"Let Your Body Go Downtown" is a song co-written by Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran, ^{[1] [2] [3]} and recorded by the Martyn Ford Orchestra as a single on 18 March 1977 on the Mountain record label. A 12-inch single was also released. ^[4] It was also released in France, Germany, Italy and The Netherlands on Vertigo Records. ^[5] It was a BBC Radio 1 "Record of the Week" and playlist by a number of UK regional radio stations. ^[6] As noted by Record World magazine, it took the single three months to enter the UK Singles Chart. ^[7] However, the song reached No. 38 on that chart, ^{[8] [9]} No. 34 on the NME singles chart, ^[10] No. 37 on the EveryHit Retrocharts ^[11] and No. 12 on the UK Disco Chart, published by Record Mirror. ^[12] It was also released as a track on the album Ronnie Jones Presents Let-Your-Body-Go-With-The-Disco released on the Phillips record label in Italy ^[13] and it received numerous radio plays there as listed in "Radiocorrier". ^[14] A live performance of the song featuring Ford, his orchestra and backing singers was shown on the 12 May 1977 edition of Top of the Pops. ^[15]

The song was followed by another de Paul/Moran penned release, " Going to a Disco", ^[16] in a similar vein, ^[17] also released on the Mountain record label in 1977 as a 7 inch and 12 inch single ^[18] but did not chart although it received a positive review from the British DJ James Hamilton, ^{[19] [20]} as well as in the British mainstream press. ^[21] It is also mentioned alongside "Let Your Body Go Downtown" in the books The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music ^[22] and Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2006. ^[23]

"Let Your Body Go Downtown" is still played on the radio, ^{[24] [25]} most recently on the Ana Matronic Disco Devotion radio show on BBC Radio 2, ^[26] on Funky Tuesday ^[27] and on Disco Magic. ^[28]

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