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“Dance the Night Away” by The Mavericks
From the album Trampoline (1998)
“Dance the Night Away” by The Mavericks appears on 6 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2004 and 2025. It was first released in 1998 on the album Trampoline. Its best result is #124 on the WYEP 913 Essential Songs. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #876 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Dance the Night Away" throws open Trampoline, the Mavericks' fifth album, and it finds the country band barely pretending to be one: this is pop-rock with a Latin sway, with horns blowing it along. Raul Malo, the band's singer, wrote it in a single afternoon and produced it with Don Cook, and finishing the demo turned him into more of an arranger from then on.
Released stateside on March 10, 1998, it barely registered on the country chart, topping out at 63. The band talked their label into trying it in Europe, where it came out on April 20 and went to number four in the UK and nine in Ireland. It remains one of their most lasting hits.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 775 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
| 2009 | 124 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Essential Songs | 913 |
| 2019 | 260 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 260 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2023 | 352 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2025 | 465 | WFPK | WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s | 500 |
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