# That Old Song And Dance **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 4, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-old-song-and-dance/835018 "2019-06-04T15:50:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-old-song-and-dance/835018/1 "2019-06-04T15:50:46Z")
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_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnz-qwt8hE4)(1973). Next? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-old-song-and-dance/835018/2 "2019-06-04T15:58:17Z")
The entire score of _A Chorus Line._ ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-old-song-and-dance/835018/3 "2019-06-04T16:04:11Z")
_Private Dancer_ by Tina Turner really should still be getting air play as far as I’m concerned _All She Wants to do is Dance_by Don Henley _Safety Dance_ by Men Without Hats There’s so many but I’ll give someone else a chance now. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-old-song-and-dance/835018/4 "2019-06-04T16:05:58Z")
“Copacabana” - Barry Manilow ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-old-song-and-dance/835018/5 "2019-06-04T16:06:34Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > _Private Dancer_ by Tina Turner really should still be getting air play as far as I’m concerned > > _All She Wants to do is Dance_by Don Henley > > _Safety Dance_ by Men Without Hats > > There’s so many but I’ll give someone else a chance now. _Safety Dance_ is about dancing, not dancers. Fine difference, I know. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-old-song-and-dance/835018/6 "2019-06-04T16:09:25Z")
The Loco-Motion - Little Eva and later Grand Funk Railroad. Only song to hit #1 in a version both by female and male singers. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-old-song-and-dance/835018/7 "2019-06-04T16:15:20Z")
Mr. Bo Jangles ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-old-song-and-dance/835018/8 "2019-06-04T16:15:23Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > The Loco-Motion - Little Eva and later Grand Funk Railroad. Only song to hit #1 in a version both by female and male singers. Again, that is a song about dancing, not dancers. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-old-song-and-dance/835018/9 "2019-06-04T16:16:24Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > _Safety Dance_ is about dancing, not dancers. Fine difference, I know. Point taken; that does narrow it a bit. _Dancing Queen_ by ABBA ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-old-song-and-dance/835018/10 "2019-06-04T16:19:10Z")
[Maniac](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evyKPVS_M7E) by Michael Sembello “She’s a maniac, maniac on the floor And she’s dancing like she’s never danced before” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-old-song-and-dance/835018/11 "2019-06-04T16:26:47Z")
Dancing in the Dark ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-old-song-and-dance/835018/12 "2019-06-04T16:32:04Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Dancing in the Dark Again, that is a song about dancing, not a song about a dancer. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-old-song-and-dance/835018/13 "2019-06-04T16:34:48Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-old-song-and-dance/835018/14 "2019-06-04T16:36:24Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > 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. He is singing about himself as a possible sex partner. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-old-song-and-dance/835018/15 "2019-06-04T16:40:13Z")
[“Pretty Ballerina”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-Ep5x-DETc) by the Left Banke. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-old-song-and-dance/835018/16 "2019-06-04T16:43:07Z")
_ **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!\* [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Tx8EJUTN_lw/hqdefault.jpg "The Trammps -- Disco Inferno (Saturday Night Fever OST)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx8EJUTN_lw) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-old-song-and-dance/835018/17 "2019-06-04T21:13:28Z")
How many choreographers does it take to change a light bulb? …5, 6, 7, 8. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-old-song-and-dance/835018/18 "2019-06-04T21:39:49Z")
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.](https://www.google.com/search?q=tiny+dancer+lyrics&rlz=1C1FLDB_enUS562US562&oq=tiny+dancer+lyrics&aqs=chrome..69i57.6847j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) [Pretty Ballerina](https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&rlz=1C1FLDB_enUS562US562&ei=meT2XLK1DYzitQWJjpqADQ&q=pretty+ballerina+left+banke+lyrics&oq=pretty+ballerina+left+banke+lyrics&gs_l=psy-ab.3..35i39.19643.20153..20641...0.0..0.123.234.0j2......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71j0i7i30.fApyb5vl7Eg)by Left Banke is fairly clearly about a real human. ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-old-song-and-dance/835018/19 "2019-06-04T22:23:24Z")
Tattooed Dancer-Ozzy 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-old-song-and-dance/835018/20 "2019-06-04T23:09:15Z")
“Very Soft Shoes” from the 1959 musical _Once Upon a Mattress_: > [@](#): > > […] In the days when my dear father played the palace > Back in 1392. > My dad was debonair and quite as light as air > In his very soft shoes > How he could dip and glide > And skip and slip and slide > In his very soft shoes […] > > And when he took his bow to the crowd and the crown > The crowd went crazy and the house came down > When Daddy > wore his > very > soft > shoes. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-old-song-and-dance/835018.md?page=2)