Don't Stop the Music (Yarbrough and Peoples song)

Chart Performance

Chart history

Music Video

Cover versions

• In 1989 by Simon Harris.
• In 1998, the song made a flurry of cover appearances, in altered form. Jagged Edge included the song as "Ain't No Stoppin'" on their album A Jagged Era, and Puff Daddy reworked the song as "Don't Stop What You're Doin'" for the album No Way Out.
• The group Playa stayed faithful to the original version on their album Cheers 2 U. The song was included on the soundtrack to the film Soul Food From Jamaica, Bits & Pieces, band produced by Sly & Robbie, recorded a version https://www.discogs.com/Bits-Pieces-Dont-Stop-The-Music/release/159312.

  Sampling

• In 1994, the song was sampled by rapper K7, in a remix of his song "Zunga Zeng".
• Also in 1994, TLC interpolated the chorus during the breakdown on the track "Let's Do It Again" from their album CrazySexyCool.
• The same year Hip-Hop duo Quo sampled the song, which is based on their single "Blowin' Up " featuring Aaron Hall that was produced by Teddy Riley.
• Then in 1995 the R&B girl group Nuttin Nyce lifted the hook for their track "Froggy Style."
• The song's bassline was sampled by Tichina Arnold on her track "I Want to Know Your Name" on her album "One Love".
• In 2002, the song's chorus was used on the top 5 single "Gangsta Lovin'" by Eve and Alicia Keys, *Keyshia Cole sampled it for the song "Let It Go" from her album Just Like You, released in 2007.
• The song was also sampled in Fat Pat's "Tops Drop" on his 1998 debut album Ghetto Dreams and went on to hit #46 and #5 on U.S. R&B and Rap charts, respectively.
• 2Pac also sampled this record In 1996 on the unreleased original version of the song "Don't Stop". However this song was remixed for his 2006 Pac's Life album. The original song can be found on the internet under the name "Don't Stop the Music".