Dance Stance
"Dance Stance" | ||||
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Single by Dexy's Midnight Runners | ||||
B-side | "I'm Just Looking" | |||
Released | November 1979 | |||
Recorded | 1979 | |||
Genre | New wave, blue-eyed soul | |||
Length | 3:41 | |||
Label | Oddball Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Kevin Rowland | |||
Dexy's Midnight Runners singles chronology | ||||
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"Dance Stance" is the first single by Dexys Midnight Runners. Written by frontman Kevin Rowland, The song was released in 1979 on the independent label Oddball Records. It reached #40 on the UK Singles Chart in early 1980.[1]
The song addresses anti-Irish sentiment that had become prevalent during the ongoing troubles in Northern Ireland, with Rowland himself being of Irish parentage. It references a range of Irish playwrights and writers including Oscar Wilde, Brendan Behan, Seán O'Casey, George Bernard Shaw, Samuel Beckett, Eugene O'Neill, Edna O’Brien and Laurence Sterne. The angry delivery of the lyrics reflect the punk sensibility of the time, although the style of the music is more the soul/Northern soul style from which the band's name is derived (the name is a reference to drug-fuelled dancing in the all-nighters which were a feature of the Northern soul scene).
Dance Stance was performed by Rowland (vocals, credited as 'Carlo Rolan'), Kevin "Al" Archer (vocals, guitar), "Big" Jim Paterson (trombone), Geoff "JB" Blythe (saxophone), Steve "Babyface" Spooner (alto saxophone), Pete Saunders (keyboard), Pete Williams (bass) and Bobby "Jnr" Ward (drums).
A re-recorded version appeared on the band's debut album, Searching for the Young Soul Rebels, under the original working title "Burn It Down".[citation needed]
Personnel
- Kevin Rowland (as 'Carlo Rolan'): Vocals
- Al Archer: Rhythm Guitar/Vocals
- Pete Williams: Bass/Vocals
- J.B.: Tenor Sax
- Big Jim Paterson: Trombone
- Steve Spooner: Alto Sax
- Pete Saunders: Piano/Organ
- Bobby Junior: Drums
References
- ^ "Official Charts Company - Dance Stance". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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- Kevin Rowland
- Lucy Morgan
- Sean Read
- Michael Timothy
- Andy Hobson
- Al Archer
- Jim Paterson
- Pete Williams
- Pete Saunders
- John Jay
- Steve Spooner
- Geoff Blythe
- Jeff Kent
- Bobby Ward
- Andy Leek
- Andy "Stoker" Growcott
- Mick Talbot
- Billy Adams
- Mickey Billingham
- Seb Shelton
- Paul Speare
- Brian Maurice
- Steve Wynne
- Giorgio Kilkenny
- Helen O'Hara
- Steve Brennan
- Roger MacDuff
- John Edwards
- Andy Hamilton
- Nick Gatfield
- Spike Edney
- Robert Noble
- Vincent Crane
- Tim Dancy
- Julian Litman
- Mick Bolton
- Pol Coussee
- Fayyaz Virji
- Penn Pennington
- Jerry Preston
- Philip Blakeman
- Neil Hubbard
- Julian Crampton
- Crispin Taylor
- Volker Janssen
- Paul Taylor
- Madeleine Hyland
- Tim Cansfield
- David Ruffy
- Siobhan Fahey
- Billy Stookes
- Mark Kavuma
- Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
- Too-Rye-Ay
- Don't Stand Me Down
- One Day I'm Going to Soar
- Let the Record Show: Dexys Do Irish and Country Soul
- The Feminine Divine
- Geno
- The Very Best of Dexys Midnight Runners
- BBC Radio One Live in Concert
- Let's Make This Precious: The Best of Dexys Midnight Runners
- The Projected Passion Revue
- "Dance Stance"
- "Geno"
- "There, There, My Dear"
- "The Celtic Soul Brothers"
- "Come On Eileen"
- "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)"
- "This Is What She's Like"
- Discography
- The Blue Ox Babes
- The Bureau
- General Public
- The Killjoys
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