[3] In addition, along with the tracks "You Can Get By" and "Everybody Dance", the single reached number one on the disco chart.

The phrase was revived in 1969 by They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, a film about a Depression-era dance marathon.

According to co-writer Nile Rodgers, Bernard came to my apartment one day and he had laid out the complete lyric, but we wanted to add a catch phrase, so we went through a few ideas like "23 skidoo" and "Oh, you kid" and all that stuff.

[6]Record World called it "pure disco with something extra.

"[7] Oakland Tribune critic Larry Kelp called it "one of the worst records of the year.