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'''Voggue''' was a female [[disco]] [[singing|vocal]] [[duet (music)|duo]] from Canada composed of [[Chantal Chamandy|Chantal Condor]]<ref>[https://www.pressreader.com/canada/montreal-gazette/20070827/282346855421293 "Montrealer to Sing at the Pyramids"]. ''Montreal Gazette'', Aug 27, 2007</ref><ref>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2007/04/01/shes_not_a_millionseller_but_singer_chantal_chamandy_is_at_least_a_star_in_transit.html "She's not a million-seller, but singer Chantal Chamandy is at least a star in transit."]. ''Toronto Star'', Michele Henry April 1, 2007</ref> and Angela Songui.  The group recorded two albums and released a number of singles, including "Love Buzz" and "Dancin' the Night Away", which appeared on the US dance music charts.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150413010336/http://www.arabamericannews.com/news/news/id_646/rp_0/act_print/rf_1/Print.html "PBS special to premier in Detroit"]. ''The Arab American News'', Saturday, 02.09.2008</ref>
==History==
In 1980, the duo released its first self-titled album, which contains the singles "Love Buzz", "Here We Are" and their most successful single, "[[Dancin' the Night Away]]", on the Trans-Canada label.<ref name="Inc.1982b">{{cite magazine|title=Promises dynamism|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QCQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT51|date=16 January 1982|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=51–|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> While the singles were well received,<ref name="Inc.1982a">{{cite magazine|title=Recommended LPs|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6SMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA69|date=20 March 1982|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=69–|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> some of the other tracks on the album were criticized as less polished and lacking in energy.<ref name="Inc.1982">{{cite magazine|author=Barry Lederer|title=Disco Mix|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6SMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA59|date=20 March 1982|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=59–|issn=0006-2510}}</ref>
In 1981, their most successful [[single (music)|single]], "Dancin' the Night Away", written by Denis LePage,<ref>[http://www.journaldequebec.com/2011/04/25/denis-lepage-devient-nini-no-bless "Denis Lepage devient Nini No Bless"]. ''Le Journal de Québec'',  Serge Drouin, 25 April 2011</ref> spent three weeks at #1 on the [[Hot Dance Club Play]] [[record chart|chart]] in the U.S.,<ref>''Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003'', 2004</ref> it hit #109 in the Bubbling Under chart. It also reached #39 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 588}}</ref> It also hit #4 in Belgium, the follow up "Movin' Up" reached #35 in Belgium.
In 1983, a second album was released on Matra Records, containing the singles "I Want to Dance" and "Sunstruck Lovers".  Voggue disbanded in 1984.
==In popular culture==
The play ''Coming Clean'', by Kevin Elyot, includes a scene in which "Dancin' the Night Away" plays in the background.<ref name="Elyot2004">{{cite book|author=Kevin Elyot|title=Four Plays|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OTff2jlK6ScC&pg=PA67|year=2004|publisher=Nick Hern Books|isbn=978-1-85459-830-1|pages=67–}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of number-one dance hits (United States)]]
*[[List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart]]
==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Canadian disco groups]]
[[Category:Canadian musical duos]]
[[Category:Canadian girl groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1980]]
[[Category:Atlantic Records artists]]
[[Category:Female musical duos]]
[[Category:Disco duos]]