# Dancerama > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dancerama > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dancerama.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancerama > Source revision: 1301440255 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|1989 single by Sigue Sigue Sputnik}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Use British English|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox song |name=Dancerama |cover=Sigue Sigue Sputnik Dancerama.jpg |alt= | caption = |type=single |artist=[Sigue Sigue Sputnik](/source/Sigue_Sigue_Sputnik) |album=[Dress for Excess](/source/Dress_for_Excess) |B-side=Barbarandroid |released={{start date|1989|3|13|df=yes}}{{cite magazine|date=11 March 1989|title=News|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/89/Record-Mirror-1989-03-11.pdf|magazine=[Record Mirror](/source/Record_Mirror)|page=5|accessdate=25 May 2022}} |recorded=1988 |studio= |venue= |genre=[Synth-pop](/source/Synth-pop) |length= * {{duration|m=4|s=45}} (album version) * {{duration|m=3|s=44}} (single mix) |label=[Parlophone](/source/Parlophone) |writer= * [Anthony James](/source/Tony_James_(musician)) * [Martin Degville](/source/Martin_Degville) * [Neal Whitmore](/source/Neal_X) |producer=Neal Whitmore |prev_title=[Success](/source/Success_(Sigue_Sigue_Sputnik_song)) |prev_year=1988 |next_title=[Albinoni vs Star Wars](/source/Albinoni_vs_Star_Wars) |next_year=1989 }} "'''Dancerama'''" is a song by the British band [Sigue Sigue Sputnik](/source/Sigue_Sigue_Sputnik) released in March 1989 as the second single from their second album ''[Dress for Excess](/source/Dress_for_Excess)''. It peaked at number 50 on the [UK Singles Chart](/source/UK_Singles_Chart). ==Release== "Dancerama" was originally recorded in 1986. This early rough version was only released as the B-side to the 7-inch single "[Sex Bomb Boogie](/source/Sex_Bomb_Boogie)" that was only released in Germany.{{Citation |title=Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Sex Bomb Boogie |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/208004-Sigue-Sigue-Sputnik-Sex-Bomb-Boogie |language=en |access-date=2022-05-25}} This version then remained rare until it was included on the 2020 expanded re-release of ''[Flaunt It](/source/Flaunt_It_(album))''.{{Cite web |title=Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Flaunt It |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/16023326-Sigue-Sigue-Sputnik-Flaunt-It |website=Discogs |language=en |access-date=2022-05-25}} Several different versions of the song were released as singles. The 7-inch release features a remix of "Dancerama" by [Queen](/source/Queen_(band)) drummer [Roger Taylor](/source/Roger_Taylor_(Queen_drummer)).{{Cite book |last1=Lemieux |first1=Patrick |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WulVDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA106 |title=The Queen Chronology |last2=Unger |first2=Adam |date=2019 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=978-1-926462-10-3 |pages=106 |language=en|edition=2nd }} The B-side "Barbarandroid" was also remixed by Taylor; however, this is not credited on the single. Three 12-inch singles were released. The first features, alongside the two 7-inch tracks, an extended version of "Dancerama".{{Cite web |title=Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Dancerama |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/207800-Sigue-Sigue-Sputnik-Dancerama |website=Discogs|language=en |access-date=2022-05-25}} The second 12-inch release features the same 12" extended version, but it is subtitled 'Kashmir Remix'. It also has a remix of "Dancerama" that prominently features a [saxophone](/source/saxophone), subtitled 'Saxy Remix'. Both of these versions were remixed by [Neal X](/source/Neal_X) and [Tony James](/source/Tony_James_(musician)) at [Abbey Road Studios](/source/Abbey_Road_Studios) on 1 February 1989.{{Cite web |title=Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Dancerama (Or Is It Sex?) |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/214231-Sigue-Sigue-Sputnik-Dancerama-Or-Is-It-Sex |website=Discogs|language=en |access-date=2022-05-25}} The final 12-inch release is a picture disc which contains five tracks, of which the final one is a hidden untitled track, lasting less than a minute. The first track is an introduction lasting two minutes and the second is the 7-inch remix of "Dancerama". The third is another remix of the track by Stephen W. Tayler, titled 'Album Mix Extended', and the fourth track is "Barbarandroid".{{Cite web |title=Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Dancerama (A Picture Disc) |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/208005-Sigue-Sigue-Sputnik-Dancerama-A-Picture-Disc |website=Discogs|language=en |access-date=2022-05-25}} A CD single was also released that features the 7-inch remix, the 12-inch extended and the 'Album Mix Extended' versions. "Barbarandroid" was not included on the release, although it is incorrectly listed on the insert.{{Cite web |title=Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Dancerama (Or Is It Love!) |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/876006-Sigue-Sigue-Sputnik-Dancerama-Or-Is-It-Love |website=Discogs|language=en |access-date=2022-05-25}} Described by James as "cartoon manga like", two versions of the cover artwork were released. Both were conceived by James and designed and created by the Bill Smith Studio. The 7-inch single, CD single and the first 12-inch single feature the subtitle '[Or is it love!]' on the cover with a cartoon of two characters kissing. However, the cover of the second 12-inch release features the subtitle '[Or is it sex?]', with the explicit image (partially censored) of these two characters having sex. ==Music video== The inspiration for the music video was the 1962 sci-fi [featurette](/source/featurette) ''[La Jetée](/source/La_Jet%C3%A9e)'' and was suggested by [Janet Street-Porter](/source/Janet_Street-Porter), who at the time was going out with Tony James. It was filmed in Paris by Mark LeBon.{{Cite web |title=The Sputnik Story 17:1 |url=https://www.sputnikworld.com/The_Sputnik_Story_17_1.html |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=www.sputnikworld.com}}{{cite web |date=2002-12-09 |title=Sigue Sigue Sputnikworld:singles |url=//www.sputnikworld.com/2discograpy_singles.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021209062846/http://www.sputnikworld.com/2discograpy_singles.html |archive-date=9 December 2002 |access-date=2015-11-09}} ==Reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = ''[Number One](/source/Number_One_(magazine))'' | rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Adeva|authorlink=Adeva|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/33140467048/in/album-72157706456718525/|title=Spot the Spin: Sigue Sigue Sputnik – "Dancerama" (Parlophone)|magazine=[Number One](/source/Number_One_(magazine))|date=22 March 1989|page=42|issue=300|location=London|publisher=IPC Magazines Ltd.|issn=0266-5328|access-date=2 January 2024|via=[Flickr](/source/Flickr)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102193847/https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/33140467048/in/album-72157706456718525/|archive-date=2 January 2024}} | noprose = yes }} Reviewing for ''[Record Mirror](/source/Record_Mirror)'', Tim Nicholson wrote "The Sputnik Corporation seems to be going into liquidation if this criminally limp excuse for a bit of plastic is anything to go by. [Barry Blue](/source/Barry_Blue) may have got away with it 15 years ago, but Tony James really should know better. Perhaps if they sacked [Dogville](/source/Martin_Degville) (ugly and tone deaf – I'm impressed), they might finally find what they've been looking for".{{cite magazine |date=18 March 1989 |title=45 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/89/Record-Mirror-1989-03-18.pdf |magazine=[Record Mirror](/source/Record_Mirror) |page=37 |access-date=25 May 2022}} The reviewer for the ''[Huddersfield Daily Examiner](/source/Huddersfield_Daily_Examiner)'' wrote "I hate to admit it, but I don't find this throbbing love song – laced with a luscious layer of guitar-topping – half as nauseating as I hoped it would be".{{cite news |date=25 March 1989 |title=Singles |page=19 |newspaper=[Huddersfield Daily Examiner](/source/Huddersfield_Daily_Examiner)}} Reviewed in the ''[Cambridge Evening News](/source/Cambridge_News)'', the song was described as "by their own pitifully low standards, a neat and catchy song moving at a gentle, but effective pace".{{cite news |date=27 March 1989 |title=Singles |page=10 |newspaper=[Cambridge Evening News](/source/Cambridge_News)}} ==Track listings== '''7": Parlophone / SSS 5''' # "Dancerama" – 3:44 # "Barbarandroid" – 4:21 '''12": Parlophone / 12 SSS 5''' # "Dancerama" (12" Extended) – 8:19 # "Dancerama" (7" Mix) – 3:44 # "Barbarandroid" – 4:21 '''12": Parlophone / 12 SSSX 5''' # "Dancerama" (Kashmir Remix) – 8:18 # "Dancerama" (Saxy Remix) – 7:09 # "Barbarandroid" – 4:21 '''12": Parlophone / 12 SSSPD 5''' # "The Dancerama Club" (Introduction) – 1:57 # "Dancerama" (7" Mix) – 3:44 # "Dancerama" (Album Mix Extended) – 5:45 # "Barbarandroid" – 4:21 # "Untitled" – 0:53 '''CD: Parlophone / CD SSS 5''' # "Dancerama" (7" Mix) – 3:44 # "Dancerama" (12" Extended) – 8:22 # "Dancerama" (Album Mix Extended) – 5:42 ==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1989) !Peak
position |- !scope="row"|Finland ([Suomen virallinen lista](/source/Suomen_virallinen_lista)){{Cite web|last=Timo|date=13 August 2015|title=Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1960: Artistit SEN - SIG|url=http://suomenlistalevyt.blogspot.com/2015/08/sen-sig.html?m=1|access-date=2020-07-21|website=Sisältää hitin}} |23 |- {{singlechart|UKsinglesbyname|50|artist=Sigue Sigue Sputnik|artistid=23085|rowheader=true|refname=uk}} |} ==References== {{reflist}} {{Sigue Sigue Sputnik}} {{authority control}} Category:Sigue Sigue Sputnik songs Category:1989 singles Category:1989 songs Category:Songs written by Tony James (musician) Category:Parlophone singles --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Dancerama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancerama) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancerama?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.