"Batdance" is the song featured in the 1989 film Batman, written and performed by Prince. It is an amalgamation of other tracks from the album including "Electric Chair", "200 Balloons" and "The Future".
Lyrics[]
- The Joker: Oh, I got a live one here. Ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha! Ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha! Ooh, hoo-hoo! Hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo!
Get the funk up!
Batman
Get the funk up!
Batman
Get the funk up!
- The Joker: Go, go, go with a smile!
Bat dance
Do it
Keep busting
(Do it, do it)
I've seen the future and it will be (Do it, do it)
I've seen the future and it will be (Do, do)
Batman
Batman
I've seen the future and it will be
Batman (House, do it, house)
- The Joker: And where, and where, is the Batman?
Let's do it
Let's do it
Do it, do it
Do it, do it
- The Joker: Stop the press! Stop the press! Who is that?
- Vicki Vale: Vicki Vale. Vicki Vale. I like...
Batman, Batman, Batman
- Vicki Vale: Oh... bats.
- Bruce Wayne: Hi. Bruce Wayne. I've tried to avoid all this, but I can't.
- Vicki Vale: I just got to know... are we gonna try to love each other?
- The Joker: Stop the press! Who is that?
- Vicki Vale: Vicki Vale.
- Bruce Wayne: She's great, isn't she?
Oh yeah, oh yeah
I wanna bust that body
Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
I wanna bust that body, right
- Bruce Wayne: I'd like to... but he's out there right now.
Oh yeah, oh yeah
I want to bust that body
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Tonight
- The Joker: Well, Miss Vale. You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight? I always ask that of all my prey. I just like the sound of it.
- Bruce Wayne: I've got to go to work.
Batman
- Bruce Wayne: I've got to go to work.
Batman
(Work, work) If a man is considered guilty
(Work, work) For what goes on in his mind
(Work) Then gimme the electric chair
For all my future crimes, oh
(Work)
(Work) Electric chair, oh, ooh
Hey, Ducky
Let me stick the 7-inch in the computer
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Hey, we got the power
Oh, we got the soul
Hey, we got to show enough, get off
To make the devil go, go
Ow
Ow
- The Joker: This town needs an enema!
(I'm gonna kill you)
Power
(I'm not gonna kill you) (Let's do it)
Soul
(I'm gonna kill you)
Power
(I'm not gonna kill you)
Soul (Let's do it)
(I'm Batman)
Batman
(Don't stop dancing!)
(I'm Batman)
Batman
(Don't stop dancing!)
Do it, do it
Do it, do it
Batman
Batman
Batman (Don't stop!)
(Don't stop!) (Let's do it)
(Don't stop dancing!)
Let's do it (Batman)
Let's do it
(Don't stop dancing!)
Bat, bat
(Batman) (Don't stop dancing!)
(No, dammit! Turn the music back up!)
(You son of a bitch!)
- The Joker: You ever heard of the healing power of laughter?
Who's gonna stop 200 balloons?
Nobody!
(Ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha)
(Ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha)
(Ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha)
Batman
- Batman: Stop.
External links[]
- Batdance at Batman Wiki
- Batdance at Amazon
- Batdance at Apple Music
- Batdance at Spotify
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