Do n't Stop the Music ( Yarbrough and Peoples song ) - Wikipedia Do n't Stop the Music ( Yarbrough and Peoples song ) `` Do n't Stop the Music '' Single by Yarbrough and Peoples from the album The Two of Us B - side `` You 're My Song '' Released January 12, 1981 Format 12 '' Single Recorded 1980 Genre Funk, disco, boogie Length 7 : 49 4 : 08 ( 7 `` ) Label Mercury Songwriter ( s ) Jonah Ellis, Alisa Peoples and Cavin Yarbrough Producer ( s ) Jonah Ellis Lonnie Simmons Yarbrough and Peoples singles chronology `` Do n't Stop the Music '' ( 1981 ) `` Do n't Waste Your Time '' ( 1984 ) `` Do n't Stop the Music '' ( 1981 ) `` Do n't Waste Your Time '' ( 1984 ) `` Do n't Stop the Music '' is a song by Yarbrough and Peoples, from the duo 's 1980 debut album, The Two of Us. It was released as a single on Mercury Records in 1981. The song reached # 26 on the dance charts, # 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 # 7 in the UK and fared even better on the US R&B chart, where it hit number one, helping to earn a gold record for the duo. The music video for the song featured hand puppets singing `` You do n't really wan na stop ? No ! '' The duo also used them for many of their live performances. Contents 1 Cover Versions 2 Sampling 3 Chart history 4 References Cover versions The song has been covered multiple times, most notably in 1989 by Simon Harris. The production team, Bugz In the Attic, also has a cover version featured on their studio album, Back in the Doghouse. Sampling The song has been sampled numerous times : In 1994, the song was sampled by rapper K7, in a remix of his song `` Zunga Zeng ''. In the fall of 1994, TLC sampled the song during the breakdown on the track `` Let 's Do It Again '' from their LaFace Records album CrazySexyCool. The same year Hip - Hop duo Quo sampled the song, which is based on their single `` Blowin ' Up ( Do n't Stop the Music ) '' featuring Aaron Hall that was produced by Teddy Riley ( both from Guy ). Then in 1995 the R&B girl group Nuttin Nyce lifted the hook for their track `` Froggy Style. '' In 1997, the song was sampled by P. Diddy ( then known as Puff Daddy ) in the song `` Do n't Stop What You 're Doin ', '' from the album No Way Out and also included on the soundtrack to the film Soul Food and Playa ( which is the group that is features singer / rapper / producer Static Major and producer / composer / singer Smoke E. Digglera ) in the song 's chorus for `` Do n't Stop the Music '', from their debut, Cheers 2 U. The song 's bassline was sampled by Tichina Arnold on her track `` I Want to Know Your Name '' on her album `` One Love ''. In 2002, the song 's chorus was used on the top 5 single Gangsta Lovin ' by Eve and Alicia Keys, and then by Keyshia Cole for the song `` Let It Go '' from her album Just Like You, released in 2007. The song was also sampled in Fat Pat 's `` Tops Drop. '' 2Pac also sampled this record In 1996 on the unreleased original version of the song `` Do n't Stop ''. However this song was remixed for his 2006 Pac 's Life album. The original song can be found on the internet under the name `` Do n't Stop The Music ''. Chart history Chart ( 1981 ) Peak position Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) US R&B Singles UK Singles Chart 7 US Billboard Hot 100 19 Dance / Club Play Singles 26 References Jump up ^ `` Song Genre ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved May 26, 2016. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2005 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 85. Jump up ^ `` Ultratop.be -- Yarbrough and Peoples -- Do n't Stop The Music '' ( in Dutch ). Ultratop 50. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2005 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 85. Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums. Guinness. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2007 ). Top Pop Singles : 1955 - 2006. Record Research. Jump up ^ allmusic Preceded by `` Burn Rubber on Me ( Why You Wanna Hurt Me ) '' by Gap Band Billboard 's Hot Soul Singles number one single February 28 - March 28, 1981 Succeeded by `` Being with You '' by Smokey Robinson This 1980s pop song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Don%27t_Stop_the_Music_(Yarbrough_and_Peoples_song)&oldid=834324715 '' Categories : Billboard Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs number - one singles 1981 singles 1980 songs Mercury Records singles 1980s pop song stubs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Flanders All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Français Edit links This page was last edited on 5 April 2018, at 02 : 51. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who sang don't you stop the music
Answer: Yarbrough and Peoples