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| "Dancing with Myself" | |
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| Single by Gen X | |
| from the album Kiss Me Deadly | |
| Released | October 1980 |
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| Length | 3:45 (album version) 3:30 (7" version) 4:06 (12" version) |
| Label | Chrysalis |
| Songwriter(s) |
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| Producer(s) | Keith Forsey |
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| Single by Billy Idol | ||||
| from the album Don't Stop | ||||
| Released | March 1981[3] | |||
| Recorded | 1980 (remixed in 1981) | |||
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| Length | 4:50 (album version) 3:19 (single version) 6:05 (12" version) | |||
| Label | Chrysalis | |||
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| Producer(s) | Keith Forsey | |||
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| "Dancing with Myself" on YouTube | ||||
"Dancing with Myself" is a song by the punk rock band Gen X, first commercially released in the United Kingdom in October 1980, where it reached number 62 on the UK Singles Chart. It was remixed and re-released by the band's singer/frontman Billy Idol as a solo artist in the United States in 1981, where the song reached number 27 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. Nouvelle Vague covered the number in 2006 and released it on their album, Bande à Part.
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Don't Stop - Billy Idol | Songs, Reviews,Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ Osterberg, Christopher (29 June 2022). "A survivor of rock'n'roll's extreme lifestyle". The Budapest Times. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
"Dancing with Myself" defined him as a member of the glam rock contingent made popular by music videos in that decade.
- ^ "Billy Idol and Gen X - Dancing with Myself". 45cat.com.
- ^ Brennan, Collin (30 June 2016). "Civil Twilight turn Billy Idol's "Dancing With Myself" into a sparse, understated ballad – listen". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "I". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved 20 February 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.