Men Without Hats – Safety Dance

Men Without Hats

Men Without Hats is a Canadian New Wave group from Montreal, Quebec. Their music was characterized by the distinctive baritone voice of their lead singer Ivan Doroschuk as well as their elaborate use of synthesizers and electronic processing. They achieved their greatest popularity in the early to mid 1980s with their most successful single, “The Safety Dance”, a Top 10 hit in both the US and the UK, as well as other countries including South Africa. Their other big success was the 1987 hit, “Pop Goes the World”. Men Without Hats initially consisted of Ivan Doroschuk (vocals, keyboards) and Jeremie Arrobas (keyboards & electronics), as well as Ivan’s brother Stefan (guitars), with various other members joining and leaving the group, including a third Doroschuk brother, Colin (electronics). The band was founded in 1977 in Montreal and would undergo numerous personnel changes through the rest of the decade with Stefan, Colin, and Arrobas as the only relative constants joining Ivan.

Safety Dance

We can dance if we want to.
We can leave your friends behind.
Cause’ your friend don’t dance,
and if they don’t dance, well they’re
no friends of mine.

Say, we can go where we want to.
A place where they will never find.
And we can act like we come from out of this world.
Leave the real one far behind.

We can dance.

We can go where we want to.
A place where they will never find.
And we can act like we come from out of this world.
Leave the real one far behind.

We can dance.

We can go when we want to.
Night is young and so am I.
And we can dress real neat
from our hands to our feet
and surprise you with a victory cry.

Say, we can act if we want to.
If we don’t nobody will.
And you can act real rude,
and totally remove and I can act like an imbecile.

We can dance.
We can dance.
Everything’s under control.

We can dance.
We can dance.
Doin it pole to pole.

We can dance.
We can dance.
Everybody look at your hands.

We can dance.
We can dance.
Everybody’s takin’ the chance.

Safety Dance.

Oh, Safety Dance.
Yes, Safety Dance.

We can dance if we want to.
We’ve got all your life, and mine.
As long as we abuse it,
Never gonna lose it.
Everything will work out right.

We can dance if we want to.
We can leave your friends behind.
Cause’ your friend don’t dance,
and if they don’t dance, well they’re
no friends of mine.

I say, we can dance.
We can dance.
Everything’s under control.

We can dance.
We can dance.
Doin it pole to pole.

We can dance.
We can dance.
Everybody look at your hands.

We can dance.
We can dance.
Everybody’s takin’ the chance.

Dance.
Safety Dance.
Yes Safety Dance.
Safety Dance.
Let’s Safety Dance.
Yes, Safety Dance.
Safety Dance.
Let’s Safety Dance.

Safety Dance…
Safety Dance…
Safety Dance…
Safety Dance!

Men Without Hats – Safety Dance [Official Video]