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1986 studio album by Ratt
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
Eddie Murphy 's 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 .
Track listing
Side one Title Writer(s) 1. "
Dance "
Robbin Crosby ,
Stephen Pearcy ,
Warren DeMartini ,
Beau Hill 4:17 2. "One Good Lover" Crosby, Pearcy 3:06 3. "Drive Me Crazy" Crosby, Pearcy, DeMartini,
Bobby Blotzer 3:42 4. "
Slip of the Lip " DeMartini,
Juan Croucier , Pearcy 3:15 5. "
Body Talk " DeMartini, Croucier, Pearcy 3:44
Side two Title Writer(s) 6. "Looking for Love" Crosby, Croucier, Pearcy 3:09 7. "7th Avenue" DeMartini, Pearcy, Croucier 3:11 8. "It Doesn't Matter" Croucier, Pearcy 3:08 9. "Take a Chance" DeMartini, Croucier, Pearcy 4:00 10. "Enough Is Enough" DeMartini, Crosby, Croucier, Pearcy 3:23
Early pressings of the CD had "Slip of the Lip" and "Body Talk" errantly mastered into one track as track 4.
Personnel
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
Certifications
References
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"RIAA certifications" .
Recording Industry Association of America .
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"Top 50 Glam Metal Albums" .
Metal Rules . Archived from
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"Ratt - Dancing Undercover review" .
AllMusic .
All Media Network . Retrieved June 17, 2015 .
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Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties .
Burlington, Ontario , Canada:
Collector's Guide Publishing . p. 283.
ISBN
978-1-894959-31-5 .
^
"Cheap Trick Setlist at Five Seasons Center, Cedar Rapids" . Setlist.fm . Retrieved November 30, 2021 .
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"Top RPM Albums: Issue 0758" .
RPM .
Library and Archives Canada . Retrieved March 24, 2021.
^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava.
ISBN
978-951-1-21053-5 .
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"Swedishcharts.com – Ratt – Dancing Undercover" . Hung Medien. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
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"Official Albums Chart Top 100" .
Official Charts Company . Retrieved March 24, 2021.
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"Ratt Chart History (Billboard 200)" .
Billboard . Retrieved March 24, 2021.
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b
"Dancing Undercover Billboard Singles" .
AllMusic .
All Media Network . Retrieved June 18, 2015 .
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"American album certifications – Ratt – Dancing Undercover" .
Recording Industry Association of America .
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