Let's Hear It for the Boy

"Let's Hear It for the Boy"
Single by Deniece Williams
from the album Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture and Let's Hear It for the Boy
B-side	"Let's Hear It for the Boy (Instrumental—Short Version)"
Released	February 14, 1984
Recorded	1983
Genre	R&B dance-pop post-disco
Length	4:20 6:03 (extended version)
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Tom Snow Dean Pitchford
Producer(s)	George Duke
Deniece Williams singles chronology
"Love Won't Let Me Wait" (1984) "Let's Hear It for the Boy" (1984) "Next Love" (1984)

"Let's Hear It for the Boy" is a 1984 song by Deniece Williams and was used in the 1984 movie Footloose. It was also the title track to her seventh studio album of the same name. It topped the single charts in Canada and the United States. It also went to number 2 in Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The music video features Aaron Lohr.