WORLDVISION 63 ZAGREB
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
This popular new wave band hails from Montreal and won CanadaSong 63 in a landslide with their 1982 smash hit "Safety Dance". It is said to be a protest song against the banning of "pogoing" in dance clubs, but gained worldwide fame. Will its retro magic work on the WorldVision voters?
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Lyrics
We can dance if we want to
We can leave your friends behind
'Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance
Well, they're no friends of mine
Say, we can go where we want to
A place where they will never find
And we can act like we come from out of this world
Leave the real one far behind
And we can dance
Or sing!
We can go when we want to
The night is young and so am I
And we can dress real neat from our hats to our feet
And surprise 'em with the victory cry
Say, we can act if we want to
If we don't, nobody will
And you can act real rude and totally removed
And I can act like an imbecile
And say, we can dance, we can dance
Everything's out of control
We can dance, we can dance
They're doing it from pole to pole
We can dance, we can dance
Everybody look at your hands
We can dance, we can dance
Everybody's taking the chance
Safety dance
Oh well, the safety dance
Ah yes, the safety dance
We can dance if we want to
We've got all your life and mine
As long as we abuse it, never gonna lose it
Everything'll work out right
I say, we can dance if we want to
We can leave your friends behind
Because your friends don't dance and if they don't dance
Well, they're no friends of mine
I say, we can dance, we can dance
Everything's out of control
We can dance, we can dance
We're doing it from pole to pole
We can dance, we can dance
Everybody look at your hands
We can dance, we can dance
Everybody's taking the chance
Oh well, the safety dance
Ah yes, the safety dance
Oh well, the safety dance
Oh well, the safety dance
Oh yes, the safety dance
Oh, the safety dance, yeah
Well, it's the safety dance
It's the safety dance
Well, it's the safety dance
Oh, it's the safety dance
Oh, it's the safety dance
Oh, it's the safety dance
Fun Facts
*The song was famously parodied by "Weird Al" Yankovic as an ode to the 70s TV series
The Brady Bunch
*A popular cover was done on the TV show
Glee by Kevin McHale in the first-season episode "Dream On" as part of a flash mob dream sequence
National Final Results
1st: Safety Dance (80 points)
2nd: Run With Us (68 points)
T3rd: Romantic Traffic/Cosmetics (50 points)
5th: My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone) (38 points)