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Dance Away

Field	Value
name	Dance Away
cover	Dance Away.png
type	single
artist	Roxy Music
album	Manifesto
B-side	* "Cry, Cry, Cry" (Europe)
released	12 April 1979
recorded	–
studio	* Ridge Farm Studio, Rusper
genre	* Soft rock
* pop<ref name	"RS 2004"
length	4:21 (Album version)
3:48 (7" single)
6:29 (12" extended remix)
label	* Island
writer	Bryan Ferry
producer	Roxy Music
prev_title	Trash
prev_year	1979
next_title	Angel Eyes
next_year	1979
misc

| B-side = * "Cry, Cry, Cry" (Europe)

"Trash 2" (US, Canada, Japan)
Basing Street Studios (London)
pop 3:48 (7" single) 6:29 (12" extended remix)
Polydor "Dance Away" is a song by the English rock band Roxy Music. Released in April 1979, it was the second single to be taken from their sixth studio album Manifesto, and became one of the band's most famous songs, reaching number two in the UK and spending a total of 14 weeks on the charts, the longest chart residency of a Roxy Music single. Although it did not make number one, it became the ninth biggest selling single in the UK in 1979. It did make it to number one on the Irish Singles Chart and held that position for one week.

Background

"Dance Away" was originally written by Bryan Ferry for his fourth solo studio album In Your Mind (1977), but did not make the final track listing. It was then planned for inclusion on his follow studio album The Bride Stripped Bare (1978), but again was not included. It was finally completed and released on Roxy Music's Manifesto, the band's first studio album in four years.

Critical reception

Cashbox said it is "Roxy Music's most commercial effort to date" and that the highlights are "Andy Mackay's sax lines, Phil Manzanera's guitar treatments and an entrancing percussive' sound."

Versions

The single version was a different shorter edit and mix compared to the original album version. As with their next single "Angel Eyes", the single version of "Dance Away" replaced the album version in subsequent releases.

The 1999 re-mastered version of the Manifesto studio album restored the original version of "Angel Eyes", but still retained the single mix of "Dance Away" in place of the original.

Thus the 1995 Thrill of It All box set was the only release on which the LP version of the song could be found, until the release of the box set The Complete Studio Recordings 1972–1982 in 2012. The Thrill of it All album also includes an extended (6.29 minutes) version.

Personnel

Bryan Ferry – vocals, keyboards
Andy Mackay – oboe, saxophone
Phil Manzanera – electric guitar
Alan Spenner – bass
Richard Tee – piano
Rick Marotta – drums
Steve Ferrone – percussion, claves

Chart performance

Chart (1979)	Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA)	1
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)	2
US Billboard Easy Listening	38
US Billboard Hot 100	44

References

"Music Week".
"Latest & Greatest: Soft Rock Ballads". [[AllMusic]].
Sheffield, Rob. (2004). "[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide". [[Simon & Schuster]].
"VivaRoxyMusic.com Fan Site, "Dance Away"".
"EveryHit – biggest selling singles of the 1970s".
(March 31, 1979). "CashBox Singles Reviews". Cash Box.
[http://www.vivaroxymusic.com/songs_29.php Angel Eyes (Rock Version) on Viva Roxy Music!]
"The Irish Chart Placement". irishcharts.ie.
"officialcharts.com".
Whitburn, Joel. (2002). "Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001". Record Research.
Whitburn, Joel. (2013). "Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955–2012". Record Research.

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