That Old Song And Dance

Cafe Society
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The topic is songs about dancers, and I will not lead off That Song By Elton John, but rather with ABBA’s Nina, Pretty Ballerina(1973).
Next?

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The entire score of A Chorus Line.

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Private Dancer by Tina Turner really should still be getting air play as far as I’m concerned

All She Wants to do is Danceby Don Henley

Safety Dance by Men Without Hats

There’s so many but I’ll give someone else a chance now.

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“Copacabana” - Barry Manilow

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Safety Dance is about dancing, not dancers. Fine difference, I know.

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The Loco-Motion - Little Eva and later Grand Funk Railroad. Only song to hit #1 in a version both by female and male singers.

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Mr. Bo Jangles

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Again, that is a song about dancing, not dancers.

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Point taken; that does narrow it a bit.

Dancing Queen by ABBA

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Maniac by Michael Sembello
“She’s a maniac, maniac on the floor
And she’s dancing like she’s never danced before”

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Dancing in the Dark

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Again, that is a song about dancing, not a song about a dancer.

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I don’t think so. The singer is singing about himself as the dancer.

You can’t start a fire
You can’t start a fire without a spark.
This gun’s for hire
Even if we’re just dancing in the dark.

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He is singing about himself as a possible sex partner.

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“Pretty Ballerina” by the Left Banke.

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Disco Inferno by The Trammps:

T*o my surprise, one hundred stories high,
People getting loose, y’all, getting down on the roof, do you hear?
The funk was flaming, out of control!
It was so entertaining, when the boogie started to explode!

Satisfaction, came in a chain reaction!
I couldn’t get enough, 'til I had to self-destruct!
The heat was on, rising to the top!
Everybody’s going strong, and that is when my spark got hot!*

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How many choreographers does it take to change a light bulb?

…5, 6, 7, 8.

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I’m a little confused about whether Tiny Dancer is about an actual dancer working as a seamstress for the band, or just a dream sort of thing, so judge for yourself.

Pretty Ballerinaby Left Banke is fairly clearly about a real human.

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Tattooed Dancer-Ozzy :smiley:

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“Very Soft Shoes” from the 1959 musical Once Upon a Mattress: