Dance Stance

Dance Stance
"Dance Stance"
Single by Dexy's Midnight Runners
B-side I'm Just Looking
Released 1979
Genre Pop, Blue-eyed soul
Label Oddball Records
Dexy's Midnight Runners singles chronology
"Dance Stance"
(1979)		 "Geno"
(1980)

"Dance Stance" is the first single by Dexys Midnight Runners. It reached #40 on the UK Singles Chart in early 1980.

The song references a range of Irish playwrights and writers including Oscar Wilde, Brendan Behan, Sean O’Casey, George Bernard Shaw, Samuel Beckett, 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-fueled dancing in the all-nighters which were a feature of the Northern soul scene).

Dance Stance was performed by Kevin Rowland (vocals, guitar), 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 new title 'Burn It Down'.

The song was released in 1979 on the independent label Oddball Records.

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Kevin Rowland
Billy Adams  • Kevin "Al" Archer  • Mickey Billingham  • Jeff Blythe  • Steve Brennan  • Vincent Crane  • Andy "Stoker" Growcott  • John "Rhino" Edwards  • Giorgio Kilkenny  • Andy Leek  • Robert Noble  • Helen O'Hara  • Jimmy Paterson  • Pete Saunders  • Seb Shelton  • Paul Speare  • Steve Spooner  • Mick Talbot  • Simon Walker  • Pete Williams  • Steve Wynn
Studio albums
Compilations
Geno  • The Very Best of Dexys Midnight Runners  • BBC Radio One Live in Concert  • Let's Make This Precious  • The Projected Passion Revue  • Master Series - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Singles
"Dance Stance"  • "Geno"  • "There, There, My Dear"  • "Keep It Part Two (Inferiority Part One)"  • "Plan B"  • "Show Me"  • "Liars A To E" • "The Celtic Soul Brothers"  • "Come On Eileen"  • "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)"  • "Let's Get this Straight (From the Start)" • "This is What She's Like"  • "Because of You"
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