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Need your help finding a song---think it's from Shall We Dance

Posted: 5/3/06 at 9:06am

So, I'm pretty ignorant on Broadway musicals, I'll admit.

Last night I was on my way home and heard a song on my XM radio and I think the play title was "Shall We Dance" but I couldn't find the song anywhere on the internet connected to that musical. The musical DEFINITELY had "Dance" in the title.

The song was a slow Sarah Vaughnish type song with an orchestra background. She was singing about dancing with someone. I know, very friggin' vague but I need to find this song because I really want to play it for my fiance as a candidate for our first dance at our wedding.

Just a stab in the dark hoping someone can give me some leads on which to follow. :) THANKS IN ADVANCE!!

j

Updated On: 5/3/06 at 09:06 AM

re: Need your help finding a song---think it's from Shall We Dance

Posted: 5/3/06 at 9:39am

The Internet Broadway Database doesn't list a play by that name. The Internet Movie Database lists one at http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0029546/
(It's a Rogers and Astaire film). Apparently the famous song from that movie is They Can't Take That Away from Me.
To further throw confusion, there's a song from The King and I called Shall We Dance?
Good luck.

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re: Need your help finding a song---think it's from Shall We Dance

Posted: 5/3/06 at 10:33am

Thanks chief! Still looking---is there a simple way to find every musical ever done on Broadway with the word "Dance" in it? Or is there a list of all broadway musicals out there somewhere?

re: Need your help finding a song---think it's from Shall We Dance

Posted: 5/3/06 at 11:05am

Well, there's Never Gonna Dance, which was based on the Astaire/Rogers movie Swing Time...

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re: Need your help finding a song---think it's from Shall We Dance

Posted: 5/3/06 at 11:29am

The song may be "Shall We Dance" from the movie of the same name by The Gershwins. The song is also in "Crazy for You" which IS available on CD. Here are the lyrics:

Drop that long face!
C'mon have your fling
Why keep nursing the blues?
If you want this whole world on a swing,
put on your dancing shoes,
stop wasting time
Put on your dancing shoes
Watch your spirits climb

Shall we dance
Or keep on moping?
Shall we dance
or walk on air?
Shall we give in
to despair
Or shall we dance with never a care

Life is short
We're getting older
Don't you be
An also-ran
You better dance little lady
Dance little man
Dance whenever you can

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re: Need your help finding a song---think it's from Shall We Dance

Posted: 5/3/06 at 11:40am

Guys and gals, I really, really appreciate y'all helping me out with this.

Still looking though. Listened to "Never Gonna Dance" and many versions of "Shall we Dance" on napster but none are it. And after reading the lyrics, I know that's not it

The song she is singing is very about her, what she's getting out of the relationship, the dance, that kind of theme.

I listened to "They can't take that away from me" but the slower and more sultry version by Anita Ellis and that is very close to what I think I'm looking for. However, I know there is a short orchestral break in the middle of the song and that one didn't have it.

Damn, I can't believe I forgot this. It was only 10 miles from work to home, one would think!!

re: Need your help finding a song---think it's from Shall We Dance

Posted: 5/3/06 at 12:25pm

YES! Success...for those of you actually following this saga:

Ok, found the song. It isn't from "Shall We Dance" the musical, but, from a CD entitled "Shall We Dance". The song is "Dance a little closer" by Liz Robertson.

Now, load it up and give it a spin.

Thanks again everyone and thanks for www.xm411.com for a daily playlist I could pull from.

re: Need your help finding a song---think it's from Shall We Dance

Posted: 5/3/06 at 12:35pm

Hi Jsamuels,
Found these musicals with "Dance" in the title:
"Born to Dance"
"Dance a Little Closer"
"Dance of the Vampires"
"Never Gonna Dance"
"Song and Dance"
"Tap Dance Kid"

I would take a closer look at "Born to Dance" as it is a Cole Porter musical and the song you are looking for might fit best into one of his.

Try this link http://www.stlyrics.com

Best wishes,
Amanda

re: Need your help finding a song---think it's from Shall We Dance

Posted: 5/5/06 at 12:24am

"Dance a Little Closer" was, I believe a FLOP musical based on "Idiot's Delight" by Robert Sherwood which was big hit for Lunt and Fontaine (for those of you who don't know, they were the Brangelina of their time in the 30's)

"Dance" was a one performance wonder with music by Charles Strouse and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. It starred Len (God) Cariou and Liz Robertson.

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