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"Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" is a 1979 disco song performed by R&B duoMcFadden & Whitehead, from their debut album McFadden & Whitehead. They wrote and produced the song along with keyboard player Jerry Cohen.[1] Released as the lead single from the album, the song spent aWEEK atNUMBER one on the R&B singles chart. It also proved to be a successful crossover hit, peaking at number thirteen on the BillboardHot 100, and reached number 5 in the UK.[2] The single alsoMADE it to number ten on the disco charts.[3] It eventually went double platinum, selling over 2MILLION copies.

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  • "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" is a 1979 disco song performed by R&B duoMcFadden & Whitehead, from their debut album McFadden & Whitehead. They wrote and produced the song along with keyboard player Jerry Cohen.[1] Released as the lead single from the album, the song spent aWEEK atNUMBER one on the R&B singles chart. It also proved to be a successful crossover hit, peaking at number thirteen on the BillboardHot 100, and reached number 5 in the UK.[2] The single alsoMADE it to number ten on the disco charts.[3] It eventually went double platinum, selling over 2MILLION copies.
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  • "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" is a 1979 disco song performed by R&B duoMcFadden & Whitehead, from their debut album McFadden & Whitehead. They wrote and produced the song along with keyboard player Jerry Cohen.[1] Released as the lead single from the album, the song spent aWEEK atNUMBER one on the R&B singles chart. It also proved to be a successful crossover hit, peaking at number thirteen on the BillboardHot 100, and reached number 5 in the UK.[2] The single alsoMADE it to number ten on the disco charts.[3] It eventually went double platinum, selling over 2MILLION copies. "Ain't No Stopping Us Now" is aboutSUCCEEDING despite having faced previous disadvantages ("so many things that held us down"). It was widely interpreted to be about the experience of the African Americancommunity, and after attaining popularity, became referred to as "theNEW black national anthem"[4][5] (the original being the 1900 song "Lift Every Voice and Sing"). McFadden & Whitehead would revisit the song in their 1984 single "Ain't No Stoppin' (Ain't No Way)."
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