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Music That You Can Dance To by Sparks
Music That You Can Dance To is an album by Sparks, released in 1986. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 4 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Music That You Can Dance To”, on 4 lists with a best position of #33.
Music That You Can Dance To, the fourteenth album from Sparks, came out in September 1986, on MCA in America and Consolidated Allied in Britain, two years after Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat. The title is a promise and a smirk at once, which is pure Ron and Russell Mael: Ron's tightly wound, rhythmic keyboards driving the machine, Russell's elastic, wide-ranging voice skating over the top.
The brothers had been flirting with the dancefloor since their disco and synth-pop turn with Giorgio Moroder in 1979, and here they lean all the way in, with guitarist Bob Haag, bassist Leslie Bohem and drummer David Kendrick still in the fold. The title track is the one the countdowns picked up, sleek and sardonic, the sound of a band that never met a trend it couldn't wink at.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Music That You Can Dance To on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Music That You Can Dance To | 4 | #33 | – | 1986–1989 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.