Let's Dance (song)

Let's Dance is the title of a song written and recorded by David Bowie and initially released as a single on 14 March 1983, and later included as the title track of the artist's fifteenth studio album.

The single was Bowie's first release on the EMI America label and was a marked change in style by Bowie after the Scary Monsters album (1980) and various collaborations in the intervening years. It was also his first work with Chic's Nile Rodgers who produced the single and ensuing album, and also played guitar.

Let's Dance had become Bowie's biggest selling singles and one of his best known songs. The single went to no.1 in both the UK, becoming the fourth biggest selling single of the year and the US as well as in many other countries.

The B-side to the single was Cat People (Putting Out Fire), a song written and produced with Giorgio Moroder, and which had already been released as a single in 1982. Th track was also later included on the Let's Dance album.

The single was also released on 12" vinyl with an extended mix of the song on the A-side, as was customary at the time. The B-side retained the standard version of Cat People, with no other bonus tracks.