:this article is about a british recording act. for the warner bros. cartoon character see marc antony and pussyfoot. see also the film by the same name: pussyfoot (film). pussyfoot was a british recording act of the late 1970s. the act consisted of songwriter, producer and musician mick flinn, and vocalist donna jones. flinn remained behind the scenes, and jones was marketed as a solo artist. ==early 1970s== flinn had been a member of australian rock band the mixtures from 1967 to 1972, which included the band's most successful period. with back-to-back number 1 songs in australia in 1970, their "the pushbike song" was released in the uk where it entered the charts in the top 5, peaking at #2 in january 1971. the mixtures made the trip to england in january 1971, returned to australia in november for a concert tour, and then returned to england in january 1972. flinn left the band in may 1972, eventually settling permanently in the uk. in the uk, flinn formed the springfield revival with ray martin and donna jones. flinn subsequently became jones' manager-writer-producer. =="the way that you do it" (1976)== in 1976 they recorded a disco song "the way that you do it", and first attracted public attention when the song's suggestive lyrics caused it to be banned by the bbc. in australia, the television show countdown began playing the video clip, and exploited the british ban on playing the song. over several months, jones became a sensation and a sex symbol. the song was released as a single by emi records and spent eight weeks at number one on the singles chart from december 1976. {| cellspacing=0 border=0 align=right style="color: inherit; background-color: transparent; margin: 0.25em 0;" |- style="vertical-align: top;" | rowspan=3 style="width: 30px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 4px; vertical-align: top;" | 30px|(audio) | style="vertical-align: top;" | the way that you do it |- | style="font-size: 91%; padding: 0; margin: 0;" | |- | style="font-size: 91%; padding: 0; margin: 0; font-style: italic;" | problems listening to the file? see media help. |} a second disco single "ooh ja ja" reached the australian top 20, but the success of the act was short-lived. jones and flinn continued 
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