Английская Википедия:Dancing Girls (song)
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Italic title Шаблон:Infobox song "Dancing Girls" is a song by the English singer-songwriter Nik Kershaw. It was the third single from his debut studio album, Human Racing, and released on 2 April 1984.[1] It charted on 14 April 1984, and reaching a peak position of No. 13 in the UK Singles Chart. It stayed on the charts for nine weeks.[2]
Music & Lyrics
Kershaw explained the song to Number One magazine in September 1984:[3] Шаблон:Quote
In a podcast interview with Sodajerker, Kershaw remembers writing the bassline spontaneously on a Roland Juno-6 synthesizer, using the arpeggiator function, and programming a rhythm on a Roland TR-808 drum machine – it was to this musical basis that the lyrics would be written.[4]
Music video
The external street scenes for the music video for "Dancing Girls" were filmed in the dead-end section of Woodberry Grove, Finchley, North London.[3] It depicted Kershaw as the subject of the song's lyrics, an advertising executive,[5] imagining himself dancing with a group of middle aged dancers, including a six foot tall traffic warden, deliberately juxtaposed against Kershaw's 5'3" (160 cm) frame. The video was intended to be light-hearted, following on from the much darker video for Kershaw's previous single, "Wouldn't It Be Good".[3]
Track listing
7" Single (MCA NIK 3)[6]
- A "Dancing Girls" (Remixed Version) – 3:36
- B "She Cries" – 3:45
12" Single (MCA NIKT 3)[6]
There were four different UK 12" releases for "Dancing Girls", all sharing the same catalogue number
Charts
| Chart | Position | Weeks in Chart |
|---|---|---|
| UK Singles Chart[2] | 13 | 10 |
| Irish Singles Chart[7] | 2 | 4 |
| German Media Control Charts[7] | 2 | 1 |
Reviews
Reviewer Paul Sinclair of website "Super Deluxe Edition" said of the song:[8] Шаблон:Quote Meanwhile, Lisa Kalloo of Somojo2 said:[9] Шаблон:Quote However, she was critical of the extended mix: Шаблон:Quote
References
External links
- Английская Википедия
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- Nik Kershaw songs
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- Song recordings produced by Peter Collins (record producer)
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