Life is a Dance - The Remix Project

Infobox Album |
Name = Life is a Dance - The Remix Project
Type = Remix Album
Artist = Chaka Khan

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Released = June 20, 1989
Recorded = 1978-1989
Genre = Rhythm and blues
Length = 75:51 (cassette: 82:03)
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Producer =
Reviews = Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:j9fqxq95ldfe]
Last album = "C.K."
(1988)
This album = "Life is a Dance - The Remix Project."
(1989)
Next album = "The Woman I Am"
(1992)

"Life is a Dance - The Remix Project" is a remix album of recordings by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan released by the Warner Bros. Records label in 1989. The compilation takes its title from a track included on Khan's 1978 solo debut album "Chaka".

The album which was released as a double-record set, on CD and as a limited cassette edition with one bonus track comprises remixes made in the styles of late eighties dance music genres like house music, hip hop and acid house of tracks originally recorded between the years 1978 and 1984, including two from Rufus & Chaka Khan's final album "Stompin' at the Savoy - Live": "I'm Every Woman" and "One Million Kisses".

"Life is a Dance - The Remix Project" resulted in three single releases; "I'm Every Woman" ('89 Remix), "Ain't Nobody" ('89 Remix) and "I Feel For You" ('89 Remix). The 1989 remix of "I'm Every Woman" became a #8 hit on the UK singles chart while Paul Simpson's take on "I Feel for You" peaked at #45. The "Life is a Dance - The Remix Project" album itself reached #14 on the UK albums chart, making it the best-selling Chaka Khan album in the U.K. since 1984's "I Feel for You".

The Dancin' Danny D. and Frankie Knuckles remixes of "I'm Every Woman" and "Ain't Nobody" were in fact both originally released on the B-side of the US 12" single "´Soul Talkin'", taken from the 1988 album "C.K.".

The 1989 remixes of "This Is My Night" and "Eye to Eye" also appear on Warner's 2006 "greatest hits" compilation "The Platinum Collection".

Note: the remixes of the tracks "I Feel for You", "This Is My Night" and "Eye to Eye" appearing on this album should not be confused with the original 12" remixes made in 1984 by the original producers Arif Mardin and Russ Titelman, all of which remain unreleased on CD in both the United States and Europe.

The "Life is a Dance - The Remix Project" was transferred from vinyl to CD in 1989 and remains in print.

Track listing

#"Life Is a Dance" (David Morales Remix) (Christopher) - 6:38
#* Original version appears on 1978 album "Chaka"
#"I Know You, I Live You" (Tony Humphries Remix) (Khan, Mardin) - 7:46
#* Original version appears on 1981 album "What Cha' Gonna Do For Me"
#"This Is My Night" (Marley Marl Remix) (Frank, Murphy) - 5:37
#* Original version appears on 1984 album "I Feel for You"
#"Eye to Eye" (Paul Simpson Remix) (Freeman, Sembello, Sembello, Sembello) - 8:32
#* Original version appears on 1984 album "I Feel for You"
#"Slow Dancin'" (Eric Sadler & Hank Shocklee Remix) (Netto) - 5:55
#* Original version appears on 1982 album "Chaka Khan"
#"Fate" (David Shaw & Winston Jones Remix) (Bugatti, Musker) - 5:38
#* Original version appears on 1981 album "What Cha' Gonna Do For Me"
#"I'm Every Woman" (Remix Version By Dancin' Danny D) (Ashford, Simpson) - 8:24
#* Original version appears on 1978 album "Chaka"
#"One Million Kisses" (David Shaw & Winston Jones Remix) (Murphy, Osborne) - 5:59
#* Original version appears on Rufus & Chaka Khan's 1983 album "Stompin' at the Savoy - Live"
#"Ain't Nobody" (LP Remix Version By Frankie Knuckles) (Wolinski) - 4:42
#* Original version appears on Rufus & Chaka Khan's 1983 album "Stompin' at the Savoy - Live"
#"Clouds" (C+C Remix) (Ashford, Simpson) - 7:49
#* Original version appears on 1980 album "Naughty"
#"I Feel for You" (Paul Simpson Remix) (Prince) - 8:51
#* Original version appears on 1984 album "I Feel for You"
#"Clouds" (6:12) (Classic Trax Version) (Ashford, Simpson) - 6:12
#* Bonus track cassette edition

Production

* Arif Mardin - original producer tracks: 1-3, 5-7, 10-11
* Russ Titelman - original producer tracks: 4, 8, 9