''Dancing Undercover'' is the third studio album by American
glam metal band
Ratt, released in 1986. The album was produced by
Beau Hill and contains the hit single/video "
Dance
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", which appeared in the
Miami Vice episode "Down for the Count". Two other videos were made, "
Body Talk", which was used on the soundtrack for
Eddie Murphy
Edward Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and singer. He rose to fame on the sketch comedy show ''Saturday Night Live'', for which he was a regular cast member from 1980 to 1984. Murphy has als ...
's film, ''
The Golden Child'', and "
Slip of the Lip
"Slip of the Lip" is a song recorded by American heavy metal band Ratt in 1986 from the album ''Dancing Undercover'' and is also on their greatest hits album '' Ratt & Roll 81-91''. It was written by Ratt vocalist Stephen Pearcy, bassist Juan ...
". It charted at No. 26 on the
''Billboard'' 200 chart and at No. 14 on
Rolling Stone's Album Chart. The album went platinum.
Ratt's opening acts on the tour in support of the album included
Poison
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,
Cinderella,
Cheap Trick,
and
Vinnie Vincent Invasion.
Track listing
Early pressings of the CD had "Slip of the Lip" and "Body Talk" errantly mastered into one track as track 4.
Personnel
;Ratt
*
Stephen Pearcy
Stephen Eric Pearcy (born July 3, 1956) is an American musician. He is best known as the founder, singer, songwriter and sole remaining original member of the heavy metal band Ratt. He has also created the bands Firedome, Crystal Pystal, Arcade ...
– lead vocals
*
Robbin Crosby
Robbinson Lantz Crosby (August 4, 1959 – June 6, 2002) was an American guitarist who was a member of glam metal band Ratt, earning several platinum albums in the US in the 1980s. Crosby died in 2002 from a heroin overdose.
Early life
Crosby ...
– lead guitar, backing vocals
*
Warren DeMartini – lead guitar, backing vocals
*
Juan Croucier
Juan Croucier (born August 22, 1959) is a Cuban-born American musician. He is best known as the bassist for the hard rock/glam metal band Ratt.
Career
Croucier attended Torrance High School in Torrance, California, and played in various ban ...
– bass, backing vocals
*
Bobby Blotzer
Robert John Blotzer (born October 22, 1958) is an American musician best known as the drummer for metal band Ratt. He attended Torrance High School in Torrance, California along with his Ratt bandmate Juan Croucier.
Ratt
Blotzer began his car ...
– drums, percussion
;Production
*
Beau Hill – producer, engineer
*Michael O'Reilly, Jim Faraci – engineers
*Jimmy Hoyson – assistant engineer
*Stephen Benben – digital editing and sequencing
*
Ted Jensen – mastering at
Sterling Sound
George Marino (April 15, 1947 – June 4, 2012) was an American mastering engineer known for working on albums by rock bands starting in the late 1960s.
Biography
Marino was born on April 15, 1947, in the New York City borough The Bronx. He at ...
, New York City
Charts
Album
Singles
Certifications
References
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Ratt albums
1986 albums
Atlantic Records albums
Albums produced by Beau Hill