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"Dance This Mess Around" Lyrics

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verse 1
Dance This Mess Around
Remember when you held my hand
Remember when you were my man
Walk talk in the name of love
Before you break my heart
Think it over, think it over
Roll it over in your mind

verse 2
Why don't you dance with me
I'm not no Limburger
Just a limburger
Dance this mess around
Dance this mess around 'round 'round

verse 3
Everybody goes to parties
They dance this mess around
They do the Shu-ga-loo
Do the Shy Tuna
Do the Camel Walk
Do the Hip-o-crit

verse 4
Ah---Hippy Hippy forward Hippy Hippy
Hippy Shake, Hippy Shake
Oh---it's time to do 'em right
Hey now, don't that make you feel you a whole lot better?
Huh?
I say, don't that make you a whole lot better?

pre-verse
What you say?
I'm just askin'
Shake-Bake-Shake-Bake

verse 5
Everybody goes to parties
They dance this mess around
They do all 16 dances
Do the Coo-ca-choo
Do the Aqua-velva
Do the Dirty dog
Do the Escalator

verse 6
Ah---Hippy Hippy forward Hippy Hippy
Hippy Shake, Hippy Shake
It's time to do 'em right
Hey! Fred, now don't that make you feel a whole lot better now?
Huh?

verse 7
Say, don't that make you feel a whole lot better?
What you say?
I'm just askin'
Yeah, yeah, yeah...
Stop!
Dance on over
Yeah, yeah

verse 8
Dance, dance, dance the mess around
Dance this mess around
Shake, shake-a-bake shake
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
Dance this mess around
Yeah, yeah, yeah
song info:
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LanguageEnglish
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Duration00:04:44
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Copyright ©Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
WriterKATE PIERSON, FRED SCHNEIDER, KEITH STRICKLAND, CINDY WILSON, RICKY WILSON
Lyrics licensed byLyricFind
AddedAugust 12th, 2008
Last updatedNovember 23rd, 2023
About"Dance This Mess Around" is a song by American new wave band The B-52's. It was released in 1979, as the third and final single from their self-titled debut album. The song features Cindy Wilson on lead vocals, as well as Fred Schneider and Kate Pierson, and has become a live favorite, even 40 years after its release. It was heard once in Alex Strangelove.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic stated in his review of the band's debut album that, along with "Planet Claire" and "Rock Lobster", "It's all great fun, but the album wouldn't have resonated throughout the years if the group hadn't written such incredibly infectious, memorable tunes as... 'Dance This Mess Around'" In his review of the track, Evan Sawdey of PopMatters mentions that "fans have known this track for years as not only one of the finest tunes the group has ever composed, but also one of the absolute best tracks of the era," and that "This, along with "52 Girls", are the kind of songs that gave the band's debut its distinct personality."

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