Dancing Undercover

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Dancing Undercover
File:Dancingundercover.jpg
Studio album by
Ratt
ReleasedSeptember 24, 1986 (1986-09-24)[1]
StudioVillage Recorder, Los Angeles, California
GenreGlam metal[2]
Length34:55
LabelAtlantic
ProducerBeau Hill
Ratt chronology
Invasion of Your Privacy
(1985) 		Dancing Undercover
(1986) 		Reach for the Sky
(1988)
Singles from Dancing Undercover
  1. "Dance"
    Released: October 1986 [3]
  2. "Body Talk"
    Released: January 1987 (Japan) [4]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[6]

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,[7] Queensrÿche, and Vinnie Vincent Invasion.

Release

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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

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dance"Robbin Crosby, Stephen Pearcy, Warren DeMartini, Beau Hill4:17
2."One Good Lover"Crosby, Pearcy3:06
3."Drive Me Crazy"Crosby, Pearcy, DeMartini, Bobby Blotzer3:42
4."Slip of the Lip"DeMartini, Juan Croucier, Pearcy3:15
5."Body Talk"DeMartini, Croucier, Pearcy3:44
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Looking for Love"Crosby, Croucier, Pearcy3:09
7."7th Avenue"DeMartini, Pearcy, Croucier3:11
8."It Doesn't Matter"Croucier, Pearcy3:08
9."Take a Chance"DeMartini, Croucier, Pearcy4:00
10."Enough Is Enough"DeMartini, Crosby, Croucier, Pearcy3:23

Early pressings of the CD had "Slip of the Lip" and "Body Talk" errantly mastered into one track as track 4.

Personnel

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Ratt
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

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Chart (1986–87) Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[8] 49
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[9] 17
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[10] 23
UK Albums (OCC)[11] 51
US Billboard 200[12] 26

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[13] Gold 50,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[13] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[14] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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