Dancing Barefoot
| "Dancing Barefoot" | ||||||||||||||||
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| Single by Patti Smith Group | ||||||||||||||||
| from the album Wave | ||||||||||||||||
| B-side | "5-4-3-2-1" (Live) | |||||||||||||||
| Released | May 1979 | |||||||||||||||
| Format | Vinyl (7") | |||||||||||||||
| Recorded | Bearsville Studios | |||||||||||||||
| Genre | Rock | |||||||||||||||
| Length | 4:18 | |||||||||||||||
| Label | Arista | |||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Patti Smith, Ivan Kral | |||||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Todd Rundgren | |||||||||||||||
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"Dancing Barefoot" is a rock song written by Patti Smith and Ivan Kral, and released as a second single from the Patti Smith Group's 1979 album Wave.[1] According to the album sleeve, the song was dedicated to women such as Amedeo Modigliani's mistress Jeanne Hébuterne.
In 1998, the song featured on the soundtrack of Whatever, a coming of age film by Liza Weil.[2]
In 2000, a live version was released on the benefit album Broadcasts Vol. 8 from KGSR in Austin, Texas.[3]
In 2010, the song ranked #331 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[4]
Cover versions
- 1986 – Niki Mono & Berry Sakharof (Fuck Your Dreams, This Is Heaven soundtrack)
- 1986 - The Feelies
- 1987 - Eastern Bloc ("Eastern Bloc")
- 1987 – The Mission (The First Chapter)
- 1988 – The Celibate Rifles (12-inch EP, bonus track on reissued CD version of Roman Beach Party)
- 1989 – U2 (B-side to the "When Love Comes to Town" single, also on the compilation The Best of 1980–1990; features on the soundtrack of the 1994 movie Threesome)
- 1991 – Xymox (Phoenix)
- 1995 – Johnette Napolitano (Spirit of '73: Rock for Choice)
- 1997 – Die Cheerleader (Barb Wire soundtrack)
- 1998 - Sin ("Insinuation")
- 2001 – Simple Minds (Neon Lights)
- 2004 – Chamber (The Stolen Child) [5]
- 2005 - Lea DeLaria (Double Standards)
- 2008 – Allison Moorer (Mockingbird)
- 2010 - Pearl Jam (Performed at Bridge School Benefit October 23, 2010)
- 2011 - Shakespears Sister (Cosmic Dancer)
- 2011 - First Aid Kit (Performed for Patti Smith at the Polar Music Prize 2011 during the award ceremony)[6]
- 2014 - Simple Minds (Big Music, bonus track, featuring Sarah Brown)
Notes
- ↑ "Dancing Barefoot". Archived from the original on 2008-01-12. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
- ↑ "Whatever (1998) soundtrack on IMDB". Retrieved 2014-02-05.
- ↑ "KGSR Broadcasts Vol.8", http://www.webhostingpal.com/jdv/html/kgsr8_v.htm
- ↑ "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. April 7, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
- ↑ Chamber – Solitude at Discogs (list of releases)
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJkbShz3c9Q&list=TLGwon_ctlCUd8jryGPpyaEH63oiWQnIMf
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