Do You Wanna Go Party

1979 studio album by KC and the Sunshine Band

Studio album by

KC and the Sunshine Band

Released

June 22, 1979

Recorded

1978

Genre

Disco
funk^[1]

Length

33:03

Label

Producer

H. W. Casey, Richard Finch

KC and the Sunshine Band chronology

Who Do Ya (Love)
(1978)

Do You Wanna Go Party
(1979)

Greatest Hits
(1980)

Singles from Do You Wanna Go Party

"Do You Wanna Go Party" / "Come to My Island"
Released: 1979
"Please Don't Go" / "I Betcha Didn't Know That"
Released: July 12, 1979

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+^[3]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul	^[4]

Do You Wanna Go Party is the sixth studio album by the funk and disco group KC and the Sunshine Band. The album was produced by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch and was released in June 1979 on the TK label.

History

Do You Wanna Go Party contains the group's last number one hit in the US, "Please Don't Go".^[5] The title track was a moderate hit, with more success on the R&B chart, reaching the top ten. The B-side to "Please Don't Go", "I Betcha Didn't Know That", was also a Top 20 R&B chart hit.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hooked On Your Love"		3:55
2.	"I've Got The Feeling"		3:05
3.	"Ooh, I Like It"		6:06
4.	"Please Don't Go"		3:50
5.	"I Betcha Didn't Know That"	Frederick Knight, Sam Dees	4:08
6.	"Que Pasa?"		5:10
7.	"Do You Wanna Go Party"		7:29

Personnel

Harry Wayne Casey – keyboards, vocal
Jerome Smith – guitar
Richard Finch – bass guitar, drum, percussion
Robert Johnson – drum
Fermin Goytisolo – percussion
Ken Faulk – trumpet
Vinnie Tanno – trumpet
Jerry Peel – french horn
Joe Singer – french horn
Mike Lewis – tenor saxophone
Whit Sidener – baritone saxophone
Beverly Champion – background vocals
Donna Rhodes – background vocals
Althea Tate – background vocals

Guest musicians

Manuel Capote – strings
David Chappell – strings
Bogdan Chruszcz – strings
David Everhart – strings
Marguerit Haldeman – strings
Roslind Lang – strings
Marjorie Lash – strings
Stuart McDonald – strings
Susan Oltman – strings
Robert Phillips – strings
Debra Spring – strings
Guy Weddle – strings
Valerie Vonpechy – harp
Charles Chalmers – background vocals
Sandra Chalmers – background vocals
Teri DeSario – background vocals

References

^ Breihan, Tom (March 11, 2020). "The Number Ones: KC & The Sunshine Band's "Please Don't Go"". Stereogum. Retrieved July 14, 2023. Musically...Do You Wanna Go Party is...the kind of simplistic uptempo funk that had taken the group to the top a half-decade earlier.
^ Henderson, Alex. Do You Wanna Go Party review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: K". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 28, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin. p. 188.
^ "Please Don't Go". Billboard.