You Can Dance

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You Can Dance
You Can Dance cover
Compilation album by Madonna
Released November 13, 1987
Recorded 1987
Genre Dance
Length 68:31
Label Sire Records
Warner Bros. Records
WEA International
Producer(s) Stephen Bray, John "Jellybean" Benitez, Bruce Forest, Frank Heller, Reggie Lucas, Steve Thompson, Michael Barbiero, Shep Pettibone
Professional reviews
Madonna chronology
Who's That Girl
(1987)
You Can Dance
(1987)
Like a Prayer
(1989)


You Can Dance is the first compilation album and fifth recording by singer Madonna, released in 1987 (see 1987 in music). The album contains remixes of tracks from her first three albums, the first seven of which were segued together.

Contents

Although it was her only album to fail to reach the top ten in the United States it sold well (1,900,000 copies in the US), despite having no singles to promote it. Its success also inspired other artists such as Paula Abdul, Bobby Brown, and Milli Vanilli to release remix albums.

In Japan, the album's one new song "Spotlight" (left over from the True Blue recording sessions) was released as a single, and made the top ten. You Can Dance continued Madonna's string of platinum-selling albums.


# Title
1. "Spotlight" (Bray, Madonna) 6:24
2. "Holiday" (Hudson, Stevens) 6:32
3. "Everybody" (Madonna) 6:43
4. "Physical Attraction" (Lucas) 6:20
5. "Over and Over" (Bray, Madonna) 7:11
6. "Into the Groove" (Bray, Madonna) 8:26
7. "Where's the Party" (Bray, Leonard, Madonna) 7:16
8. "Holiday" [dub version][*] (Hudson, Stevens) 6:56
9. "Into the Groove" [dub version][*] (Bray, Madonna) 6:22
10. "Where's the Party" [dub version][**] (Bray, Leonard, Madonna) 6:21
11. "Spotlight" [dub version] [***] (Bray, Madonna) 4:51
12. "Over and Over" [dub version] [***] (Bray, Madonna) 6:32

* bonus tracks on CD and Cassette

** bonus track on CD only

*** bonus tracks on Cassette only.

Tracks 1-4 and 5-7 are continously mixed.

Tracks 8-12 are dub versions.

  • Producers: Madonna, Michael Barbiero, John "Jellybean" Benitez, Stephen Bray, Bruce Forest, Frank Heller, Mark Kamins, Patrick Leonard, Reggie Lucas, Michael Ostin, Shep Pettibone, Nile Rodgers, Steve Thompson
  • Executive producers: Craig Kostich, Michael Ostin, Seymour Stein
  • Engineer: Glenn Rosenstein
  • Mixing: Michael Barbiero, Steve Thompson
  • Remixing: John "Jellybean" Benitez, Bruce Forest, Frank Heller, Michael Hutchinson, Jay Mark, Steve Peck, Shep Pettibone, Andy Wallace
  • Editing: Shep Pettibone
  • Sequencing: John "Jellybean" Benitez
  • Art direction: Jeri Heiden
  • Design: Jeri Heiden
  • Photography: Herb Ritts
  • Liner notes: Brian Chin

Chart (1987) Peak
Position
Australia albums chart 13
Austria albums chart 13
Brazil albums chart 6
Canada albums chart 9
Finland albums chart 6
France albums chart 2
Germany albums chart 13
Hungary albums chart 29
Ireland (Éire) albums chart 4
Japan Oricon albums chart 5
Norway albums chart 8
Norway albums chart 5
Spain albums chart 16
Switzerland albums chart 11
UK albums chart 5
USA Billboard 200 14

Country Certification
Australia Platinum
Belgium Platinum
Brazil Gold
France Platinum
Germany Gold
Hong Kong Platinum
Ireland Platinum
Italy 3x Platinum
Japan Platinum
Mexico Gold
Nederlands Gold
Portugal Gold
Singapore 3x Platinum
Spain Platinum
Sweden Gold
UK Platinum
USA Platinum

For charts and certifications:

  • "Chart Performance of Madonna Records - A Compiled History". MLVC.ORG - Charts. link - last accessed on December 12, 2005.
  • "Madonna Tribe News: Pier Pinto's Charts Updates". Madonna Tribe News. link - last accessed on December 12, 2005.

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