abstract
| - %22The Safety Dance%22 is a song written and recorded by Canadian new wave band Men Without Hats. It was initially released in Canada in January 1983 as the 2nd single from the band's first full-length album, Rhythm of Youth. The song was written by lead singer Ivan Doroschuk after he had been kicked out of a club for pogoing.The song entered the Canadian top 50 in February 1983, peaking at no. 11 on 14 May. In the meantime, %22The Safety Dance%22 was released in the US on March 16, but did not enter the US charts for a few months. When it finally did, the record became a bigger hit than it had been in Canada, peaking at no. 3 in September 1983. It also reached no. 1 on Cash Box, as well as no. 1 on the Billboard Dance Chart. %22The Safety Dance%22 similarly found success in other parts of the world, entering the UK charts in August and peaking at no. 6 in early November, and entering the New Zealand charts in November, eventually peaking at no. 2 in early 1984.%22Weird Al%22 Yankovic parodied the song as %22The Brady Bunch%22 in his 1984 album %22Weird Al%22 Yankovic in 3-D.
|