June 14, 2024 – Today, Vanessa Williams, the legendary, award-winning star of stage, screen, and music, releases exclusive new remixes of her smash hit single, “Legs (Keep Dancing),” available everywhere now. The track, her first pop recording in 15 years, recently debuted at No. 3 on Billboard’s Dance/Electronic Digital Sales chart and has surpassed a million digital streams in a matter of weeks. The seven-track collection, Legs (Keep Dancing): The Remixes EP, features a variety of edits by the 808 BEACH duo of New York City-based club DJ Bill Coleman and his London-based collaborator John “J-C” Carr who have jointly remixed or produced blazing tracks on a who’s who in club music such as Lizzo, Sia, and Adam Lambert.
The 808 BEACH Mix is a percussive, peak hour, circuit-etched, hands-in-the-air club mix which spotlights the song’s anthemic elements and Williams’ affirmative lyrics. The inspired 808 BEACH Hustlin’ Mix complements the song with a decidedly modern nod to the revered sound and groove of ’90’s House Music with a slight European bent and groove. “We had an absolute blast tackling the empowering tune and Vanessa’s powerful performance with our refresh for DJs,” says Bill Coleman of the mixes. “Both of our 808 BEACH versions are tailor-made for this summer’s dancefloors, kikis, and celebrations. These `Legs’ are indeed still made to keep dancing – ‘til you can’t do it no more!!!”
- 808 BEACH Mix (3:43)
- 808 BEACH Extended Mix (3:02)
- 808 BEACH Show Mix (2:50)
- 808 BEACH Hustlin’ Mix (2:56)
- 808 BEACH Hustlin’ Mix – Extended (4:02)
- 808 BEACH Hustlin’ Mix – Instrumental (2:54)
- 808 BEACH Main Mix (2:58)
“Legs (Keep Dancing)” was co-written by Disney songwriter/producer Chantry Johnson, newcomer songwriter Kjersti Long, and veteran songwriter/producer Kipper Jones, who co-penned Williams’ early classics, “The Comfort Zone” and “The Right Stuff.” The mixes are available in MSQ Stereo and Dolby Atmos Immersive Audio. Aside from the digital streaming configurations, the remixes will be available on limited edition 12-inch vinyl later this summer. Williams will release a 2nd single and video from her forthcoming album in July.
Website: https://vanessawilliams.com
Streaming Link: https://lnk.to/veXK
Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGEs_X5Ngfo
ABOUT VANESSA WILLIAMS
Vanessa Williams is one of the most respected and multi-faceted performers in the entertainment industry today, selling millions of records worldwide. Her work in music, film, television, and the Broadway stage has been recognized with 4 Emmy nominations, 11 Grammy nominations, a Tony nomination, 3 SAG award nominations and 7 NAACP Image Awards. She has had 13 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart, including “Save the Best for Last,” which was #1 for five weeks in 1992. Her platinum single, “Colors of the Wind,” from Disney’s “Pocahontas,” won the Oscar, Grammy and Golden Globe for Best Original Song. Her 2012 autobiography, You Have No Idea, co-written with her mother Helen Williams, was a N.Y. Times Best Seller and she released Bubble Kisses, her first picture book for children, in 2020. In 2022, Vanessa starred in the World Premiere of Selina Fillinger’s new Broadway comedy, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, directed by Tony Award-winner Susan Stroman and she is one of the producers of A Wonderful World, a new musical about Louis Armstrong, which will open on Broadway this Fall. Last year, she returned for a second season as part of the star-studded panel of judges for RuPaul’s Paramount+ competition series, Queen of the Universe. She will the star in The Devil Wears Prada, playing the iconic role of Miranda Priestley in a new musical based on the blockbuster film and bestselling novel with music by Elton John, lyrics by Shaina Taub, directed by three-time Tony winner Jerry Mitchell. The production will play an exclusive preview engagement this Summer in Plymouth before opening in London’s West End in October. Vanessa released her much-anticipated debut single and video, “Legs (Keep Dancing)” in April, from her first Pop album in 15 years, which will be out soon.
ABOUT 808 BEACH
808 BEACH is the writing / production duo of New York city club legend, Bill Coleman (Deee-Lite, Sinéad O’Connor, Lenny Kravitz, Party Girl) and veteran London-based DJ John “J-C” Carr (Zayn, Christina Aguilera, Jody Watley, Ultra Naté). Their combined talents have produced, reworked, re-edited or mixed a wide variety of favorites by Lizzo, Sia, Adam Lambert, Billy Porter, Erasure, Sofi Tukker, and Red-Hot Org, among many others. Coleman and Carr’s genre-fluid, slick with an edge productions maintain a feel-good style that never forfeits a song’s kinetic intent or an artist’s personality.
