Let's Hear It for the Boy (album) Let's Hear It for the Boy (album) Let's Hear It for the Boy is an album by American recording artist Deniece Williams released in 1984 for Columbia and CBS Records. The album reached number 10 on the "Billboard" pop chart and number 26 on the R&B Albums. It was produced by American multi-instrumentalist George Duke who also actively participated on the record. The album features urban hits "Black Butterfly", "Next Love" and the international hit "Let's Hear It for the Boy" which was featured on the musical-drama "Footloose" and its soundtrack album. Deniece Williams produced six tracks of the album,
Let England Shake and singular, but for me none had the sheer, visceral, otherly power" of "Let England Shake". The album was also included in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die". "Let England Shake" entered the UK Albums Chart at number 8 with first-week sales of 22,468. These sales were an improvement on the estimated 14,000 copies of her previous album "White Chalk"s first-week sales. "Let England Shake" was also Harvey's second album to reach the Top 10, and the first in eighteen years, since "Rid of Me" peaked at number 3 in May 1993. The album also entered