Somebody Dance with Me
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| Single by DJ BoBo | ||||||||||
| from the album Dance with Me | ||||||||||
| Released | November 1992 | |||||||||
| Format | CD single | |||||||||
| Genre | Hip house | |||||||||
| Length | 3:31 | |||||||||
| Label | Fresh | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Rockwell, DJ BoBo, Daniel Peyer, Kurt Burger | |||||||||
| Producer(s) | Gutze Gautschi, Mark Wyss, DJ Bobo, Joe Wuest, Axel Breitung | |||||||||
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Somebody Dance with Me is a song by Swiss artist DJ BoBo feat. Emel Aykanat. It was released in November 1992 as the second single from the album, Dance with Me.
The song is based on some parts on sampling taken from "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell. It was the first major hit of DJ BoBo in 1992-1993 reaching the top of Swiss Hitparade, the official Swiss Singles Chart. It was also a hit in Sweden where it also made it to number one, and in Austria, Norway and the Netherlands (#3), Germany #4, and Australia #13.
Track list
CD single
- Somebody Dance With Me (radio mix)
- Somebody Dance With Me (club mix)
- Uh-Uh! (Deejay remix)
- Somebody Dance With Me (Live In Switzerland)
Remix – CD-maxi Fresh 1240
- Somebody Dance With Me (remix)
- Move Your Feet
- Somebody Dance With Me (Live In Switzerland)
Remix Italien – CD-maxi DWA 0097
- Somebody Dance With Me (Heaven Trouble remix)
- Somebody Dance With Me (radio mix)
- Somebody Dance With Me (club mix)
- Uh-Uh! (Deejay remix)
- Somebody Dance With Me (Live In Switzerland)
Music video
A very low budget music video was shot entirely in a music venue with an audience and a performance of the song with various dancers. According to DJ BoBo, the video was shot on a budget of 3,000 Swiss Francs only.
Charts
The DJ Bobo single peaked at #1 in Sweden and Switzerland, #3 in Austria, Netherlands and Norway, at #4 in Germany and #13 in Australia.
| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[1] | 13 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2] | 3 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[3] | 32 |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[4] | 5 |
| Germany (Official German Charts)[5] | 4 |
| Norway (VG-lista)[6] | 3 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[7] | 4 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[8] | 1 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] | 1 |
| Preceded by "Two Princes" by Spin Doctors |
Swedish Singles Chart number-one single June 16, 1993 – June 30, 1993 |
Succeeded by "(I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You" by UB40 |
Remady 2013 Mix
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| Single by Remady and DJ BoBo featuring Manu-L | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | Spring 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Format | Digital download, Radio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Electro house | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length |
4:40 (Album Version) 3:56 (Radio Edit with Rap) 3:04 (Radio Edit without Rap) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | LW Records | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) |
Kennedy Gordy (aka Rockwell) René Bauman (aka DJ Bobo) Daniel Peyer, Kurt Burger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 2013, Swiss music producer Remady released a remix of the song entitled "Somebody Dance with Me (Remady 2013 Remix)" by DJ BoBo featuring Manu-L. The track is also known as "Somebody Dance with Me 2k13" and was meant to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the hit by DJ Bobo that made the charts in 1993.
Music video
The music video directed by Combo Entertainment starts with DJ BoBo in disguise with a hooded sports jacket playing the original hit on his cassette recorder while passing in front of a wall graffiti inscribed with the year 1993. Shifting the recorder by his foot, an adjacent graffiti is revealed showing 2013.
Later on in the video, youth are shown doing dance, breakdance and sports routines in front of the wall now inscribed with both years, with 2013 pointing to 1993. At the end of the video, DJ Bobo is parting with a smile from the graffiti wall while taking off his hood to the camera.
The rest of the video is actual footage from the recording sessions in the studio showing Remady, DJ Bobo and Manu-L.
Charts
The single peaked at #4 in Switzerland.
| Chart (2013) | Peak position |
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| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] | 4 |
References
- ↑ "Australian-charts.com – DJ Bobo – Somebody Dance with Me". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
- ↑ "Austriancharts.at – DJ Bobo – Somebody Dance with Me" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – DJ Bobo – Somebody Dance with Me" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
- ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
- ↑ "Musicline.de – DJ Bobo Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
- ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – DJ Bobo – Somebody Dance with Me". VG-lista.
- ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – DJ Bobo search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
- ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – DJ Bobo – Somebody Dance with Me". Singles Top 100.
- ↑ "Swisscharts.com – DJ Bobo – Somebody Dance with Me". Swiss Singles Chart.
- ↑ "Swisscharts.com – DJ Bobo feat. Manu-L – Somebody Dance With Me (Remady 2013 Mix)". Swiss Singles Chart.