Do You Want to Dance

"Do You Wanna Dance" redirects here. For the unrelated Barry Blue song of the same name, see Barry Blue.
"Do You Want to Dance"
Single by Bobby Freeman
B-side "Big Fat Woman"
Released 1958
Label Josie
Writer(s) Bobby Freeman

"Do You Want to Dance" is a song written by Bobby Freeman and recorded by him in 1958. It reached number No. 5 on the United States Billboard Top 100 Sides pop chart and No. 2 on the Billboard R&B chart.[1][2][3] Cliff Richard and the Shadows' version of the song reached No. 2 in the United Kingdom in 1962, despite being a B-side. The Beach Boys' version reached No. 8 as "Do You Wanna Dance?" in the United States in 1965, and a 1972 cover by Bette Midler ("Do You Want to Dance?") reached No. 17.

A different song called "Do You Wanna Dance?" was a UK hit for Barry Blue in 1973.

Cliff Richard and the Shadows version

"Do You Want to Dance"
Single by Cliff Richard and the Shadows
A-side "I'm Lookin' Out the Window"
Released May 1962 [4]
Recorded December 19, 1961, EMI Studios, London
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Bobby Freeman
Producer(s) Norrie Paramor
Cliff Richard and the Shadows singles chronology
"The Young Ones" "I'm Lookin' Out the Window"/"Do You Want to Dance" "It'll Be Me"

The Cliff Richard and the Shadows version[5] also known as "Do You Wanna Dance" was released in the United Kingdom as the B-side of "I'm Lookin' Out the Window" in May 1962. However, like seven other Cliff Richard singles released between 1959 and 1963, the B-side received a good amount of airplay and made the New Musical Express UK singles chart in its own right. On this occasion, it became Richard's second highest charting B-side (after "Bachelor Boy"), making it to number 10 (while "I'm Lookin' Out the Window" reached number 2). The single reached number 2 in the other UK singles charts, listing both tracks.[6]

"Do You Want to Dance" went on to become the more successful charting track from the single in some countries, reaching number 1 in the Netherlands, Australia (based on the Sydney chart of the time, because an Australian nationwide chart had not yet started) and Flemish Belgium.[7][8][9] The single went on to sell over 1 million copies worldwide.[10]

"Do You Want to Dance" was included on the EP Cliff’s Hits, released November 1962, and first appeared on LP with Richard's first compilation album Cliff's Hit Album, released July 1963. A live version appeared on Richard's double album Japan Tour 74 issued in 1975.

Recording

"Do You Want to Dance" was recorded on December 19, 1961 at EMI's Abbey Road studios. The session, engineered by Malcolm Addy and produced by EMI's A&R man Norrie Paramor, featured new drummer Brian Bennett and Jet Harris on bass, soon to leave the Shadows in 1962.[11]

Charts

Chart entries as "Do You Want to Dance" or "Do You Want to Dance"/"I'm Looking Out the Window":

Chart (1962) Peak
position
UK (New Musical Express Chart)[6] 10
Australia (Kent Music Report)[12]
(retrospectively calculated chart position)		 3
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[13] 4
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[14] 1
Spain (Promusicae)[15] 15

Chart entries as "I'm Looking Out the Window"/"Do You Want to Dance":

Chart (1962) Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[16] 2
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[17] 18
Ireland (IRMA)[18] 2
Norway (VG-lista)[19] 2
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[20] 3

The Beach Boys version

"Do You Wanna Dance?"
Single by The Beach Boys
from the album Today!
B-side "Please Let Me Wonder"
Released February 15, 1965
Format Vinyl
Recorded January 11, 1965, Gold Star Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre Rock
Length 2:21 (mono)
2:39 (stereo)
Label Capitol
Producer(s) Brian Wilson
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"The Man with All the Toys"
(1964)		 "Do You Wanna Dance?"
(1965)		 "Help Me, Rhonda"
(1965)
Music sample
"Do You Wanna Dance?"

The Beach Boys' version of "Do You Wanna Dance?" was a single released through Capitol Records on February 15, 1965. It peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the highest charting Beach Boys song to feature Dennis Wilson on lead vocals. According to the contemporary United Press International (UPI) chart published by newspapers across the United States it was number eight in April 1965. It did best in regional playlists in the Twin Cities, Baltimore and San Jose, where it was number two; Dallas, Seattle and San Diego to number three; Portland to number four; and Chicago, Washington DC, Phoenix, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Hartford, Tulsa and Lincoln, number five. The B-side was "Please Let Me Wonder". The song was also released on the 1965 album The Beach Boys Today!.

Recording

"Do You Wanna Dance?" was recorded on January 11, 1965 at Gold Star Studios and was produced, arranged and conducted by Brian Wilson. Take 3 of the song was used as the master. The song was first released in 1965 in mono on the band's album Today! with a stereo remix of the song being released in 2012 on the stereo remaster of that same album.[21]

Personnel

Sourced from Musician's Union AFM contract sheets and surviving session audio, documented by Craig Slowinski.[22]

The Beach Boys
Additional musicians and production staff

Live version

A live version from March 1965 was released in 2015 for the archival Live in Chicago 1965.

Charts

Chart (1965) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Singles Chart[23] 17
Swedish Singles Chart[24] 9
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[25] 12

Bette Midler version

Bette Midler included the song—with the original title restored, "Do You Want to Dance"—on her 1972 debut album The Divine Miss M. In contrast to the Bobby Freeman, Cliff Richard, and Beach Boys versions, which are uptempo rock and roll songs, Midler slowed the tempo of the song down to a sultry-sounding ballad. The song was Midler's first single release and it was a hit, reaching #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1973.

In 1985, Ula Hedwig, a Bette Midler-soundalike and former backup singer, sang the song emulating Bette Midler's version for a Mercury Sable television commercial. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that using this sound-alike version in a TV commercial violated Midler's right of publicity. Midler v. Ford Motor Co., 849 F.2d 460 (9th Cir. 1988). Midler had sued Ula and the Mercury Sable people for infringing on her trademark, and won her case by issuing a permanent injunction that prohibited all TV stations from further airing the commercial.

Other versions

1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s (decade)
2010s

In popular culture

References

  1. ↑ Bobby Freeman at AllMusic. Retrieved 24-05-2014.
  2. ↑ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (9 June 1958). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 29. ISSN 0006-2510.
  3. ↑ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (30 June 1958). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 45. ISSN 0006-2510.
  4. ↑ "The OFFICIAL Cliff Richard website: Discography - Singles". Cliffrichard.org. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  5. ↑ Cliff Richard and the Shadows: Do You Want to Dance at Discogs
  6. 1 2 Read, Mike; Goodall, Nigel; Lewry, Peter (1993). The Complete Chronicle Cliff Richard (doc). Hamlyn, London. p. 303. ISBN 0-600-57897-6.
  7. ↑ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (28 July 1962). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 16. ISSN 0006-2510.
  8. ↑ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (11 August 1962). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 34. ISSN 0006-2510.
  9. ↑ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (18 August 1962). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 22. ISSN 0006-2510.
  10. ↑ Lewry, Peter; Goodall, Nigel (1996). The Ultimate Cliff (doc) (1996 Updated ed.). Simon and Schuster Ltd, London. p. 206. ISBN 0-684-81696-2.
  11. ↑ Lewry, Peter; Goodall, Nigel (1991). Cliff Richard The Complete Recording Sessions 1958-1990. London: Blandford. p. 40. ISBN 0-7137-2242-8.
  12. ↑ Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940–1969 (doc). Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.
  13. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Cliff Richard – Do You Wanna Dance" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  14. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Cliff Richard – Do You Wanna Dance" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  15. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 1979). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  16. ↑ "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company.
  17. ↑ Lassila, Juha (1990). Mitä Suomi soittaa?: Hittilistat 1954-87 (in Finnish). Jyväskylän yliopisto. ISBN 95-168-0321-0.
  18. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 20, 1962". Irish Singles Chart.
  19. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Cliff Richard – I'm Lookin' Out The Window". VG-lista.
  20. ↑ Johansson, Carl-Owe (1980). Rock Around the Clock - Saturday Night Fever 1955-1978 (doc). Vara, Sweden: Dominique muzic-club.
  21. ↑ Doe, Andrew G. (2012). "MONOSTEREO". Esquarterly.com. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  22. ↑ Craig Slowinski (2007). "The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today!" (PDF). Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  23. ↑ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4722&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=fcs5b5kmf511c6ombo6ki2alv3
  24. ↑ "Swedish Singles Charts". mountvernonandfairway.de. Retrieved 11 November 2007.
  25. ↑ "The Beach Boys awards on Allmusic". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  26. ↑ "We Five Discography - USA". 45cat. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  27. ↑ "Do You Wanna Dance". Whitegum.com. Retrieved 2014-02-09.

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