<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Music video </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> "Let The Music Play" on YouTube </Td> </Tr> <P> "Let The Music Play" is a song by American singer Shannon . The song was the first of Shannon's four #1s on the US Dance chart, reaching the top spot in October 1983 . The song also became a huge crossover hit, peaking at #2 on the soul chart (behind "If Only You Knew" by Patti LaBelle ") and #8 on the US Singles Chart in February 1984 . Some mark this as the beginning of the dance - pop era . "Let the Music Play" was Shannon's only US Top 40 hit . It was ranked 43rd on the 2009 VH1 Special 100 Greatest One - Hit Wonders of the 1980s . This song appears in video games Dance Central 3 and Scarface: The World Is Yours . </P> <P> The original version of the record was produced by Mark Liggett and Chris Barbosa . By the early 1980s, the backlash against disco had driven dance music off mainstream radio stations in the US . The rhythmic ingenuity of "Let the Music Play" was largely due to Chris Barbosa, who wrote and arranged the original demo track . Rob Kilgore played all the instruments on this seminal track . It featured a series of keyboard chords and drum patterns produced by gating a Roland TR - 808 drum machine . Specifically, a reverb was placed across the kick and snare and hard gated to change the sounds . Further, it was one of the first tracks to sync together a TR - 808 and a Roland TB - 303 bassline, notorious in later years for the instrument responsible for creating acid house . The TB - 303 plays the bassline for the entire song; however, in this case, the filter is not adjusted, which was typical for acid house music . This technical achievement made the production even more groundbreaking, and it also resulted in a unique sound, called "The Shannon Sound," which in time came to be known as freestyle . The Prophet - 5 is used for the hookline and sound effects . The vocal on the chorus is sung by session guitarist / vocalist, Jimi Tunnell, who was uncredited . Shannon sings the answering line but it is Tunnell who sings the "Let the music play" hook . </P>

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