Beth Andersen (born 1954) is an American singer and voice actress from

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. Andersen's first notable release was the song "Dance Dance Dance" which appeared in the 1983 film '' Scarface'' as well as on its soundtrack. "Dance Dance Dance" became iconic in the following years due to its use in the scene where Octavio the Clown is gunned down. The song also appeared on the US 7" version of

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's single " Rush Rush", another song from the ''Scarface'' soundtrack. "Dance Dance Dance" was also featured in the 2006 video game '' Scarface: The World Is Yours''. Andersen performed background vocals for

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's No. 1 (in Norway, Spain and Sweden) hit "

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", the theme song for the 1984 eponymous film, though she was not credited as a featured artist. Her lyrics were recorded in America separately from Limahl's and accordingly she did not appear in the music video. One of Limahl's back-up singers, Mandy Newton, lip-synched Andersen's lyrics for the music video. Limahl and Andersen only performed the song together on a few occasions, including on the TV series '' Solid Gold'' and ''

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''. Andersen also performed the songs "Just Imagine (Way Beyond Fear)" for the 1984 film '' Thief of Hearts'' and "Angel Baby" for the 1989 film ''

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''. She has also worked as a

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. She has voiced characters in the animated feature films ''

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'', '' Daisy-Head Mayzie'', '' Babes in Toyland'', ''

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'' and the Disney's 1999 animated feature film ''

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''.

References

External links

Official website
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1954 births Living people Musicians from Lexington, Kentucky American women pop singers American voice actresses 21st-century American women singers 21st-century American singers {{US-pop-singer-stub