Dance This Mess Around

"Dance This Mess Around"
Original 1979, Japanese single cover
Single by The B-52's
from the album The B-52's
B-side	"Lava" (Japan) "Rock Lobster" (Colombia)
Released	1979
Studio	Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas
Genre	New wave dance-rock
Length	4:36
Label	Island Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	The B-52's
Producer(s)	Chris Blackwell Robert Ash (co-producer)
The B-52's singles chronology
"Planet Claire" (1979) "Dance This Mess Around" (1979) "Private Idaho" (1980)

"Dance This Mess Around" is a song by American new wave band The B-52's. It was released in 1979, as the third and final single from their self-titled debut album. The song features Cindy Wilson on lead vocals, as well as Fred Schneider and Kate Pierson, and has become a live favorite, even 40 years after its release. It was heard once in Alex Strangelove.