Lena Philipsson released it as a single in 1987, which peaked at number nine on the Swedish Singles Chart. The song was also at Svensktoppen for 13 weeks during the period 22 March to 14 June 1987, with a second place during the debut week as best result there.
In 2011 Lena released a new version of the song in English entitled "Dance in the Neon Light" featuring the Swedish melodic metalcore band Dead by April.
Swedish singer and 3X Melodifestivalen entrant Ace Wilder covered "Dansa I neon" to help promote a project she done in partnership with Swedish gambling lottery Trisslott where Wilder designed new scratchcards named "Skrapa i neon" (Scratch The Neon).
Philipsson sang the song and finished 5th at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1987. During Melodifestivalen 2011 she performed the new version of her song with the Swedish metal band Dead by April as special guest before the winner was announced. The song was released as a digital single on 20 February 2011. The song was originally written by Tim Norell, Peo Thyrén and Ola Håkansson, but was re-arranged by Pontus Hjelm and Jimmie Strimell for the metal version with lyrics re-written in English by Lena Philipsson.[1]
