Dance On!

"Dance On!"
Single by The Shadows
B-side"All Day"
Released7 December 1962 (1962-12-07)[1]
Recorded21 November 1962[2]
StudioEMI Studios, London
GenreInstrumental rock
Length2:22
LabelColumbia[3]
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Norrie Paramor[3]
The Shadows singles chronology
"The Boys"
(1962)
"Dance On!"
(1962)
"Foot Tapper"
(1963)

"Dance On!" is an instrumental by British group the Shadows, released as a single in December 1962.[3] It went to number 1 on the UK Singles Chart and the Irish Singles Chart.[4] A vocal version, with lyrics by Marcel Stellman, was recorded by British female vocalist Kathy Kirby, whose version reached number 11 on the UK chart in September 1963.[3]

  1. ^ "Cliff, Shadows set for..." (PDF). New Musical Express. 30 November 1962. p. 6. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  2. ^ Koers, Ivo. "Instrumentation On Shadows Recordings II: The Primary Singles" (PDF). malcolmcampbell.me.uk. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 68. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  4. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 146. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.