Jack Your Body by Steve “Silk” Hurley

"Jack Your Body" is a popular instrumental composition by Steve "Silk" Hurley, originally released as a single in 1986. It was featured on the only J.M. Silk album, Hold on to Your Dream, released in 1987. One of the landmark records in the history of house music, "Jack Your Body" was composed and produced by Hurley. The song became a major hit on the UK Singles Chart, reaching number one for two weeks in January and February 1987. Hurley never promoted the track as he was "under pressure" to complete the Hold on to Your Dream album. He didn't even know that the track had reached number one on the UK Singles Chart – when his manager mentioned, in passing, that the track had hit number one in the UK, he assumed this meant on the UK Dance Chart.This was the UK's first house music number one, and paved the way for the acid house sound popular there during the late 1980s. It was also the first UK number one single to achieve the majority of its sales on the 12" format. Under the chart rules in place at the time, the 12" single should not have counted toward "Jack Your Body"'s chart position as its running time exceeded the then-current 25-minute limit. The rule was not enforced since the running time was not brought to the chart compilers' attention until the record was already at number one. Discounting songs that were banned, such as "Je t'aime... moi non plus", it was also the only UK number one single since the dawn of BBC Radio 1 in 1967 not to be played on that station before it reached number one, other than on chart shows. In spite of "Jack Your Body"'s success, Hurley has had no further solo singles whatsoever (under his own name) on the UK Singles Chart. The song climbed to number twenty-five on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, reaching number thirty-seven for the U.S. Maxi-Singles Sales category."Jack Your Body" was re-released, each time with new remixes, in 1987, 1992, 2000 and 2009.