The album established the Gap Band as leaders in the R&B market, becoming their first gold album, selling over 500,000 copies through 1980. The album's most successful track, "I Don't Believe You Want to Get up and Dance (Oops!)", was their first to incorporate aspects of the P-Funk sound. The song also alludes to a well-known corruption of the childhood nursery rhyme, Jack and Jill (a pattern later continued on "Humpin'").
Personnel
Songs
1Steppin' (Out)4:28
2No Hiding Place5:39
3I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up And Dance (Oops Up Side Your Head)8:41