"Let 's Hear It for the Boy '' Single by Deniece Williams from the album Footloose and Let 's Hear It for the Boy Released February 14, 1984 Format 7 '' 12 '' Recorded Genre R&B dance - pop freestyle Length 4: 21 Label Columbia Songwriter (s) Tom Snow Dean Pitchford Producer (s) George Duke Deniece Williams singles chronology "Love Wo n't Let Me Wait '' (1984) "Let 's Hear It for the Boy '' (1984) "Next Love '' (1984) "Love Wo n't Let Me Wait '' (1984) "Let 's Hear It for the Boy '' (1984) "Next Love '' (1984)
who wrote let's hear it for the boy
Tom Snow Dean Pitchford