Muscles (song)

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"Muscles"
Single by Diana Ross
from the album Silk Electric
B-side"I Am Me"
ReleasedSeptember 17, 1982
Recorded1982
StudioSunset Sound Recorders, (Los Angeles, California)[1]
GenreR&B, pop
Length3:59, 6:38
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Michael Jackson
Producer(s)Michael Jackson
Diana Ross singles chronology
"It's Never Too Late"
(1982) 		"Muscles"
(1982) 		"So Close"
(1983)
Music video
"Muscles" on
YouTube

"Muscles" is a 1982 hit single written and produced by

NARAS in 2012.) The song was originally intended to be an R&B answer to the massive Olivia Newton-John hit "Physical"
.

Music video

The single's erotic

muscular men. In one scene she is shown floating through the air over a landscape which turns out to be a man's musclebound body.[2] The video features a young Gil Birmingham (The Twilight Saga
film series) in one of his first-ever media appearances.

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1982) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[11] 50
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[12] 16
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[13] 10
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[14] 10
Ireland (IRMA)[15] 23
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[16] 18
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 6
UK Singles (OCC)[18]
 15
US Billboard Hot 100[19] 10
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[20] 4
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[21] 36

Cover versions

  • The song was recorded in 1997 by producer/DJ
    Club 69
    and was a featured single on the Club 69 album Style. The vocals on this version of "Muscles" are performed by singer-songwriter, Suzanne Palmer.

Samples

References

  1. ISBN 9781788401234
    . Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  2. ^ "Diana Ross Muscles". YouTube. June 21, 2007. Archived from the original on December 17, 2021. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  3. ^ "Diana Ross – Muscles". Ev.discogs.com. Archived from the original on July 12, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  4. ^ "Diana Ross – Muscles". Ev.discogs.com. Archived from the original on July 12, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  5. ^ "Diana Ross – Muscles". Ev.discogs.com. Archived from the original on July 12, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  6. ^ "Diana Ross – Muscles". discogs.com. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  7. ^ "Diana Ross – Muscles". Ev.discogs.com. Archived from the original on July 12, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  8. ^ "Diana Ross – Muscles". Ev.discogs.com. Archived from the original on July 12, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  9. ^ "Diana Ross – Muscles". Ev.discogs.com. Archived from the original on July 11, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  10. ^ "Bill Wolfer | Credits". AllMusic.
  11. ISBN 0-646-11917-6
    .
  12. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Diana Ross". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 219. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  13. ^ "Diana Ross – Muscles" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  14. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Diana Ross" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  15. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Muscles". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  16. ^ "Diana Ross – Muscles". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  17. ^ "Diana Ross – Muscles". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  18. ^ "Diana Ross: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  19. ^ "Diana Ross Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  20. ^ "Diana Ross Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  21. ^ "Diana Ross Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
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