Pop Goes The World

Album

Single

Label

Mercury Records

Genre

Synthpop

Entered Chart

Oct 31, 1987

Peak Date

Feb 13, 1988

Released

Unknown

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Mercury 888 859-7

B-Side

N/A

"The Safety Dance" is a song by Canadian new wave/synth-pop band Men Without Hats, released in Canada in 1982 as the second single from Rhythm of Youth. The song was written by lead singer Ivan Doroschuk after he had been ejected from a club for pogo dancing.

Ssss-Aaaa-Ffff-Eeee-Tttt-Yyyy 
Safety-Dance! 
 
Ah we can dance if we want to, we can leave your friends behind 
Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance 
Well they're are no friends of mine 
I say, we can go where we want to, A place where they will never find 
And we can act like we come from out of this world 
Leave the real one far behind, 
and we can dance 
 
We can dance if we want to, we can leave your friends behind 
Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance 
Well they're are no friends of mine 
I say, we can go where we want to a place where they will never find 
And we can act like we come from out of this world 
Leave the real one far behind 
and we can dance. 
 
Francois! 
 
Ah we can go when we want to the night is young and so am I 
And we can dress real neat from our hats to our feet 
and surprise 'em with the victory cry 
 
I Say we can act if want to if we don't nobody will 
And you can act real rude and totally removed 
And i can act like an imbecile 
I say we can dance, we can dance everything out control 
We can dance, we can dance we're doing it wall to wall 
We can dance, we can dance everybody look at your hands 
We can dance, we can dance everybody takin' the chance 
Safety dance 
Oh well the safety dance 
Ah yes the safety dance 
 
Ssss-Aaaa-Ffff-Eeee-Tttt-Yyyy 
Safety-Dance 
 
We can dance if we want to, we've got all your life and mine 
As long as we abuse it, never gonna lose it 
Everything'll work out right 
I say, we can dance if we want to we can leave your friends behind 
Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance 
Well they're are no friends of mine 
I say we can dance, we can dance everything out control 
We can dance, we can dance we're doing it wall to wall 
We can dance, we can dance everybody look at your hands 
We can dance, we can dance everybody's takin' the chance 
Oh Well the safety dance 
ah yes the safety dance 
Oh well the safety dance 
Oh well the safety dance 
Oh yes the safety dance 
Oh the safety dance yeah 
Oh it's the safety dance 
It's the safety dance 
Well it's the safety dance 
Oh it's the safety dance 
Oh it's the safety dance 
Oh it's the safety dance 
Oh it's the safety dance