Let 's Hear It for the Boy - wikipedia Let 's Hear It for the Boy For the album, see Let 's Hear It for the Boy ( album ). `` Let 's Hear It for the Boy '' Single by Deniece Williams from the album Footloose and Let 's Hear It for the Boy Released February 14, 1984 Format 7 '' 12 '' Recorded Genre R&B dance - pop freestyle Length 4 : 21 Label Columbia Songwriter ( s ) Tom Snow Dean Pitchford Producer ( s ) George Duke Deniece Williams singles chronology `` Love Wo n't Let Me Wait '' ( 1984 ) `` Let 's Hear It for the Boy '' ( 1984 ) `` Next Love '' ( 1984 ) `` Love Wo n't Let Me Wait '' ( 1984 ) `` Let 's Hear It for the Boy '' ( 1984 ) `` Next Love '' ( 1984 ) `` Let 's Hear It for the Boy '' was the second number - one song for Deniece Williams and appeared on the soundtrack to the feature film Footloose. It climbed to number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on May 26, 1984, as well as number one on the dance and R&B charts, and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, and was certified platinum in the US, gold in Canada and silver in the UK by the RIAA, Music Canada and the British Phonographic Industry respectively. The music video was released in mid-April 1984. The song features background vocals from George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam, who would go on to form the duo Boy Meets Girl. In 2017 the song was covered by UK Hi - Nrg dance artist, Allan Jay in aid of The Retired Greyhound Trust and their Let 's Hear It For The Boy campaign. Contents 1 Music video 2 Chart history 2.1 Weekly charts 2.2 Year - end charts 3 Credits and personnel 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Music video There is an official music video of this song, featuring Williams along with several young men, one of them being the singer Aaron Lohr as the young boy who is the first person to appear in the video. Chart history Weekly charts Chart ( 1984 ) Peak position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) Austria Belgium Canada RPM Top Singles Germany ( GfK ) 10 Ireland Netherlands 5 New Zealand Switzerland ( Swiss Hitparade ) 19 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) US Billboard Hot 100 US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) US Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs ( Billboard ) US Billboard Adult Contemporary US Cash Box Top 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1984 ) Rank Australia 44 Canada 21 New Zealand 43 UK 47 US Billboard Hot 100 13 US Cash Box 20 Credits and personnel Tom Snow -- writer Dean Pitchford -- writer Deniece Williams -- lead vocalist, backing vocalist George Merrill -- backing vocalist Shannon Rubicam -- backing vocalist George Duke -- producer, drum programming, keyboards, Memory Moog bass, Prophet synthesizer, synthesizer Paul Jackson, Jr. -- guitar Paulinho Da Costa -- percussion See also List of Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles of 1984 References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 625. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Hot Dance / Disco : 1974 - 2003. Record Research. p. 280. Jump up ^ British Phonographic Industry certification for Let 's Hear It for the Boy Archived January 11, 2013, at WebCite Jump up ^ `` Gold & Platinum -- RIAA ''. Jump up ^ `` Page not found ''. Music Canada. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Rolling Stones plan to do video, concert in L.A. during Olympics ''. The Ledger. May 3, 1984. p. 2A. Retrieved October 23, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Deniece Williams : Let 's Hear It for the Boy ''. MTV. Retrieved February 16, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Forum -- ARIA Charts : Special Occasion Charts -- Top 100 Singles 1984 ''. Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved December 31, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Deniece Williams Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 1993 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 -- 1993. Record Research. p. 257. Jump up ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, June 2, 1984 Jump up ^ `` Forum -- ARIA Charts : Special Occasion Charts -- Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts -- 1980s ''. Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved January 13, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Singles of 1984 -- Volume 41, No. 17, January 05 1985 ''. RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 10, 2017. Jump up ^ `` End of Year Charts 1984 ''. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved July 17, 2017. Jump up ^ Scaping, Peter, ed. ( 1984 ). `` Top 100 singles : 1983 ''. BPI Year Book 1984. British Phonographic Industry. pp. 42 -- 43. ISBN 0 - 906154 - 04 - 9. Jump up ^ Musicoutfitters.com Jump up ^ Cash Box Year - End Charts : Top 100 Pop Singles, December 29, 1984 External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` I Want it to Be Real '' by John Rocca Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number - one single May 19, 1984 Succeeded by `` Land of Hunger '' by Earons Preceded by `` Hello '' by Lionel Richie Billboard Hot 100 number - one single May 26, 1984 -- June 8, 1984 Succeeded by `` Time After Time '' by Cyndi Lauper Preceded by `` Do n't Waste Your Time '' by Yarbrough & Peoples Billboard Hot Black Singles number - one single June 2, 1984 -- June 16, 1984 Succeeded by `` Lovelite '' by O'Bryan Deniece Williams Studio albums This Is Niecy ( 1976 ) Song Bird ( 1977 ) When Love Comes Calling ( 1979 ) My Melody ( 1981 ) Niecy ( 1982 ) I 'm So Proud ( 1983 ) Let 's Hear It for the Boy ( 1984 ) Hot On the Trail ( 1986 ) Water Under the Bridge ( 1987 ) As Good As It Gets ( 1988 ) Love Solves It All ( 1996 ) This Is My Song ( 1998 ) Love, Niecy Style ( 2007 ) Other albums That 's What Friends Are For ( 1978 ) Singles `` Free '' ( 1976 ) `` I 've Got the Next Dance '' ( 1979 ) `` Silly '' ( 1981 ) `` It 's Gonna Take a Miracle '' ( 1982 ) `` Let 's Hear It for the Boy '' ( 1984 ) `` Next Love '' ( 1984 ) `` Black Butterfly '' ( 1984 ) Duet singles `` Too Much, Too Little, Too Late '' ( 1978 ) `` You 're All I Need to Get By '' ( 1978 ) `` Love Wo n't Let Me Wait '' ( 1984 ) Related topics Deniece Williams discography Johnny Mathis Family Ties Book : Deniece Williams Footloose Adaptations 1998 musical 2011 film Music Soundtracks `` Footloose '' `` Let 's Hear It for the Boy '' `` Almost Paradise '' `` Holding Out for a Hero '' `` Dancing in the Sheets '' `` I 'm Free ( Heaven Helps the Man ) '' `` Somebody 's Eyes '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Let%27s_Hear_It_for_the_Boy&oldid=835190258 '' Categories : 1984 singles Deniece Williams songs Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Billboard Dance Club Songs number - one singles Billboard Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs number - one singles RPM Top Singles number - one singles Songs from Footloose Songs written by Tom Snow Songs written by Dean Pitchford Freestyle music songs 1984 songs Columbia Records singles Dance - pop songs Hidden categories : Webarchive template webcite links Use mdy dates from April 2018 Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart called without song Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Italiano Nederlands Edit links This page was last edited on 7 April 2018, at 03 : 26. 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Question: who wrote let's hear it for the boy
Answer: Tom Snow