Dance Hall Days

Wang Chung

Take your baby by the hand
And make her do a high handstand
And take your baby by the heel
And do the next thing that you feel

We were so in phase
In our dance hall days
We were cool on craze
When I, you, and everyone we knew
Could believe, do, and share in what was true
Oh, I said

Dance hall days, love

Take your baby by the hair
And pull her close and there, there, there
And take your baby by the ears
And play upon her darkest fears

We were so in phase
In our dance hall days
We were cool on craze
When I, you, and everyone we knew
Could believe, do, and share in what was true
Oh, I said

Dance hall days, love
Dance hall days
Dance hall days, love

Take your baby by the wrist
And in her mouth an amethyst
And in her eyes two sapphires blue
And you need her and she needs you
And you need her and she needs you
And you need her and she needs you
And you need her and she needs you
And you need her and she needs you

We were so in phase
In our dance hall days
We were cool on craze
When I, you, and everyone we knew
Could believe, do, and share in what was true
Oh, I said

Dance hall days, love
Dance hall days, love
Dance hall days
Dance hall days, love
Dance hall days
Dance hall days, love
Dance hall days
Dance hall days, love


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  • +2
    General Comment
    Actual lyrics are phase/craze, not vies/cries (which makes zero sense and doesn't rhyme with "days", despite what various other websites also present incorrectly). Also, it's "I, you..." and not "all you...."
    brossowon January 06, 2020   Link
  • +1
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    This song seems like it's about my favorite book of all time, Lolita by Vladimir Nabakov. It's a book about a man who enters into a horrible and hypnotizing relationship with a 12 year old girl. It's the most mesmerizing prose I've ever read. However, all the lyrics seem to point to this. Humbert loves her childish nature, hence the hand stand. He mentions her "monkey feet" numerous times. The "pull her close and there there there" line matches up with Humbert using her sorrow at her mother's death to comfort/seduce little Lolita. In order to keep Lolita from running away or talking to someone on their endless road trip across America, Humbert Humbert "plays upon her darkest fears". I could go a bit deeper, but I think I made my point.
    dergrimnebulinon September 06, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment
    I honestly don't know anything about this band. I don't usually listen to this type of music, but the other day i saw this video on tv. Then a few days later I heard it on one of those music channels where they dont play videos they just play songs. The video is really 80's, i like it and got the song. Its very catchy, addictive, and nostalgic to the 80's in general. Do they really only have 3 songs? Does anyone know anything about them?
    Belle-and-Eric-Hajduon April 19, 2003   Link
  • 0
    General Comment
    broke up at end of eighties , 2 guys from england i think did all that electro disco thing.
    groovy1on February 09, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment
    i heard this song on GTA Vice City
    Dubblej23on February 09, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment
    it's about his girlfriend at a highschool dance
    plasmaHDon May 28, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment
    I heard it on Vice as well
    Mathesonon July 04, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment
    Great song by Wang Chung, heard they reunited in 2005. BTW they have a song on VCS as well;)
    Punkfather666on April 12, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment
    For some reason, to me it sounds like an abusive boyfriend likening a fight with his girlfriend nostalgically to when they used to go out dancing. That's probably not right, but at first it sounds like they're dancing, but in the second verse it sounds like their fighting because of "take your baby by the hair" and "take her by the ears." Or maybe it's rough sex.
    ceremoniouson September 25, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment
    this is just a great bit of 80s pop nostalgia. a great little song... can't explain why i like it so much, but that synth melody and the chorus almost take me away to the dance hall days... which i am way too young to have any personal knowledge of.
    nittanylion0on February 16, 2009   Link

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