Let's Dance - The Single

3.62 out of 5 (8 votes)

Songs (Time)

UK Release

1. Let's Dance (Bowie)
2. Cat People (Bowie/Moroder)

Release Details

Released by EMI America in the UK and US, March 17, 1983

Catalogue numbers: EA 152 (UK), 12EA 152 (UK), TCEA 152 (UK), 8158 (US)

Released in picture sleeve (EA 152 and 8158)

12" single released in picture sleeve (12EA 152)

Cassette release (TCEA 152)

Producers

David Bowie, Nile Rodgers (1983)

Musicians

David Bowie: vocals

Carmine Rojas: bass

Nile Rodgers: guitar

Omar Hakim: drums

Tony Thompson: drums

Stevie Ray Vaughan: guitar

Rob Sabino: keyboards

Mac Gollehon: trumpet

Robert Aaron: saxophone

Stan Harrison: saxophone

Steve Elson: saxophone

Sam Figueroa: percussion

Trivia

• From David's first new LP in three years, Let's Dance could scarcely go wrong. A rare moment of genuine quality in an otherwise barren landscape. Edited from the original 7 1/2 minutes to just 3 1/2, it was notable not so much for its lyrics, but for Stevie Ray Vaughan's guitar solo.
• Chart Performance:

  Country	Peak #	# of weeks
  UK	1	14
  US	1	?

This document last updated Thursday, 18-Mar-1999 00:15:03 EST