"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" is a song credited to British-Australian singer Leo Sayer, taken from his 1976 album Endless Flight.
Ray Parker Jr. claims that the song was stolen from him, after he played it in a studio for an executive who promised he would get credit. Parker received no royalties and no credit for that song. "It's not Leo's fault," he told Variety. "He tried to cut six or seven more of my songs just because he felt so bad."[1]
"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart,[2] making it his first top single in the United States, and reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart.[3] Billboard ranked it as the No. 13 song of 1977. Credited songwriters Sayer and Vini Poncia won a Grammy Award for the song in 1978 in Best R&B Song. Parker has stated that he was the original songwriter and that when he gave the tune as a demo his accreditation as such was missed.[4] Like other Sayer songs from that time, it features extensive use of the singer's falsetto voice, a very popular vocal register in disco-era songs. Sayer performed the song in the thirteenth episode of the second season of "Saturday Night Live" and the second episode of season 3 of The Muppet Show.
Lyrics[]
You've got a cute way of talking
You got the better of me
Just snap your fingers and I'm walking
Like a dog hanging on your lead
I'm in a spin, you know
Shaking on a string, you know
You make me feel like dancing
(I wanna dance the night away)
You make me feel like dancing
(I'm gonna dance the night away)
You make feel like dancing
I feel like dancing, dancing
Dance the night away
I feel like dancing, dancing, aah
Quarter to four in the morning
I ain't feeling tired, no, no, no, no, no
Just hold me tight and leave on the light
'Cause I don't wanna go home
You put a spell on me
I'm right where you want me to be
You make me feel like dancing
(I wanna dance the night away)
You make me feel like dancing
(I'm gonna dance the night away)
You make feel like dancing
I feel like dancing, dancing
Dance the night away
I feel like dancing, dancing, aah
You take me higher
I wanna catch a fire, 'cause
You make me feel like dancing
(I wanna dance the night away)
You make me feel like dancing
(I'm gonna dance the night away)
You make feel like dancing
I feel like dancing, dancing
Dance the night away
I feel like dancing, dancing
Dance the night away
I feel like dancing, dancing
Dance the night away
I feel like dancing, dancing, aah
You really slipped me a potion
I can't get off of the floor
All this perpetual motion
You gotta give me some more
You gotta give me some more
And if you'll let me stay
We'll dance our lives away
You make me feel like dancing
(I wanna dance my life away)
You make me feel like dancing
(I wanna dance my life away)
You make me feel like dancing
(I wanna dance my life away)
I feel, you make me feel like dancing
(I wanna dance my life away)
I feel, you make me feel...
Trivia[]
- This song was featured in the 2004 film Ella Enchanted.
References[]
- ↑ Helligar, Jeremy (August 11, 2020). "How Ray Parker Jr. Got Cheated Out of a Grammy for a No. 1 Hit". Variety. Retrieved on March 20, 2024.
- ↑ Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard Book of #1 Hits, 5th Edition (Billboard Publications)
- ↑ "Leo Sayer - Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company.
- ↑ Helligar, Jeremy (August 11, 2020). "How Ray Parker Jr. Got Cheated Out of a Grammy for a No. 1 Hit". Variety. Retrieved on October 15, 2022.
External links[]
- You Make Me Feel Like Dancing at Femme Fatales Wiki
- You Make Me Feel Like Dancing at Amazon
- You Make Me Feel Like Dancing at Apple Music
- You Make Me Feel Like Dancing at Spotify
