The Rolling Stones Songs - Dance (Pt. 1) Lyrics

The Rolling Stones - Dance (Pt. 1)

The Rolling Stones - Dance (Pt. 1) Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Emotional Rescue
Released: 1980

Dance (Pt. 1) Lyrics

Hey, what am I doing standing here on the corner of
West 8th Street and 6th Avenue and

Ah, skip it.

Nothing. Keith! Watcha, watcha doing? (whistle)
Oh, I think the time has come to get out, get out

Get up, get out, get into something new
Get up, get out, into something new

Ooh! And it's got me moving (Got me moving honey!)
Ooh! And it's got me moving
Ooh! And it's got me moving
Ooh! And it's got me moving

My my my, my my my, my my my, my my my, my

Poor man eyes a rich man
Denigrates his property
A rich man eyes a poor man
And envies his simplicity.

Get up, get up, into something new
Get up, get out, down into something new

Ooh! and it's got me moving
Ooh! and it's got me moving
Ooh! and it's got me moving
Ooh! and it's got me moving
Ooh! and it's got me moving

Yeah, get up, get up, get out
Into something new
Yeah, all, woncha all, woncha all, woncha all
Don't stand accused

Writer/s: HARRIS, DAVID / DEAN, ESTER / RICHARDS, DAWN / CASTLE, NOISE
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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This was the first Stones song Ron Wood got a writing credit on. He said of the song: '"Dance Pt. 1' was one strong riff where Mick immediately took the bait, literally got up and danced to it, which was the whole idea of the track: it's a catchy riff. That was an example of a song that originated without words, just a groove with various changes, but never a chorus. We did have various alternative mixes going at the time, but I can't really tell the difference between Part I or Part II or Part III. It was just a novelty, the Pt. 1 bit." (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

Like "Miss You," this song has a Disco sound which wasn't typical of The Rolling Stones.

A similar version with different lyrics called "If I Was A Dancer (Dance Pt. 2)" was released in 1981 on The Rolling Stones Sucking In The Seventies compilation.

Michael Shrieve, formerly of Santana, played percussion; the Jamaican Reggae artist Max Romeo sang background.