"Don't Stop the Music" is a song by Yarbrough and Peoples, from the duo's 1980 debut album, The Two of Us.

The song's success helped to earn a gold record for the duo.

Radio promotion for the record was handled in Los Angeles by independent marketing firm Dudley-Gorov,[3] while a young Russell Simmons shopped the record to New York club DJs as one of his early jobs.

[4] The music video for the song featured hand puppets singing "You don't really wanna stop?

"Don't Stop the Music" has been heavily sampled by other artists, primarily in the hip hop genre, on songs including “Tops Drop” by Fat Pat, “Can’t Stop The Southland” by Brownside, "Gangsta Lovin'" by Eve, "All Night Long" by Common, "Let It Go" by Keyshia Cole, and "Crazy in Love" (Rockwilder Remix) by Beyoncé and "Let's Do It Again" by TLC.