"All She Wants to Do Is Dance" is a 1984 song recorded by Don Henley and became a Billboard Top 10 hit in March 1985, peaking at number 9, and also became his second song to top the Top Rock Tracks chart.[1] The song was originally released from Henley's Building the Perfect Beast album.
The lyrics are a personal commentary, critical of then-modern American culture for being more concerned with self-gratification and hedonistic behaviors (e.g., dancing, partying, promiscuity, recreational drug use, etc.) than with serious issues such as domestic and foreign policies of their government.[citation needed] Ironically, it became a popular dance song, reaching #10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs.
The commercial U.S. 7" vinyl version has a slightly different intro than the LP version from Building The Perfect Beast.
John Leland from Spin magazine wrote about the 12-inch single version of the song saying "...this mother whomps from the git with punchy electronic drums and a mix that keeps one foot off the ground for a full seven-and-a-half minutes. Henley's vision of post-hedonist vision of apocalypse is twisted".[2]
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| Canadian RPM Top Singles |
13 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |
9 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs |
10 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks |
1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs |
34 |
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