1959Let's Dance (Alternate Take) / Released

1983Let's Dance / Released David Bowie's worldwide smash hit single, Let's Dance, was released 35 years ago today in the UK. Previously recorded as a March 17 release, new evidence points to the fact that the single was actually issued on Monday March 14, 1983.

"Let's Dance" is one of David Bowie's biggest hits. The song was written by Bowie and produced by Nile Rodgers and appears on the album of the same name, Let's Dance. It was released as the album's first single in 1983 and went on to become one of his biggest-selling tracks.

On his 1983 album 'Let's Dance,' David Bowie wanted to create the decade's defining soundtrack. While incredibly commercially successful, the release left Bowie with mixed feelings. On its 40th anniversary, revisit the album's history and complexities.

an invitation to fight than a call to the dancefloor, Let's Dance knowingly. winked at its title's meaning in vintage slang: an. invitation to fight, with Bowie silhouetted in a boxer's. pose on the single's artwork, the song saw its creator. come out swinging as he took on the mainstream.

On the surface, this song is about dancing with a lover, but according to Nile Rodgers, there's a deeper meaning. He told Mojo: "When David wrote those lyrics, he was talking about the dance that people do in life; the conceptual dance of not being honest.

Bowie described this video (and the video for his subsequent single, "China Girl") as "very simple, very direct" statements against racism and oppression, but also a very direct statement about integration of one culture with another.

With Let's Dance, Bowie said, he was “not so concerned with juxtaposing surreal images together. It's a very direct statement about integration of one culture with another.” David Bowie. 1.66M subscribers.

More than a call to the dancefloor, Let's Dance knowingly winked at its title's meaning in vintage slang: an invitation to fight, with Bowie silhouetted in a boxer's pose on the single's artwork, the song saw its creator come out swinging as he took on the mainstream.

Jim LeeLet's Dance (Alternate Take) / Lyricist "Let's Dance" is a 1962 hit single by Chris Montez, written and produced by Jim Lee.

Let's is a contraction of “let us.” You use it to make suggestions about what you and someone else should do. Let's go to the movies. Let's invite Mom. Lets is the third-person singular present tense form of verb let, which means to allow or give permission.

Screen grab from Bowie's 1983 clip Let's Dance, which the artist described as 'a direct statement about integration of one culture with another'. Photograph: EMI. Screen grab from Bowie's 1983 clip Let's Dance, which the artist described as 'a direct statement about integration of one culture with another'.