B-side New Day Genre Glam Rock, Rock Label Bell Records | Released 1973 Length 3:10 | |
"Dancin' (on a Saturday Night)" is a song written by Lynsey de Paul and Barry Blue, that was recorded by Blue and released as a single in 1973 on Bell Records. It reached the number 2 on the UK Singles Chart, number 2 on the Australian Kent Music chart, number 9 on the German singles chart and number 11 on the Dutch singles chart. Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids released their version of the song as a single in 1974 and it reached number 79 on the Cashbox singles charts and number 93 on the Billboard Hot 100. In Canada, a version recorded by bond reached number 12 on the CHUM Chart. The Danish band, Clear Sound, also recorded a version with Danish text by Finn Reiner which charted at number 17 in the Danish Hitlister.
The song has been covered by many artists and in different languages including German ("Tanzen Macht Den Sonntag Erst Schön" by Janosch Rosenberg), Portuguese ("Eu Quero Dançar Contigo" by Renato e Seus Blue Caps), and Finnish ("Lauantaina kaikki tanssii" by Markku Karjalainen). Lynsey de Paul released a slower version of the song on her album Taste Me... Don't Waste Me, and Mia Martini released a similar version in Italian called "Sabato", although the label failed to credit her. A remixed version of the original Barry Blue song was released in 1989, reaching number 86 on the UK Singles Chart.
The song ranked the 18th best selling single in Australia in 1973.
Barry Blue's version of the song has also appeared on the soundtrack to the films Anita and Me and American Swing.