Dance (Pt. 1)

Composers: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards & Ron Wood
Recording date: June 1979-January 1980 & April 1980
Recording locations: Pathé Marconi Studios, Paris, France & Electric Ladyland Studios, New York City
Producers: The Glimmer Twins        Associate producer & chief engineer: Chris Kimsey
     Performed onstage: 2002-03

Probable line-up:

Drums: Charlie Watts
Bass: Ron Wood
Electric guitars: Keith Richards & Ron Wood
Lead vocal: Mick Jagger
Harmony vocal: Keith Richards
Background vocals: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards & Max Romeo
Saxophones: Ron Wood & Bobby Keys
Percussion: Michael Shrieve & Mick Jagger
 

- Hey, what am I doing standing here on the corner of West 8th Street and 6th Avenue and...
- ...you're asking me?
- Nothing. Keith, what are you, what are you doing?

 Oh, I think the time has come to get out, get out

Get up, get out, get into something new
Get up, get out into something new

Ooh and it's got me moving - got me moving, honey
Ooh and it's got me moving - yeah
Ooh and it's got me moving - yeah, it’s getting up, yeah, it’s getting all ready
Ooh and it's got me moving

My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my

Poor man eyes a rich man, denigrates his poverty
Rich man eyes a poor man, envies his simplicity

Get up, get up into something new
Get up, get out, down into something new

Ooh and it's got me moving
Ooh and it's got me moving - yeah
Ooh and it's got me moving - yes
Ooh and it's got me moving
Ooh and it's got me moving

Yeah, get up, get up, get out into something new
Yeah, all, won't you all, won't you all, won't you all... don't stand accused


TrackTalk
 

Dance Pt. 1 was one strong riff where Mick immediately took the bait, literally got up and danced to it, which was the whole idea of the track: it's a catchy riff. That was an example of a song that originated without words, just a groove with various changes, but never a chorus. We did have various alternative mixes going at the time, but I can't really tell the difference between Part I or Part II or Part III. It was just a novelty, the Pt. 1 bit.

- Ron Wood, 2003


I saw Dance as more of an instrumental, like Junior Walker's Shotgun. And Mick immediately came up with reams of paper and lyrics. I thought it should be a minimal lyric, and Mick comes up with Don Giovanni.

- Keith Richards


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