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“Music That You Can Dance To” by Sparks
From the album Music That You Can Dance To (1986)
“Music That You Can Dance To” by Sparks appears on 4 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1986 and 1989. It was first released in 1986 on the album Music That You Can Dance To. Its best result is #33 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #84 alternative song of 1986 and #3,770 alternative song of all time.
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The title track of Sparks' 1986 album Music That You Can Dance To promises exactly what it delivers, and Ron and Russell Mael kept the whole thing in-house: they wrote it and produced it themselves, Ron on synthesizer and Russell on vocals, with Dan Lacksman engineering and Pascal Huwart assisting. The title works as both a mission statement and a wink, and the song plays it straight enough to fill a floor while still sounding like nobody but Sparks.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 33 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 109 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) | 496 |
| 1988 | 279 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) | 501 |
| 1989 | 479 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) | 495 |
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