Let’s Dance (12″ version)
~ Recording by David Bowie
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official | |||||||||
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI America | SO-17093 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI America | 4XO 517093 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI America | CDP 7 46002 2 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI America | 0C 062-400 165, AML 3029 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:38 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| Pathé Marconi EMI (record company, renamed EMI Pathé Marconi in 1986) | 2C 070-400165, PM 263 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI America | CP35-3034 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| RCA Music Service (RCA’s Music Club) | R 153730 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI America | 1C 064-400 165 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI America | EYS-81580 |
| 1.1 | Let’s Dance | 7:38 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Single |
| EMI America | 12 EA 152 |
| 1.1 | Let’s Dance (long version) | 7:38 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Single |
| EMI America | 7805-1 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI America | 10C 072-400165 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album | EMI America | CDP 7 46002 2 | |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI America | SO 517093 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance (‘Manufactured in West Germany’ in booklet) | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI America | CDP 7 46002 2 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance (‘Manufactured by Polygram in Hanover, West Germany’ in booklet) | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI America | CDP 7 46002 2 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:38 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI America, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | MFSL 1-083 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:38 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VJCP-25210 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:38 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 8 40982 2 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:38 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | CDVIR(WF)293 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:38 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 8 40982 2, CDVUS 96 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7243 4 93094 2 5 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance (rights society: BEL/BIEM; S.I.A.E.) | David Bowie | Album | EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 521 8960, 7243 521896 0 1 | |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance (clear tray) | David Bowie | Album | EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 521 8960, 7243 521896 0 1 | |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 521896 0 1 |
| 2.16 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | 25 ans de tubes, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram | 940 171-2 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| Parlophone | 218967-PRL2 |
| 1.1 | Let's Dance | 7:39 | David Bowie | Rhythm + Grooves | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | R810-01 314584875-2 |
| 2.2 | Let’s Dance | 7:38 | David Bowie | The Best Long Versions… Ever! Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 5 388532 8 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 07243 543319 2 3, 543 3192 |
| 2.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 07243 543319 2 3, 543 3192 |
| 1.8 | Let’s Dance | 7:36 | David Bowie | Classic Cuts Presents: The 12″ Box: 80s, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service) | BX046 |
| 4.4 | Let’s Dance (12″ version) | 7:40 | David Bowie | Grand 12‐Inches 3 | Ben Liebrand | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 82876 82231 2 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| 東芝EMI 株式会社 (record company, do not use as release label – check obi, back or disc for imprint! Ended 2007‐06‐29) | TOCP-70154 |
| 1.14 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Solos, Sessions & Encores | Stevie Ray Vaughan | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 82876 87231 2 |
| 3.1 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | For fuld musik 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”) | UNI 531 780 8 |
| 1.12 | Let’s Dance | 7:38 | David Bowie | As 100 mais da antena 1, volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Brasil (only enter this as label on releases that have the ‘EMI Music Brasil’ logo) | 50999 964040 2 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI Music Japan Inc. (2007‐06‐30 to 2013‐04‐01 – record company, do NOT USE as release label – check the back cover or CD surface for the imprint) | TOCP-95054 |
| 3.4 | Let’s Dance (12″ version) | 7:36 | David Bowie | Blank & Jones Present So80s (SoEighties) 4 | Blank & Jones | Album + Compilation |
| Soundcolours | SC 0321 |
| 3.4 | Let’s Dance (12″ version) | 7:36 | David Bowie | So80s (Soeighties) 4 (Remastered) | Blank & Jones | Album + Compilation |
| Soundcolours | SC 0321 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:38 | David Bowie | Loving the Alien (1983–1988) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Loving the Alien (1983–1988) | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:38 | David Bowie | Loving the Alien 1983–1988 | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | 0190295693534, DBX4 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album | Parlophone | 0190295692735, DB 83881 | |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:38 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album | Parlophone | 0190295511197 | |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance (2018 remaster) | David Bowie | Album |
| Parlophone | |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:38 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance (2018 remaster) | David Bowie | Album |
| Parlophone | |
| 1.8 | Let’s Dance | 7:39 | David Bowie | Bardo: Soundtrack from the Netflix Film | Bryce Dessner & Alejandro González Iñárritu | Album + Soundtrack |
| Milan (main imprint of Milan Entertainment, Inc. and Éditions Milan Music) | |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:38 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| Parlophone | 5021732851987 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI America | CDP 7 46002 2 |
| 1.3 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Album |
| EMI America | CDP 546002 |
| 1.14 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Solos, Sessions & Encores | Stevie Ray Vaughan | Album + Compilation | Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | ||
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.1 | Let’s Dance (long version) | 7:38 | David Bowie | Let’s Dance | David Bowie | Single |
| EMI America | SPRO-9904, SPRO-9904/9905, SPRO-9905 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.10 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Greatest Songs | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.17 | Let’s Dance | 7:37 | David Bowie | Absolute Greatest Hits | David Bowie | Album + Compilation |
| [no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases) | |
Relationships
| assistant engineer: | Dave Greenberg (US engineer Sonopod/Boomtown) |
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| engineer and mixer: | Bob Clearmountain |
| producer: | David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) Nile Rodgers |
| assistant mixer: | David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) Nile Rodgers |
| baritone saxophone: | Steve Elson (American saxophonist, clarinetist, flutist & duduk player) (from 1983-01-03 until 1983-01-20) |
| bass: | Carmine Rojas (from 1983-01-03 until 1983-01-20) |
| congas, tambourine and wood block: | Sammy Figueroa (from 1983-01-03 until 1983-01-20) |
| drums (drum set): | Omar Hakim (from 1983-01-03 until 1983-01-20) |
| guitar: | Nile Rodgers (from 1983-01-03 until 1983-01-20) Stevie Ray Vaughan (from 1983-01-03 until 1983-01-20) |
| Hammond organ and keyboard: | Rob Sabino (from 1983-01-03 until 1983-01-20) |
| tenor saxophone: | Robert Aaron (from 1983-01-03 until 1983-01-20) Stan Harrison (American saxophonist) (from 1983-01-03 until 1983-01-20) |
| trumpet: | Mac Gollehon (from 1983-01-03 until 1983-01-20) |
| background vocals: | Frank Simms (from 1983-01-03 until 1983-01-20) George Simms (from 1983-01-03 until 1983-01-20) David Spinner (from 1983-01-03 until 1983-01-20) |
| lead vocals: | David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (from 1983-01-03 until 1983-01-20) |
| horn arranger: | David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) Nile Rodgers |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1983) |
| recorded at: | Power Station Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States (from 1983-01-03 until 1983-01-20) |
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| part of: | Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 156) (order: 156) |
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| purchase for download: | https://music.apple.com/us/song/271718585 [info] |
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| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/6D6T3DYycIqTn6EPsrKd4z [info] https://www.deezer.com/track/14896251 [info] |
| recording of: | Let’s Dance (from 1983-01-03 until 1983-01-20) |
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Related works
Let’s Dance
| lyricist and composer: | David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) |
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| publisher: | Essex (publisher) Jones Music (publishers associated with David Bowie) Jones Music America RZO Music Ltd Watanabe Music Publishing CM division |
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| is the basis for: | Been Around the World |
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