Berkisah tentang menari bersama kekasih. Let's Dance, lagu milik David Bowie yang rilis tahun
1983 dalam album bertajuk sama. Let's Dance menjadi single kedua Bowie
sekaligus terakhir yang menjadi jawara di tangga lagu bergengsi Amerika
Serikat, Billboard Hot 100. Album Let's
Dance sekaligus juga menjadi salah satu album Bowie dengan penjualan terbesar.
Let's Dance diproduseri oleh Nile Rodgers, yang dikenal
dengan album-album bernuansa funky. Rodgers adalah pendiri grup disco, Chic. Ia
memproduseri sejumlah hits dari penyanyi seperti Diana Ross dengan Upside Down
dan I'm Coming Out. Rodgers juga menjadi produser untuk album Madonna, Like a
Virgin. Pada sebuah wawancara tahun 2012, Rodgers bercerita, saat bersama-sama
mencoba mencari musik dan gaya yang cocok untuk lagu ini, Bowie menunjukkan
sebuah album Little Richard. Pada sampul album tersebut, Richard mengenakan
baju merah bersama Cadillac warna merah, dengan potongan rambut pompadour, Bowie menyebut itu
sebagai rock'n'roll dan ingin menampilkan nuansa itu. Pilihannya adalah baju
warna kuning. Pada setahun berikutnya, dalam film Davie Bowie: 5 Years in
the Making of an Icon, Rodgers mengatakan, “Let's Dance' is not what I'd
call a traditional dance record, but it's certainly a record that does make you
want to dance. I thought to myself, 'Man, if I don't make a record that makes
people want to dance, and we call the song Let's Dance, I'm going to have to
trade in my black union card.”
Ada yang unik pada lagu ini. Penampilan gitar solo
Stevie Ray Vaughan di penghujung lagu. Konon awalnya Bowie tertarik melihat permainan Vaughan di festival Montreaux Jazz setahun
sebelumnya. Saat Bowie memintanya terlibat, Vaughan sedang menggarap albumnya,
Texas Flood.
Beberapa penyanyi membawakan kembali lagu ini. Let’s
Dance juga muncul dalam banyak film, meski bukan untuk tema utama.
Let's Dance
Let's dance put on your red shoes and
dance the blues
Let's dance to the song
they're playin' on the radio
Let's sway
while color lights up your face
Let's sway
sway through the crowd to an empty space
If you say run, I'll run with you
If you say hide, we'll hide
Because my love for you
Would break my heart in two
If you should fall
Into my arms
And tremble like a flower
Let's dance for fear
your grace should fall
Let's dance for fear tonight is all
Let's sway you could look into my eyes
Let's sway under the moonlight,
this serious moonlight
If you say run, I'll run with you
If you say hide, we'll hide
Because my love for you
Would break my heart in two
If you should fall
Into my arms
And tremble like a flower
Let's dance put on your red shoes
and dance the blues
Let's dance to the song
they're playin' on the radio
Let's sway you could look into my eyes
Let's sway under the moonlight,
this serious moonlight
Let's dance to the song
they're playin' on the radio
Let's sway
while color lights up your face
Let's sway
sway through the crowd to an empty space
If you say run, I'll run with you
If you say hide, we'll hide
Because my love for you
Would break my heart in two
If you should fall
Into my arms
And tremble like a flower
Let's dance for fear
your grace should fall
Let's dance for fear tonight is all
Let's sway you could look into my eyes
Let's sway under the moonlight,
this serious moonlight
If you say run, I'll run with you
If you say hide, we'll hide
Because my love for you
Would break my heart in two
If you should fall
Into my arms
And tremble like a flower
Let's dance put on your red shoes
and dance the blues
Let's dance to the song
they're playin' on the radio
Let's sway you could look into my eyes
Let's sway under the moonlight,
this serious moonlight
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