Dancing with Tears in My Eyes

This article is about the song by Ultravox. For the song by Kesha, see Animal (Kesha album).

"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes"
Single by Ultravox
from the album Lament
B-side	"Building"
Released	4 May 1984
Format	7" vinyl, 12" vinyl
Recorded	Musicfest Studio, 1983
Genre	Synthpop, Electronic, New Wave
Length	4:10
Label	Chrysalis
Writer(s)	Midge Ure, Chris Cross, Warren Cann, Billy Currie
Producer	Ultravox
Ultravox singles chronology
"One Small Day" (1984) "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (1984) "Lament" (1984)

"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" is the second single from Lament, Ultravox's seventh studio album, released in 1984. The single effectively put Ultravox back on the map, peaking at #3 in the UK single charts,^[1] and reaching the top 10 in many European countries.

The video is about a nuclear power plant meltdown. The music video depicts Midge Ure running home after discovering that a nuclear explosion is imminent. The video ends with the power plant exploding, and the image of a home movie of Ure, his wife and their child, with the visual effect of a melting film.

The 7" single was released in three versions: with a standard picture sleeve, with a gate-fold booklet sleeve, and with a gate-fold booklet sleeve and a clear vinyl disc. All versions had the same catalogue number, "UV 1", and the same tracks. The 12" was released in two versions, with the same catalogue number "UVX 1": in a stickered gatefold sleeve containing a band poster and in a standard picture sleeve.

The B-side, "Building", is a morose piano ballad.

Track listing

7" vinyl

• UK: Chrysalis - UV 1
• Germany: Chrysalis - 106 449
• US: Chrysalis - VS4 42781
• Canada: Chrysalis - CHS - 42781

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes"	4:10

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Building"	3:11

12" vinyl (UK and Europe)

• UK: Chrysalis - UVX 1
• Germany: Chrysalis - 601 322

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (Special Re-Mix)	10:00

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Building"	3:11
2.	"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes"	4:10

12" vinyl (North America)

• US: Chrysalis - 4V9 42783
• Canada: Chrysalis - CS 42783

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (Extended)	7:44

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"One Small Day" (Club Version)	7:48

Cover versions

• German progressive metal band Dreamscape covered the song 1999 on their Very album.
• German power metal band Freedom Call covered the song on their EP Taragon, released in 1999.
• In 2004, German Eurodance project Novaspace released their version of "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" on a single, which was also included on their album Cubes.
• Swedish glam metal band The Poodles covered the song on their debut album Metal Will Stand Tall in 2006.
• The symphonic metal/power metal project Avantasia covered the song on their EP Lost in Space Part II in 2007.
• Swedish singer Velvet covered the song on her 2009 album The Queen.

Live cover performances

• Guitarist Midge Ure played the song at "Rockpalast Fall 2006".

Chart performance

Chart (1984)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart[1]	3
Australian Singles Chart	58
Belgian Singles Chart	2
Dutch Top 40[2]	6
German Singles Chart[3]	7
GfK Dutch Singles Chart[4]	12
Irish Singles Chart[5]	8
New Zealand Singles Chart	38
Swiss Singles Chart[6]	16

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Chart Stats - Ultravox - Dancing with Tears in My Eyes". http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=11609. Retrieved 25 January 2009 (2009-01-25). 
2. ^ "De Nederlandse Top 40, week 29, 1984". http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=44685/chartid=5778. Retrieved 25 January 2009 (2009-01-25). 
3. ^ "charts-surfer.de search results". http://www.charts-surfer.de. Retrieved 25 January 2009 (2009-01-25). 
4. ^ "dutchcharts.nl - Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes". http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Ultravox&titel=Dancing+With+Tears+In+My+Eyes&cat=s. Retrieved 25 January 2009 (2009-01-25). 
5. ^ "irishcharts.ie search results". http://www.irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 25 January 2009 (2009-01-25). 
6. ^ "Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes - hitparade.ch". http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Ultravox&titel=Dancing+With+Tears+In+My+Eyes&cat=s. Retrieved 25 January 2009 (2009-01-25).