![]() ![]() The music video, set in a very believable Renaissance Faire, features the band and their friends dancing however they wish while dressed in some of the best medieval outfits one can buy on a tight budget. “The Safety Dance” peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has been cited as one of the most popular one-hit wonders in pop culture history. (When someone jumps up and down like a pogo stick on the dance floor.) “I was kind of mad that they wouldn’t let me dance if I wanted to, so I took matters in my own hands and wrote an anthem of it,” said Doroschuck in an interview in 2012. inspiration hit lead singer Ivan Doroschuk to write “The Safety Dance” after getting kicked out of a club for pogo dancing. A catchy beat and an easy to learn chorus is all one needs to create a hit song that will outlive almost everything else. The Original: Men Without Hatsįrom the album Rhythm of Youth (Sire, 1982)Ī good dance song doesn’t need much. We hope that this series allows you to appreciate both the original and the covers they have inspired, and to seek out and enjoy new music in the process. There is a chance that you have come across a song (or two, or so many more) that you enjoy and did not realize that it's either been covered by someone else or is a cover itself. The CHIRP Blog Eddie writes Take Two: “The Safety Dance” (Men Without Hats vs. ![]()
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