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The Safety Dance
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| "The Safety Dance" | |||||
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| Single by Men Without Hats from the album Rhythm of Youth |
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| B-side | "Security" | ||||
| Released | 1982 (US) 1983 (UK) |
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| Format | 7" 12" CD |
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| Recorded | 1982 | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 2:41 | ||||
| Label | Virgin | ||||
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"The Safety Dance" was the first and biggest-selling single by the 1980s synth pop group Men Without Hats, written by Ivan Doroschuk. Released in the USA in 1982 and in the United Kingdom in September 1983, the song peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100. In the UK the song also proved successful, reaching number six. The song would prove to be the only major hit for the group. Their follow-up album, Folk of the 80's (Part III), reached no higher than #127 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart.
Exactly what the title of the song refers to is debated. Some claim the song encourages safe sex, others that it encourages people to take care and be careful while slam dancing, and others again say the song is about the fear of leaving familiar and well known surroundings for something new.
The song has also been featured in numerous movies and even covered on an episode of the Streethawk television show.
The music video for the song is notable for its medieval imagery. It was filmed in the village of West Kington, near Bath, in Wiltshire, England; Ivan Doroschuk is the only band member who performs in it. The others can be briefly seen standing off to the side in the town scene. The dwarf in the video has been identified as actor Mike Edmonds, but the blonde woman's identity is unknown.
Contents |
- The Safety Dance (Extended Version)
- I Got the Message
- Antarctica
- The Safety Dance
- Security
- Weird Al Yankovic used the music of the song in his parody "The Brady Bunch".
- Kidd Chris parodied the song as "Sulu Dance".
- Philip J. Fry performed the dance in the Futurama episode "Future Stock"
- Homer Simpson performed the dance with different lyrics "We Can Dance, We Can Dance, Everybody Look at your pants..." on The Simpsons.
- Chris Turk performed the dance in an episode of Scrubs
- In the movie Bio-Dome the main characters lead many people in a Safety Dance line.
- Men Without Hats - Official Site
- Satellite image of West Kington, where the Safety Dance video was filmed
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