The Safety Dance

Name: The Safety Dance
Uploaded: 1982-01-01
Duration: 2 min 44 s
Description: Written by lead singer Ivan Doroschuk after being ejected from a club for pogo dancing, this Canadian new wave single from the 1982 album Rhythm of Youth spent four weeks at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1983 and reached number one on both Cash Box and the Billboard Dance Chart. The song has been inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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1982 80s Pop New Wave

Written by lead singer Ivan Doroschuk after being ejected from a club for pogo dancing, this Canadian new wave single from the 1982 album Rhythm of Youth spent four weeks at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1983 and reached number one on both Cash Box and the Billboard Dance Chart. The song has been inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.