Let's Dance (song)
| Let's dance | |
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| David Bowie | |
| publication | March 14, 1983 |
| length | 4:08 (Single Edit) / 7:37 (Album version) |
| Genre (s) | Dance-pop , post-disco , funk |
| Author (s) | David Bowie |
| album | Let's dance |
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Let's Dance is a song by David Bowie . It was released in March 1983 as a single and on the album of the same name and is about dancing with a lover. Both the song and the entire album were produced by Nile Rodgers , who was responsible for the funky sound. Stevie Ray Vaughan played the lead guitar on this song .
history
The single sparked the Duran-Duran hit Is There Something I Should Know? from fifth, two weeks later she climbed to number one in the UK Top 40 for three weeks . It also reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 . This was next to Fame on September 20, 1975 the only transatlantic number one placement in Bowie's career.
The official music video was shot in Port Jackson , Australia and shows an Aboriginal couple fighting against Western cultural imperialism. The video was described by Bowie as a "very simple, very straightforward" statement against racism. The video clip was directed by David Mallet.
The song was played regularly on the Serious Moonlight Tour (the name comes from a line of text from Let's Dance ), the Glass Spider Tour, and the Sound + Vision Tour .
Contributors
Producer:
Contributing musicians:
- David Bowie : singer
- Stevie Ray Vaughan : guitar
- Nile Rodgers : guitar
- Carmine Rojas : Bass
- Omar Hakim , Tony Thompson : drums
- Robert Sabino : Keyboards
- Mac Gollehon : Trumpet
- Robert Aaron , Stan Harrison , Steve Elson : Saxophone
- Sam Figueroa : Percussion
Cover versions and sample exploitations
- 1988: Tina Turner feat. David Bowie (live version, recorded 1985)
- 1997: Puff Daddy feat. The Notorious BIG & Mase ( Been Around the World )
- 1997: Atrocity
- 1999: Overdose
- 2000: Second Skin
- 2002: Peace Brothers
- 2003: M. Ward
- 2004: Classic Rock String Quartet
- 2005: Mu $ kat vs. David Bowie
- 2006: The Futureheads
- 2007: Craig David (Hot Stuff (Let's Dance))
- 2007: Ibiza Voice feat. Gee Moore
- 2007: Hi_Track
- 2008: Dr. Kucho (Groovers Delight)
- 2010: The Magnets , album Gobsmacked