Do You Wanna Dance?
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"Do You Wanna Dance?" is a song written by Bobby Freeman, and recorded by him in 1958. It is also popular in a version performed by the Beach Boys, which was released in 1965.
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[edit] Beach Boys version
| "Do You Wanna Dance?" | ||
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| Single by The Beach Boys | ||
| from the album The Beach Boys Today! | ||
| Released | February 8, 1965 | |
| Format | Vinyl | |
| Recorded | Unknown | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 5 min 4 sec for both songs | |
| Label | Capitol Records | |
| Producer(s) | Brian Wilson | |
| Chart positions | ||
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• #12 (US) |
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| The Beach Boys singles chronology | ||
| "The Man With All The Toys"/"Blue Christmas" (1964) |
"Do You Wanna Dance?"/"Please Let Me Wonder" (1965) |
"Help Me, Rhonda"/"Kiss Me, Baby" (1965) |
"Do You Wanna Dance?" was a single which was released by The Beach Boys in 1965 through Capitol Records. The B-side of this single was Please Let Me Wonder. The song was first released on the band's 1965 album The Beach Boys Today!.
[edit] Details
- Album: The Beach Boys Today!
- Time: 2 min 19 sec
- Produced by: Brian Wilson
- Lead Vocals: Dennis Wilson:
[edit] Other Versions
In addition to the Freeman and Beach Boys versions, the song was covered in 1962 by Cliff Richard, 1964 by Del Shannon, 1968 by The Mamas and The Papas, 1973 by Bette Midler, 1975 by T. Rex, on the album "Bolan's Zip Gun". It was also covered by The Ramones on the 1977 album "Rocket to Russia". It was also covered by John Lennon on his 1970's album, Rock and Roll.
