Dance Away
Roxy Music
1979
Annual listening-list association, separate from the source-supported original release year reviewed in v3.7.
Release: 1979
Release: 1979Source checked
V3.7 reviewed original release year: Reviewed original album/single year. Later chart placement and reissues do not reset the first release; exact mix and worldwide day remain unspecified.
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Roxy Music - official Manifesto archive
1979 original album, Dance Away among the studio tracks and singles, and original album production credits. Year-only use does not resolve album/single mix distinctions.
Inspiration and background
Researched recording background
Dance Away belongs to Roxy Music's 1979 return on Manifesto. The band's official archive lists it among the album's original tracks and identifies it as the second single. The album followed Siren and brought Roxy's songwriting into the late-1970s pop setting; its history should remain separate from any later live performances or remixes. Retained list context: Dance Away by Roxy Music is included for 1979 on the basis of the cited chart-associated source. This establishes the annual connection, not the circumstances in which the song was written. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Evidence scope: Sourced recording and release context; private songwriting inspiration or exact audio identity is not inferred.
Sources for this information
Roxy Music - official Manifesto archive
1979 original album, Dance Away among the studio tracks and singles, and original album production credits. Year-only use does not resolve album/single mix distinctions. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Music VF: chart-associated songs of 1979
Secondary source reviewed for title, artist and annual chart association only. Supplemental selection, not an official annual rank.
Earlier note and its recorded status
Earlier status: Basic catalog context. This earlier wording is retained as historical context; the reviewed account above is the current summary.
Dance Away by Roxy Music is included for 1979 on the basis of the cited chart-associated source. This establishes the annual connection, not the circumstances in which the song was written. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Music VF: chart-associated songs of 1979
Secondary source reviewed for title, artist and annual chart association only. Supplemental selection, not an official annual rank.
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