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Oct 27, 2015

Meco - Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band - On The Best Of Meco Album (1977)

Meco - Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band - On The Best Of Meco Album (1977)
Meco '70s Lite Rock on WLCY Radio




"Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" is a disco single recorded by Meco, taken from the album Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk. It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on October 1, 1977, holding on to the spot for two weeks and peaked at no. 7 on the UK Singles Chart, remaining in the charts for nine weeks. To date it is the biggest-selling instrumental single in the history of recorded music, having sold two million units, being the only one ever to be certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

In the late 1970s CBS Sports used the song as opening music for its NFL coverage.

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