Dancing Machine

E270820
single song

"Dancing Machine" is a 1974 funk and disco-influenced hit single by The Jackson 5, renowned for popularizing the robot dance and showcasing the group's transition to a more dance-oriented sound.

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Label Occurrences
Dancing Machine canonical 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist The Jackson 5 ⓘ
associatedDance robot dance ⓘ
backgroundVocalist Jackie Jackson ⓘ
Jermaine Jackson ⓘ
Marlon Jackson ⓘ
Tito Jackson ⓘ
chartPosition Canada RPM Top Singles ⓘ
surface form: Canada RPM Top Singles number 2

Cash Box Top 100 number 1 ⓘ
US Billboard Hot 100 number 2 ⓘ
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ⓘ
surface form: US Billboard Hot Soul Singles number 1
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
followsInDiscography Get It Together (single) ⓘ
genre disco ⓘ
funk ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasBside Whatever You Got, I Want ⓘ
hasInstrumentation bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
horn section ⓘ
synthesizer ⓘ
hasLivePerformance Soul Train performance by The Jackson 5 ⓘ
The Mike Douglas Show performance by The Jackson 5 ⓘ
hasMusicVideo television performances featuring robot dance ⓘ
hasRemixOrVersion album version ⓘ
single edit ⓘ
includedInAlbum Dancing Machine self-link ⓘ
“Get It Together” ⓘ
surface form: Get It Together
isSignatureSongOf The Jackson 5 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadVocalist Michael Jackson ⓘ
length approximately 2:29 ⓘ
notableFor popularizing the robot dance ⓘ
showcasing The Jackson 5 transition to a more dance-oriented sound ⓘ
partOf The Jackson 5 discography ⓘ
performer The Jackson 5 ⓘ
precedesInDiscography Whatever You Got, I Want (single) ⓘ
producer Hal Davis ⓘ
publisher Jobete Music ⓘ
recordedIn 1973 ⓘ
recordLabel Motown ⓘ
releaseDate 1974 ⓘ
tempo up-tempo ⓘ
writer Dean Parks ⓘ
Don Fletcher ⓘ
Hal Davis ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Jackson 5 → notableWork → Dancing Machine ⓘ
Dancing Machine → includedInAlbum → Dancing Machine self-link ⓘ
MJ the Musical → hasNotableSong → Dancing Machine ⓘ