Come Dancing
The Kinks
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They put a parking lot on a piece of land When the supermarket used to stand Before that they put up a bowling alley On the site that used to be the local pally That's where the big bands used to come and play My sister went there on a Saturday Come dancing All her boyfriends used to come and call Why not come dancing, it's only natural Another Saturday, another date She would be ready but she's always make him wait In the hallway, in anticipation He didn't know the night would end up in frustration He'd end up blowing all his wages for the week All for a cuddle and a peck on the cheek Come dancing That's how they did it when I was just a kid And when they said come dancing My sister always did My sister should have come in a midnight And my mom would always sit up and wait It always ended up in a big row When my sister used to get home late Out of my window I can see them in the moonlight Two silhouettes saying goodnight by the garden gate The day they knocked down the pally My sister stood and cried The day they knocked down the pally Part of my childhood died, just died Now I'm grown up and playing in a band And there's a car park where the pally used to stand My sister's married and she lives on an estate Her daughters go out, now it's her turn to wait She knows they get away with things she never could But if I asked her I wonder if she would Come dancing Come on sister, have yourself a ball Don't be afraid to come dancing It's only natural Come dancing Just like the pally on a Saturday And all her friends will come dancing Where the big bands used to play
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14 facts about this song
Band Origin"Come Dancing" is a song by the British rock band The Kinks. It was released as a single in November 1982.
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Album InclusionIt is included in the band's 1983 album "State of Confusion."
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Commercial Success"Come Dancing" became one of the band's biggest hits in the United States, peaking at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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U.K. PositionIn their home country, the U.K., it reached No. 12 on the Singles Chart.
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Song InspirationThe song was inspired by the childhood memories of the band's lead singer, Ray Davies, of his older sisters going out to dance at the local Palais.
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Song Writer"Come Dancing" was written solely by Ray Davies.
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Music VideoThe music video for the song featured a young couple meeting at a dance hall in the 1950s, then flash-forwarding to the same place, now a supermarket, in the 1980s, reflecting the song's nostalgic lyrics.
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Subsequent Reworkings"Come Dancing" was re-recorded for The Kinks' 1986 compilation album "Come Dancing with The Kinks" and was also performed live during many of their later concerts.
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ResurgenceThe song gained renewed popularity in the 1990s when it was used as the theme song for a UK television series of the same name.
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Broadway Musical"Come Dancing" was also included in a jukebox musical featuring the songs of The Kinks, also titled "Come Dancing," which premiered in London in 2008.
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Return to ChartsDue to its inclusion in the musical, the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart in September 2008.
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Cover VersionsVarious artists have covered "Come Dancing," including power pop band The Shazam and punk rock band Face to Face.
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Song ThemeThe song is seen as an homage to the traditional British working-class pastime of dancing at local venues on weekends, a practice that was becoming less common by the time the song was released.
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Symbolic MeaningIt is also symbolic of the urbanization and modernization of Britain, as many of these dance halls were being demolished to make way for office buildings and supermarkets.
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