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"The Safety Dance" is a song by Canadian #newWave/#synthpop band #MenWithoutHats, released in Canada in 1982 as the second single from #RhythmOfYouth. The song was written by lead singer #IvanDoroschuk after he had been ejected from a club for #pogoDancing. The song entered the Canadian top 50 in February 1983, peaking at No. 11 on May 14. In the meantime, "The Safety Dance" was released in the US on March 16, but did not enter the US charts until June 25.
youtube.com/watch?v=-ojOHMhxDbY

Apparently, Men Without Hats dropped a new song recently called "I Love the 80s" and it's exactly as you'd expect, full of synth, and Ivan Doroschuk's voice which has not changed one bit since the 80s. song.link/y/gV6SF492hNU

...It's a lot of fun.

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A sadly-overlooked track on a sadly-overlooked album:

genius.com/Men-without-hats-in

Oh when the river runs dry, what will we do
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA OH-HOO
In the 21st century

Hope that the earth don't tire, of the way that we're puttin her down
Hope the universe don't say - stop spinning around
Hope the world don't say that we've got no place to go
Hope the universe don't say "I'll be expanding for a while, you? NO."

youtu.be/IRz8x-5ofN0

@bborn @MarkIngs @dgar @Bishopjoey @AqiDrago
#FortnightFridayMusic January 24 2025 the word is "Youth"

Artist: Men Without Hats
Album: Rhythm of Youth (1982)
Song: Things In My Life

youtube.com/watch?v=wZ5Uhfv7cs

I mean, it's not like "Safety Dance" wasn't a huge hit. It's a meme in our household, and probably many others. If you say "You can X if you want to", somebody has to say "You can leave your friends behind" and optionally ""Cause your friends can't X" etc.

But it's part of the background now. It is not for to like or to not like. It just is.

This song, I like. It's cute and catchy and also somehow thought-provoking. And it's not "Pop Goes The World" either.

"The Safety Dance" is a song by Canadian #newWave/#synthpop band #MenWithoutHats, released in Canada in 1982 as the second single from #RhythmOfYouth. The song was written by lead singer #IvanDoroschuk after he had been ejected from a club for #pogoDancing. The song entered the Canadian top 50 in February 1983, peaking at No. 11 on May 14. In the meantime, "The Safety Dance" was released in the US on March 16, but did not enter the US charts until June 25.
youtube.com/watch?v=nM4okRvCg2g

"The Safety Dance" is a song by Canadian #newWave/#synthpop band #MenWithoutHats, released in Canada in 1982 as the second single from #RhythmOfYouth. The song was written by lead singer #IvanDoroschuk after he had been ejected from a club for #pogoDancing. The song entered the Canadian top 50 in February 1983, peaking at number 11 on May 14. In the meantime, "The Safety Dance" was released in the US on March 16, but did not enter the US charts for a few months.
youtube.com/watch?v=aDSHABsgkj