"Ten Percent" | ||||
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Single by Double Exposure | ||||
from the album Ten Percent | ||||
Released | May 1976 | |||
Length | 6:51 (album version) 9:42 (12" version) 3:05 (7" version) | |||
Label | Salsoul Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Allan Felder, T.G. Conway | |||
Producer(s) | Norman Harris[1] | |||
Double Exposure singles chronology | ||||
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In 1976, Salsoul Records released their eighth release, Walter Gibbons' remix of Double Exposure's disco song "Ten Percent".[2] "Ten Percent" was the first commercially available 12-inch single.[3][4] Although, according to the record label, the actual title of this record is Ten Per Cent, not Ten Percent.[5]
The 12-inch single was reserved for DJs until the release of "Ten Percent." Disco had already begun to exploit the 12-inch's allowance for higher volumes, better sound quality, and longer playing time, but no record companies had previously seen commercial value in the new format.[6]