The Gap Band II is the fourth studio album by the Gap Band, released in 1979 on Mercury Records. It is their second major label release, and produced by Lonnie Simmons.
Reception
The album reached No. 3 on the Black Albums chart and No. 42 on the Pop Albums chart. The album produced the singles "Steppin' (Out)" (No. 10 Black Singles), "Party Lights" (No. 36 Black Singles), and "I Don't Believe You Want to Get up and Dance (Oops!)" (No. 4 Black Singles, No. 52 Club Play Singles).
The album established the Gap Band as leaders in the R&B market, becoming their first gold album, selling over 500,000 copies through 1980. The album's most successful track, "I Don't Believe You Want to Get up and Dance (Oops!)", was their first to incorporate aspects of the P-Funk sound. The song also alludes to a well-known corruption of the childhood nursery rhyme, Jack and Jill (a pattern later continued on "Humpin'").
Track listing
# Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Steppin' (Out)" Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson 4:25 2. "No Hiding Place" Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson 5:34 3. "I Don't Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Oops!)" Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Robert Wilson, Ronnie Wilson, Rudolph Taylor 8:39 4. "Who Do You Call" Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Robert Wilson, Ronnie Wilson 4:57 5. "You Are My High" Charlie Wilson, Johnsye Smith, Ronnie Wilson 5:38 6. "Party Lights" Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson, Rudolph Taylor 3:54 7. "The Boys Are Back in Town" Charlie Wilson, Malvin Dino Vice, Lonnie Simmons 5:45
Personnel
Charlie Wilson – keyboards, synthesizer, percussion, lead vocals, backing vocals Ronnie Wilson – trumpet, keyboards, backing vocals Robert Wilson – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals (on "Who Do You Call") Greg Phillinganes – keyboards, percussion, synthesizer John Black – keyboards Louie Cabaza – keyboards Emzie Parker III – guitar Glenn Nightingale – guitar James Macon – guitar Raymond Calhoun – drums, percussion Ronnie Kaufman – drums
Malvin "Dino" Vice – trumpet, backing vocals, horn arrangements Oliver "Gussie" Scott – trombone, backing vocals Benjamin Wright – string arrangements Bernard Baisden – trombone Fernando Harkless – tenor saxophone Lois Peoples – backing vocals Angela Smith – backing vocals Calvin Yarbrough – backing vocals Gail Johnson – backing vocals Howard Huntsberry – backing vocals Robert "Goodie" Whitfield – backing vocals Rudolph Taylor – backing vocals
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1980) Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (1980) Position US Top R&B Albums (Billboard) 13
Singles Year Single Chart positions USR&B USDisco1980 "I Don't Believe You Want to Get up and Dance (Oops!)" 4 52 "Party Lights" 36 - "Steppin' (Out)" 10 -
References
External links The Gap Band II at Discogs