| "Slow Dancing" | ||||
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| Single by Lindsey Buckingham | ||||
| from the album Go Insane | ||||
| B-side | "D.W. Suite" | |||
| Released | November 9, 1984[1] | |||
| Genre | Rock, New wave | |||
| Length | 4:05 | |||
| Label | Reprise/ Warner Music Group | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Lindsey Buckingham | |||
| Producer(s) | Lindsey Buckingham, Gordon Fordyce | |||
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"Slow Dancing" is a track on Lindsey Buckingham's second solo album, Go Insane. Despite receiving power rotation on MTV, "Slow Dancing" failed to make the Billboard Hot 100, although it did reach number 6 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, an extension to the Hot 100.[2] 34 years after its release, "Slow Dancing" was performed live for the first time.[3]
"Slow Dancing" possesses a 4/4 dance beat with a heavy reliance on computer sounds, particularly the 8 bit Fairlight CMI. Buckingham said in a 2018 interview with Stereogum that "Slow Dancing" explores the idea of striving for human connection through romantic aspirations.[3] Early in the song's development, Buckingham had the idea of concluding "Slow Dancing" with a classical-inspired 3/4 waltz, and this concept was ultimately kept in the final version of the song.[4]
- ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 48.
- ^ "Billboard - Volume 96, Number 47" (PDF). Billboard. November 24, 1984. pp. 32, 63. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
- ^ a b Lapatine, Scott (December 10, 2018). "Lindsey Buckingham Reveals Stories Behind His Solo Songs And Whether He'll Ever Rejoin Fleetwood Mac". Stereogum. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
- ^ Simon Barber and Brian O'Connor (September 30, 2021). "Episode 212 – Lindsey Buckingham". Sodajerker (Podcast). Event occurs at 37:00. Retrieved October 9, 2023.