I Don't Wanna Dance (Eddy Grant song)
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"I Don't Wanna Dance" was a UK number one single for three weeks in November 1982 for Eddy Grant
. It was also released in the US in the fall of 1983.
Written and produced by Grant it was the most successful of his solo singles in the UK and his first number one since Baby Come Back
by The Equals
in 1968.
"I Don't Wanna Dance" was covered by grindcore
band Anal Cunt
in 1993 on their album "Morbid Florist," by the Belgian jazzy pop band Lady Linn and her Magnificent Seven in 2008, and by the Newfoundland-based folk group Shanneyganock
in 2009.
Eddy Grant
Edmond Montague "Eddy" Grant is a musician, born in Plaisance, Guyana.- Life and career :When he was still a young boy, his parents emigrated to London, UK, where he settled. He lived in Kentish Town and went to school at the Acland Burghley Secondary Modern at Tufnell Park...
. It was also released in the US in the fall of 1983.
Written and produced by Grant it was the most successful of his solo singles in the UK and his first number one since Baby Come Back
Baby Come Back (The Equals song)
"Baby, Come Back" is a song written by Eddy Grant, and originally performed and recorded by him and the rest of his band The Equals.-The Equals version:...
by The Equals
The Equals
The Equals were a pop/reggae/rock group that formed in North London, England in 1965. They are mainly remembered for its million-selling chart-topper, "Baby Come Back". Eddy Grant, then sporting dyed blonde hair, founded the group...
in 1968.
"I Don't Wanna Dance" was covered by grindcore
Grindcore
Grindcore is an extreme genre of music that started in the early- to mid-1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres – including death metal, industrial music, noise and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk....
band Anal Cunt
Anal Cunt
Anal Cunt, also known as AxCx and A.C., was an American grindcore band that formed in Newton, Massachusetts in 1988. Since its inception, the band underwent a number of line-up changes. Known for its grindcore musical style and controversial lyrics, Anal Cunt released eight full-length studio...
in 1993 on their album "Morbid Florist," by the Belgian jazzy pop band Lady Linn and her Magnificent Seven in 2008, and by the Newfoundland-based folk group Shanneyganock
Shanneyganock
Shanneyganock is folk-based band from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.Loosely translated from Gaelic, their name means "creature of the night". Their music is heavily Irish/Celtic influenced....
in 2009.