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“Dance Away” by Roxy Music

From the album Manifesto (1979)

“Dance Away” by Roxy Music appears on 14 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1988 and 2020. It was first released in 1979 on the album Manifesto. Its best result is #207 on the Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,547 alternative song of all time.

14countdowns

6stations

#207best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

1988–2020years charted

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"Dance Away" was the second single from Manifesto, Roxy Music's 1979 album and their first studio record in four years, and it took Bryan Ferry a long time to get it there. He wrote it for his 1977 solo album In Your Mind, where it didn't make the cut, then lined it up for The Bride Stripped Bare the following year, where it missed again. Roxy Music finally finished it and produced it themselves.

The wait paid off. It's silky and mid-tempo, Ferry crooning with that famous aching cool while Andy Mackay's saxophone and Phil Manzanera's treated guitar shimmer around him. It went to number two in the UK and spent 14 weeks on the chart, longer than any other Roxy single.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

#1,547 of all time

Indie & Adult Alternative

#5,967 of all time

All Rock Formats

#2,695 of all time

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1988	275	Live 105	Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988)	501
1991	207	Live 105	Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991)	302
1991	976	CFNY 102.1 The Edge	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition)	1002
1999	691	Q101	Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	1017
1999	696	CD101	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	2000
2000	696	CD101	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)	2001
2001	697	CD101	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)	2002
2002	697	CD101	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)	2003
2002	1676	Fred (XM 44)	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)	2002
2003	697	CD101	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)	2004
2003	1613	Fred (XM 44)	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)	2044
2004	697	CD101	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	2005
2005	697	CD101	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	1994
2020	1269	WXPN	WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time	2020

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