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David Bowie FAQ:Music:Albums:
Let's Dance (1983)
Let's Dance was produced by Nile Rodgers and recorded and released in 1983.
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The working title of the album Let's Dance was Vampires Of Human Flesh.
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A very succesful world tour (Serious Moonlight) followed the release of Let's
Dance.
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Let's Dance was the biggest commercial success of Bowie's career up to that
point. The lead-off single (the title track) raced to #1 on both sides of the
Atlantic, becoming Bowie's second (and to date last) #1 in the US and his fourth
#1 hit in the UK. Two other singles were released and also did very well (China
Girl made #2 in the UK and #10 in the US, while Modern Love made #2 in the UK
amd #14 in the US). A fourth single, Without You, was released in the US, and
made #73, making Let's Dance the only Bowie album to have spawned four Billboard
100 hit singles.
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In the UK, the album became Bowie's fifth #1 album, and spent 56 weeks on the
chart. In the US, the album reached #4 (only Station To Station has gone
higher), and spent a staggering 68 weeks on the chart (only The Rise And Fall Of
Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars has lasted longer). The album attracted
a new generation of fans to Bowie worldwide and resulted in sometimes
spectacular increases in sales of his old albums. One week in the UK, Bowie had
10 albums on the top 100 (only Elvis has ever managed more albums on the chart
at the same time - 14 in the week he died).
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Bowie: [NOT AN EXACT QUOTE]: 'I was a cult artist, never really in the
mainstream ... having said that, it was a very [big] cult ... these songs show I
can make good pop songs'. (in an interview when Let's Dance was released)
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Ryko and EMI reissued the album on CD with "Under Pressure" as a bonus tracks.
An EMI mid-price reissue in the UK in 1998 (without the bonus track) spent a
further two weeks on the chart, peaking at #191.
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According to the MRIB in 1998, Let's Dance is Bowie's fourth biggest seller of
all time in the UK.
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