"Danced" is a song by the

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new wave band Toyah, fronted by

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. It first appeared on the band's 1979 LP '' Sheep Farming in Barnet'', and a live version of the song was subsequently released as a single in

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to promote the concert album ''

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''.

Background

The song was written by

Joel Bogen Joel Bogen (born 3 September 1958) is an English rock and punk guitarist. He worked with Toyah Willcox from the late 1970s to 1983 as the guitar player in her eponymous band and was the co-writer on nearly all of the material they recorded. B ...

and Peter Bush. It was originally recorded and released in 1979 on Toyah's first album, '' Sheep Farming in Barnet'', produced by Steve James and

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. Willcox explained that the song is "about the

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" and later added that it is also about "the return of an alien that can travel through time dimensions, therefore, people living in the gravitational pole of planet Earth are gonna age quicker. Therefore, the two thousand years is a greater expanse of communication". A live version of "Danced" was released as a single in late 1980, backed with live recordings of "Ghosts" and "Neon Womb". All tracks were recorded by ATV on 17 June 1980 in

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for inclusion in a television documentary about Toyah, and most of this concert found its way onto the album ''

'', released at the end of the year. The two B-sides from the single, however, were left off the album and for years were only available here. They were later included on the 2005 compilation album ''The Safari Singles Collection Part 1: 1979–1981'', and on the 2006 re-issue of ''Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!''.

Track listing

*7" single :A. "Danced" (Live) (

, Peter Bush) :B1. "Ghosts" (Live) (Willcox, Bogen, Bush, Charlie Francis) :B2. "Neon Womb" (Live) (Willcox, Bogen, Bush)

Charts

References

External links

Lyrics of this song
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Official audio stream
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The official Toyah website
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