Dancing Undercover
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Dancing Undercover |
| type | studio |
| artist | Ratt |
| cover | Dancingundercover.jpg |
| released | |
| studio | Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California |
| genre | Glam metal |
| length | 34:55 |
| label | Atlantic |
| producer | Beau Hill |
| prev_title | Invasion of Your Privacy |
| prev_year | 1985 |
| next_title | Reach for the Sky |
| next_year | 1988 |
| misc | {{Singles |
| name | Dancing Undercover |
| type | studio |
| single1 | Dance |
| single1date | October 1986 |
| single2 | Body Talk |
| single2date | January 1987 (Japan) |
| :: |
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Dancing Undercover is the third studio album by American glam metal band Ratt, released in 1986. The album was produced by Beau Hill and contains the hit single/video "Dance", which appeared in the Miami Vice episode "Down for the Count". Two other videos were made: "Body Talk", which was used on the soundtrack for the Eddie Murphy film The Golden Child, and "Slip of the Lip". It charted at No. 26 on the Billboard 200 chart and at No. 14 on *Rolling Stone*s Album Chart. The album went platinum.
Ratt's opening acts on the tour in support of the album included Poison, Cinderella, Cheap Trick, Queensrÿche, and Vinnie Vincent Invasion.
Release
The second single, "Body Talk", was released in January 1987 in Japan. The song was written by Pearcy, Croucier, and DeMartini. Ratt's guitarist Warren DeMartini had the song's opening riffs for years. However, no one was able to develop it into a song. Under a very tight deadline (one day to be exact), Ratt bassist Juan Croucier stepped in. He wrote all the vocal melodies and lyrics, adding additional chord progressions to the one riff that had been around for years. The song title was apparently conceived of by Ratt producer Beau Hill or vocalist Stephen Pearcy. It was featured on the compilation album Ratt & Roll 81-91. It was also used as a soundtrack for Eddie Murphy's film The Golden Child. The video was added on MTV in late '86, while "Dance" was still in heavy rotation.
Track listing
| headline = Side one | title1 = Dance | writer1 = Robbin Crosby, Stephen Pearcy, Warren DeMartini, Beau Hill | length1 = 4:17 | title2 = One Good Lover | writer2 = Crosby, Pearcy | length2 = 3:06 | title3 = Drive Me Crazy | writer3 = Crosby, Pearcy, DeMartini, Bobby Blotzer | length3 = 3:42 | title4 = Slip of the Lip | writer4 = DeMartini, Juan Croucier, Pearcy | length4 = 3:15 | title5 = Body Talk | writer5 = DeMartini, Croucier, Pearcy | length5 = 3:44 | headline = Side two | title6 = Looking for Love | writer6 = Crosby, Croucier, Pearcy | length6 = 3:09 | title7 = 7th Avenue | writer7 = DeMartini, Pearcy, Croucier | length7 = 3:11 | title8 = It Doesn't Matter | writer8 = Croucier, Pearcy | length8 = 3:08 | title9 = Take a Chance | writer9 = DeMartini, Croucier, Pearcy | length9 = 4:00 | title10 = Enough Is Enough | writer10 = DeMartini, Crosby, Croucier, Pearcy | length10 = 3:23 Early pressings of the CD had "Slip of the Lip" and "Body Talk" errantly mastered into one track as track 4.
Personnel
;Ratt
- Stephen Pearcy – lead vocals
- Robbin Crosby – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Warren DeMartini – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Juan Croucier – bass, backing vocals
- Bobby Blotzer – drums, percussion
;Production
- Beau Hill – producer, engineer
- Michael O'Reilly, Jim Faraci – engineers
- Jimmy Hoyson – assistant engineer
- Stephen Benben – digital editing and sequencing
- Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City
Charts
::data[format=table] | Chart (1986–87) | Peak position | Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) | |---|---|---| | 17 | | | ::
Certifications
References
References
- "RIAA certifications".
- "Top 50 Glam Metal Albums".
- Hung, Steffen. "Ratt - Dance".
- Hung, Steffen. "Ratt - Body Talk".
- Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Ratt - Dancing Undercover review". [[All Media Network]].
- (November 1, 2005). "The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties". [[Collector's Guide Publishing]].
- "Cheap Trick Setlist at Five Seasons Center, Cedar Rapids".
- Pennanen, Timo. (2006). "Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972". Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava.
- "1910: Ratt 1986 Dancing Undercover Canada Gold Record Award Presented to Beau Hill; 1911: Ratt 1986 Dancing Undercover Japan Gold Record Award Presented to Beau Hill".
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