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“Dancing Barefoot” by The Patti Smith Group

From the album Wave (1979)

“Dancing Barefoot” by The Patti Smith Group appears on 31 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 1989 and 2026. It was first released in 1979 on the album Wave. Its best result is #17 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #924 alternative song of all time.

31countdowns
12stations
#17best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1989–2026years charted

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"Dancing Barefoot" was the second single from Wave, the Patti Smith Group's 1979 album, written by Smith with Ivan Král and produced and engineered by Todd Rundgren. The album sleeve dedicates it to women such as Jeanne Hébuterne, the lover of the painter Amedeo Modigliani.

The song has had a long life away from the record. It turned up on the soundtrack of the 1998 coming-of-age film Whatever, a live version landed on the KGSR benefit album Broadcasts Vol. 8 in 2000, Rolling Stone placed it at 331 on its list of the 500 greatest songs in 2010, and in 2023 it served as the opening theme of the miniseries Daisy Jones & the Six.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1989 66 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1991 431 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1994 357 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1996 297 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 345 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1999 116 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 241 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 173 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 574 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 148 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2001 150 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 250 WFPK WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time 2000
2002 126 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2003 77 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 299 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 423 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) 885
2005 47 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2006 96 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 160 WTMD WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time 897
2009 229 WYEP WYEP 913 Essential Songs 913
2009 609 WXPN WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) 885
2012 337 WYEP WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown 500
2012 588 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2014 332 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2020 128 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2022 17 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s 908
2022 965 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time 1055
2023 307 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time 909
2024 328 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2026 756 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180
2026 904 KXT KXT 917 Song Countdown 917

Also listed as: Dancin' Barefoot.

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