Dancing Undercover

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Dancing Undercover
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Studio album by
Ratt
ReleasedSeptember 24, 1986 (1986-09-24) [1]
Studio Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California
Genre Glam metal [2]
Length34:55
Label Atlantic
Producer Beau Hill
Ratt chronology
Invasion of Your Privacy
(1985)		Dancing Undercover
(1986)		 Reach for the Sky
(1988)
Singles from Dancing Undercover
  1. "Dance"
    Released: October 1986 [3]
  2. "Body Talk"
    Released: January 1987 (Japan) [4]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 8/10 [6]

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 forthe Eddie Murphy 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.

Contents

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
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dance" Robbin Crosby, Stephen Pearcy, Warren DeMartini, Beau Hill 4:17
2."One Good Lover"Crosby, Pearcy3:06
3."Drive Me Crazy"Crosby, Pearcy, DeMartini, Bobby Blotzer 3:42
4."Slip of the Lip"DeMartini, Juan Croucier, Pearcy3:15
5."Body Talk"DeMartini, Croucier, Pearcy3:44
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Looking for Love"Crosby, Croucier, Pearcy3:09
7."7th Avenue"DeMartini, Pearcy, Croucier3:11
8."It Doesn't Matter"Croucier, Pearcy3:08
9."Take a Chance"DeMartini, Croucier, Pearcy4:00
10."Enough Is Enough"DeMartini, Crosby, Croucier, Pearcy3:23

Early pressings of the CD had "Slip of the Lip" and "Body Talk" errantly mastered into one track as track 4.

Personnel

Ratt
Production

Charts

Chart (1986–1987)Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [8] 49
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) [9] 17
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [10] 23
UK Albums (OCC) [11] 51
US Billboard 200 [12] 26

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [13] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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