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"Let Me Take You Dancing" is a song recorded by Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams, Order of Canada, Order of British Columbia is a Canada Rock music singer-songwriter and photographer. Rolling Stone magazine describes Adams as having an ?unerring gift for radio-friendly pop hooks" and in 1992, Adams won the Grammy Awards of 1992, for "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" fo...
. It was written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance
Jim Vallance

James Douglas Vallance, Order of Canada is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He was the Drum kit for the Canadian rock music band Prism , and is known for writing hits such as "Summer of '69" by Bryan Adams and "Rag Doll " by Aerosmith....
 and was later remixed by John Luongo. It is notable for being Adams' first solo single and his first ever release as a solo artist when he was 18.

song is a disco track that is somewhat different from Adams' later rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 sound, this is due to the remix. It was one of the first songs that Adams and Vallance wrote together and was based on a rag-time piano riff that Vallance had written.






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"Let Me Take You Dancing" is a song recorded by Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams, Order of Canada, Order of British Columbia is a Canada Rock music singer-songwriter and photographer. Rolling Stone magazine describes Adams as having an ?unerring gift for radio-friendly pop hooks" and in 1992, Adams won the Grammy Awards of 1992, for "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" fo...
. It was written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance
Jim Vallance

James Douglas Vallance, Order of Canada is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He was the Drum kit for the Canadian rock music band Prism , and is known for writing hits such as "Summer of '69" by Bryan Adams and "Rag Doll " by Aerosmith....
 and was later remixed by John Luongo. It is notable for being Adams' first solo single and his first ever release as a solo artist when he was 18.

Background

The song is a disco track that is somewhat different from Adams' later rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 sound, this is due to the remix. It was one of the first songs that Adams and Vallance wrote together and was based on a rag-time piano riff that Vallance had written. The writing took place during February 1978 and the song was recorded at Pinewood Studios
Pinewood Studios

Pinewood Studios is a major United Kingdom film studio situated in Iver, Buckinghamshire. Approximately 20 miles west of Central London on what was the estate of Heatherden Hall, the studios were created in 1934 by Charles Boot and built within 12 months by the Henry Boot Company of Sheffield....
 by Geoff Turner The song was originally released as a pop song, but was taken by his record company and remixed it.

Remixes

Although the single experienced some minor radio success, respected remixer John Luongo was recruited to remix the song to make it sound like a proper disco track ready for release in the USA.

Adams' disavowing

For the remix to be a success, Luongo deemed it necessary to increase the tempo of the song. Unfortunately due to the lack of time compression at that time, it was impossible to increase the tempo of the song without increasing the pitch of Adams' vocals. Adams was disappointed with the speeded-up sound.

Post-1970s

Co-writer Jim Vallance stated that "I don't doubt the single's success contributed to Bryan eventually being signed directly to the label [A&M Records]". However, to this day Adams has distanced himself from the single and has only performed it live on a handful of occasions. This is entirely to because when Luongo remixed the record, he failed to ask Adams to re-sing the song. The result was the record sounds nothing like Adams's voice due to how much the recording was sped up.

Personnel

  • Bryan Adams: vocals, harmony vocals
  • Jim Vallance: drums, keyboards, percussion, vibraphone
  • Wayne Kozak: tenor sax, baritone sax
  • Don Clark: trumpet
  • Joani Taylor: backing vocals
  • Ray Ayotte: congas