# | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
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1 | Our Lips Are Sealed | Fun Boy Three | 3.2 | 2:53 |
2 | Sledgehammer | Peter Gabriel | 3.75 | 4:55 |
3 | Dancing Tight | Galaxy feat. Phil Fearon | 5 | 3:37 |
4 | I Wanna Wake Up With You | Boris Gardiner | | 4:02 |
5 | Centerfold | J Geils Band | 4.1 | 3:38 |
6 | We Close Our Eyes | Go West | 3 | 3:49 |
7 | Seven Tears | Goombay Dance Band | | 3:54 |
8 | Could It Be I’m Falling in Love | Jaki Graham | | 4:16 |
9 | I Don’t Wanna Dance | Eddy Grant | 3 | 3:41 |
10 | Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) | Haircut 100 | 5 | 3:06 |
11 | I Can’t Go for That | Hall & Oates | 4.5 | 3:44 |
12 | Rockit | Herbie Hancock | 2.65 | 3:42 |
13 | Nineteen | Paul Hardcastle | | 3:40 |
14 | John Wayne Is Big Leggy | Haysi Fantayzee | | 3:22 |
15 | Temptation | Heaven 17 | 5 | 4:40 |
16 | It Started With a Kiss | Hot Chocolate | 3 | 4:03 |
17 | Don’t Go | Hothouse Flowers | | 3:29 |
18 | Happy Hour | Housemartins | 4.65 | 2:24 |
19 | I Wanna Dance With Somebody- recording engineer and mixer:
- David Frazer
- percussion programming:
- Preston Glass
- additional assistant engineer:
- Noah Baron, Rob Beaton, Paul Hamingson, Stuart Hirotsu, Gordon Lyon, Billy Miranda and Ross Williams
- additional engineer:
- Lincoln Clapp , Maureen Droney, Ken Kessie, Gordon Lyon and Jay Rifkin
- assistant engineer:
- Dana Jon Chappelle
- producer:
- Narada Michael Walden
- alto saxophone:
- Marc Russo
- bass synthesizer [bass synth]:
- Randy Jackson
- drums (drum set):
- Narada Michael Walden
- electronic drum set [Simmons]:
- Greg “Gigi” Gonaway
- guitar synthesizer [Charvel GTM6 midi guitar synth]:
- Corrado Rustici
- synthesizer [synth horns]:
- Sterling Smith
- synthesizer [synths]:
- Walter Afanasieff
- background vocals:
- Kitty Beethoven, Kevin Dorsey, Jim Gilstrap, Jennifer Hall and Myrna Matthews
- background vocals and lead vocals:
- Whitney Houston
- arranger:
- Narada Michael Walden
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- RCA Records (in 1987)
- recorded at:
- Clinton Recording Studios in New York, United States, Right Track Recording in Manhattan, United States, Tarpan Studios in San Rafael, United States and The Plant Studios in Sausalito, United States
- part of:
- The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 231)
- recording of:
- I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
- writer:
- George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam
- publisher:
- Boy Meets Girl Music and Irving Music
| Whitney Houston | 4.25 | 4:49 |