{{more citations needed|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox song | name = Dick Around | cover = Sparks DA.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]] | album = [[Hello Young Lovers (Sparks album)|Hello Young Lovers]] | released = February 2006 (single)<br> September 25, 2006 (EP) | recorded = 2005 | studio = | venue = | genre = * [[Art pop]] * {{nowrap|[[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]}} | length = 6:35 | label = [[Gut Records|Gut]] | writer = * [[Ron Mael]] * [[Russell Mael]] | producer = * Ron Mael * Russell Mael | prev_title = Suburban Homeboy | prev_year = 2003 | next_title = Perfume | next_year = 2006 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|VgakpSoHEiE|"Dick Around"}}}} }}

"'''Dick Around'''" is a song by the American [[rock music|rock]] band [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]]. It was the second single from ''[[Hello Young Lovers (Sparks album)|Hello Young Lovers]]'', the twentieth album by the group. The song was edited from 6 minutes and 35 seconds to 3 minutes 51 seconds for the single and video. It is the opening track on the album ''Hello Young Lovers''. An EP was also released in the US and was also widely available in the UK. The UK single version was released as a [[Double A-side#Double A-side|double A-side]] with "Waterproof".

==Track listings== ;7" # "Dick Around" # "Hospitality on Parade" (live)

;UK single # "Dick Around" # "Waterproof" # "Change" (live) # "Interview" # "Dick Around" (CD-ROM track)

;EP # "Dick Around" # "(Baby Baby) Can I Invade Your Country" (alternate lyrics) # "Happy Hunting Ground" (live, The Avalon, Hollywood, CA, May 20 2006) # "Bon Voyage" (live, The Avalon, Hollywood, CA, May 20 2006) # "In the Future" (live, The Avalon, Hollywood, CA, May 20 2006) # "Interview of Sparks by Steve Jones of ''Jonesey's Jukebox''" # "Dick Around" (CD-ROM track) # "Perfume" (CD-ROM track)

==Personnel== * [[Ron Mael]] – keyboards, orchestrations and production * [[Russell Mael]] – vocals, engineering and production * John Thomas – mixing and additional engineering * [[Tammy Glover]] – drums * [[Dean Menta]] – guitars

==Chart positions== {|class="wikitable" !Chart (2006) !Peak<br/>position |- | Scotland ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20060924/41/|title=Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=26 May 2022}}</ref> |align="center"| 67 |- |UK ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name="Chart Log UK">{{cite web|url=http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_S.HTM |title=Chart Log UK: DJ S - The System Of Life |publisher=Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz, 1994–2009 |access-date=2010-02-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322040621/http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_S.HTM |archive-date=2015-03-22 }}</ref> |align="center"| 139 |}

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