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"Come Dancing" is a 1982 song written by Ray Davies and performed by British rock group the Kinks on their 1983 album ''State of Confusion''. The song was inspired by Ray's memories of his older sister, Rene, who died of a heart attack while dancing at a dance hall. The track, sung from the perspective of an "East End barrow boy," contains lyrics about dates at a local Palais dance hall. When first released as a single in United Kingdom in November 1982, "Come Dancing" failed to chart. Although Arista Records founder Clive Davis had reservations about releasing the single in the United States due to the English subject matter of dance halls, the track saw an American single release in April 1983. "Come Dancing" reached number six on the Hot 100, becoming the band's highest US charting single in over a decade and tying with "Tired of Waiting for You" as the band's highest charting single ever. This success was achieved largely with the help of a promotional music video directed by Julien Temple that saw frequent airing on MTV. As a result of its American success, the single was re-released in Britain. Unlike its first release, the single became a top 20 British hit, reaching number 12. In addition to its presence on ''State of Confusion'', "Come Dancing" has appeared on numerous compilations albums since its release. It spawned a successful follow-up single, "Don't Forget to Dance," which became a top 40 hit in the United States. ''Come Dancing'', a musical written by Ray Davies that premiered in 2008, was named after the song. ==Background== "Come Dancing" is a tribute to the Davies brothers' sister Rene. Living in Canada with her reportedly abusive husband, the 31-year-old Rene was visiting her parental home in Fortis Green at the time of Ray Davies' thirteenth birthday—21 June 1957—on which she surprised him with a gift of the Spanish guitar he had tried to persuade his parents to buy him. That evening, Rene, who had a weak heart as a result of a childhood bout of rheumatic fever, suffered a fatal heart attack while dancing at the Lyceum ballroom.〔 Ray later said that the pop song was an attempt to return to the "warmer" style they had prior to their transformation to an arena rock act, explaining, "I wanted to regain some of the warmth I thought we’d lost, doing those stadium tours. 'Come Dancing' was an attempt to get back to roots, about my sisters’ memories of dancing in the ’50s."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/features/ray-davies-album-by-album-5446 )〕 The song is a nostalgic look back at childhood memories of its writer:〔 the Kinks' frontman Ray Davies, remembering his older sister going on dates to the local Palais dance hall where big bands would play. Davies later claimed that the song was about a spiv, saying, "it was about an East End spiv, sung in a London voice. If anybody had lost any faith in us being real people, that record (Dancing' ) would restore it."〔 Davies also claimed that the song was sung from a "barrow boy's" point of view, saying, "(Dancing' ) is sung by an East End barrow boy—I think there’s cockney rhyming slang in it!"〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Come Dancing (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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