We're Just Burnin' Doin' the Neutron Dance with Shyboy and Allee Willis

In November 1983, The Pointer Sisters released their most successful album, Break Out, which spawned four Top Ten singles, won two Grammy Awards, and sold three million copies. One of its hits, The Neutron Dance, prominently featured in Beverly Hills Cop, peaked at #6 on Billboard's Hot 100, #4 in Australia, and #1 in Canada. Written by Grammy and Tony Award winner Allee Willis and the late Danny Sembello, the song has never had a proper cover version - until now.

Los Angeles-based musician Shyboy has teamed up with Willis to craft an entirely new, indie-pop version of the classic single with Shyboy's understated tenor lilting over delicate, synth-driven grooves. It's almost hard to believe that this song, which famously featured Ruth, June, and Anita Pointer's full-bodied, mighty stampede of sound could ever be described as "delicate" or "understated," but in Shyboy's hands, it is. Produced by Shyboy with Willis, Jeff Hoeppner and Mark Nubar, we're digging this fresh, new Neutron Dance.

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