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Erasure

Don't Dance

Release date: 30th March 1987

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About This Track

"Don't Dance" is a track by Erasure, from the album The Circus, released 30th March 1987. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Erasure

Erasure

Lyrics

Don't Dance

[Verse 1]

Anything you want

Everything you need

Every time you take what's on offer

You can step on out

You can do without

You don't have to be like every other

[Chorus]

Don't dance to the rhythm

Do something about it

Don't dance to the rhythm

You can do without it

Don't dance to the rhythm

Do something about it

Don't dance to the rhythm

(You can do without it)

[Verse 2]

Always stay in line

Fool you every time

Wonder why it ends up in sorrow

You don't have to go

All you say is no

There's no rhythm that you have to follow

[Chorus]

Don't dance to the rhythm

Do something about it

Don't dance to the rhythm

You can do without it

Don't dance to the rhythm

Do something about it

Don't dance to the rhythm

(You can do without it)

[Interlude]

[Chorus]

Don't dance to the rhythm

Do something about it

Don't dance to the rhythm

(You can do without it)

[Verse 3]

Everywhere you go

Everything you do

Got to make the best just that bit better

You can step on out

You can do without

You don't have to be like every other

[Chorus]

Don't dance to the rhythm

Do something about it

Don't dance to the rhythm

You can do without it

Don't dance to the rhythm

Do something about it

Don't dance to the rhythm

(You can do without it)

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Track details

From The Circus

1987
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Album
The Circus
The Circus
Erasure
Release year
1987
  1. —If I Could (Live) [Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK - 1987/04/17]
  2. —Victim of Love [Vixen Vitesse Mix]
  3. —If I Could [Japanese Mix]
  4. —It Doesn't Have to Be (Live) [Top of the Pops - 1987/03/19]
  5. —Don't Dance
  6. —If I Could
  7. —Sexuality
  8. —Leave Me to Bleed
  9. —It Doesn’t Have to Be [Single Version]
  10. —Oh L'Amour (Live) [Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK - 1987/04/17]
  11. —Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (Live) [Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK - 1987/04/17]
  12. —Safety in Numbers (Live) [Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK - 1987/04/17]
  13. —Sometimes (Live) [Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK - 1987/04/17]
  14. —The Circus (Live) [Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK - 1987/04/17]
  15. —Don't Dance (Live) [Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK - 1987/04/17]
  16. —Hideaway
  17. —It Doesn't Have to Be (Live) [Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK - 1987/04/17]
  18. —Leave Me to Bleed (Live) [Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK - 1987/04/17]
  19. —Sexuality [Extended Mix]
  20. —Safety in Numbers
  21. —Say What (Live) [Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK - 1987/04/17]
  22. —Sometimes [Shiver Mix]
  23. —Sometimes [Extended Mix]
  24. —Spiralling (Live) [Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK - 1987/04/17]
  25. —Spiralling
  26. —Spiralling [Radio 1 Session - 1987/03/10]
  27. —Victim of Love (Live) [Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK - 1987/04/17]
  28. —The Circus [Remix]
  29. —The Circus (Live) [Top of the Pops - 1987/10/22]
  30. —Victim of Love [Remix]
  31. —Victim of Love (Live) [Top of the Pops - 1987/06/05]
  32. —Who Needs Love (Like That) [Betty Boop Mix]
  33. —Who Needs Love (Like That) (Live) [Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK - 1987/04/17]
  34. —Phantom Bride [Radio 1 Session - 1987/03/10]
  35. —The Circus [Radio 1 Session - 1987/03/10]
  36. —Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! [Radio 1 Session - 1987/03/10]
  37. —Sometimes [Video Mix]
  38. —Sometimes (Live) [Top of the Pops - 1986/11/20]
  39. —It Doesn't Have to Be [Cement Mix]
  40. —In the Hall of the Mountain King [New Version]
  41. —The Circus [Bareback Rider Mix]
  42. —It Doesn’t Have to Be [Boop Oopa Doo Mix]
  43. —The Soldier's Return [The Return of the Radical Radcliffe Mix]

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