Like a Dancer

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"Like a Dancer"
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Single by The Enemy
from the album Streets in the Sky
ReleasedJuly 16, 2012 (2012-07-16)
Recorded2012
Genre
Length3:27
Label Cooking Vinyl
Songwriter(s) Tom Clarke

"Like a Dancer" is the twelfth single by The Enemy and the third track on the album Streets in the Sky . It was released on 16 July 2012 and reached No. 9 in the UK Albums Chart. [1] A music video for "Like a Dancer" was published to YouTube. [2]

"Like a Dancer" was recorded at Kore Studios, [3] and was published by EMI Music Publishing. [3] It is licensed to Cooking Vinyl. [3]

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