Dance, Dance, Dance (Neil Young song)

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"Dance, Dance, Dance"
Song by Crazy Horse
from the album Crazy Horse
ReleasedFebruary 1971
GenreCountry rock
Length2:10
LabelReprise
Songwriter(s)Neil Young
Producer(s)Jack Nitzsche, Bruce Botnick

"Dance, Dance, Dance" is a song written by Neil Young that first appeared on Crazy Horse's debut album Crazy Horse in 1971. Young has released a number of live versions of the song himself, and it has also been covered by other artists, including Dave Edmunds, The New Seekers, The Flying Burrito Brothers and Elvis Costello.

Neil Young and Crazy Horse versions

"Dance, Dance, Dance" was originally recorded by Young with Crazy Horse in 1969 for a country-rock album that was never released.

Neil Young Archives
and Early Daze, a collection of early Crazy Horse songs from 1969.

Cash Box called it "country flavored."[3] Record World said that it "sounds like a reel."[4] Young reused the melody to "Dance, Dance, Dance" for his song "Love Is a Rose" that was famously covered by Linda Ronstadt.[5]

Young biographer Paul Williams called "Dance, Dance, Dance" a "classic" and said it is much better than "Love Is a Rose."[5][6]

Young performed "Dance, Dance, Dance" live in concert from 1969 through 1971, and then in 1983, 1987 and 1992.

Allmusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine described this version as a "stomping hoedown."[7] Music lecturer Ken Bielen similarly called this version a "hoedown sing-a-long performance that elicits a lot of hand-clapping on the beat.[8]

Cover versions

"Dance, Dance, Dance"
Single by The New Seekers
from the album Circles
B-side"I Can Say You're Beautiful"
ReleasedSeptember 1972
Length2:02
LabelElektra Records
Songwriter(s)Neil Young
Producer(s)David Mackay

Dave Edmunds covered "Dance, Dance, Dance" for his 1972 album Rockpile, a version the Rolling Stone Album Guide called "successful."[9]

Easy Listening chart.[12]

Elvis Costello covered "Dance, Dance, Dance" live in 1972 as part of his duo Rusty with Allan Mayes, while still going by his given name of Declan MacManus.[13][14]

German band Bläck Fööss released a German version of the song called "Pänz Pänz Pänz" (meaning Kids, Kids, Kids) on their 1975 album "Lück wie ich un Du" (i.e. "people like me and you").

The Flying Burrito Brothers covered the song on their 1997 album California Jukebox. According to John Beland, label president Robert John Jones suggested the song as a possible cut for California Jukebox.[15] As it turned out, Burrito Brothers' fiddler Gib Guilbeau had played the fiddle on the original Crazy Horse version and as a result he and Beland had long wanted to record the song.[15] Guilbeau used the same fiddle on the Flying Burrito Brothers record as he did on the Crazy Horse version more than 25 years earlier.[15] Beland stated that:

Crazy Horse cut "Dance, Dance, Dance" and wanted a fiddle on it. So the first person they called was Gib because he was the guy to call for Cajun fiddle. Nobody could touch him. So he went to play on it. He told us about it when he got back, and we always wanted to cut the tune. I don't know what happened—we never got around to doing it. It was an obvious song for us. So all through the years we talked about it. Then when we were putting tunes together for this album, Robert John said to us "Have you ever heard that Neil Young tune 'Dance, Dance, Dance'? And I said "Holy cow! Yeah! I told him Gib had played on the original record. So we went in and cut it—finally, after wanting to cut it since 1971.[15]

Mumford & Sons recorded "Dance, Dance, Dance" live in 2010.[16]

References

  1. ISBN 9781641604666
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  2. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Crazy Horse". Allmusic. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  3. ^ "CashBox Album Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. March 20, 1971. p. 26. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  4. ^ "Single Product" (PDF). Record World. July 3, 1971. p. 12. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
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    ISBN 9780711961609
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  6. ISBN 978-0711953994
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  7. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Live at Massey Hall 1971". Allmusic. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  8. ISBN 9780275999025
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  9. ISBN 9780679737292
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  10. ^ "Circles". Allmusic. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  11. ^ a b "New Radio Action and Billboard Pick Singles" (PDF). Billboard. September 9, 1972. p. 50. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  12. ^ "Billboard Hot 100" (PDF). Billboard. October 21, 1972. pp. 33, 64. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  13. ISBN 9781782111634
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  14. ISBN 9780957570061
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  15. ^ a b c d Price, Deborah Evans (November 1, 1997). "They're Playing My Song" (PDF). Billboard. p. 53. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  16. ISBN 9780857128577
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