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An Entity of Type : wsb:Song, within Data Space : covidontheweb.inria.fr associated with source document(s)

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  • Safety Dance
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  • 12-inch single
  • Gramophone record
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  • eng
Subject
  • 1983 singles
  • Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs number-one singles
  • Number-one singles in South Africa
  • Songs about dancing
  • 1982 songs
  • Music videos directed by Tim Pope
  • Men Without Hats songs
abstract
  • %22The Safety Dance%22 is a song written and recorded by Canadian new wave band Men Without Hats. It was initially released in Canada in January 1983 as the 2nd single from the band's first full-length album, Rhythm of Youth. The song was written by lead singer Ivan Doroschuk after he had been kicked out of a club for pogoing.The song entered the Canadian top 50 in February 1983, peaking at no. 11 on 14 May. In the meantime, %22The Safety Dance%22 was released in the US on March 16, but did not enter the US charts for a few months. When it finally did, the record became a bigger hit than it had been in Canada, peaking at no. 3 in September 1983. It also reached no. 1 on Cash Box, as well as no. 1 on the Billboard Dance Chart. %22The Safety Dance%22 similarly found success in other parts of the world, entering the UK charts in August and peaking at no. 6 in early November, and entering the New Zealand charts in November, eventually peaking at no. 2 in early 1984.%22Weird Al%22 Yankovic parodied the song as %22The Brady Bunch%22 in his 1984 album %22Weird Al%22 Yankovic in 3-D.
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  • GBBFR9600005
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  • Gold
  • Silver
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  • 694
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  • 932633
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  • english
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wsb:record_label
  • Virgin Records
wsb:recording_description
  • 1982
wsb:song_summary
  • [%22we can dance we can dance doing it from pole to pole%22,%22we can dance we can dance everybody look at your hands%22,%22we can dance we can dance everybody's taking the chance%22,%22woh safety dance yeah the safety dance%22]
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  • Safety Dance
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