Waltz Darling

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Waltz Darling
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Studio album by
Malcolm McLaren and The Bootzilla Orchestra
Released3 July 1989
Recorded Abbey Road Studios, London
Pearl Sound, Detroit
The Hit Factory, New York
Genre Dance music
Length36:23
Label Epic
Producer
Malcolm McLaren and The Bootzilla Orchestra chronology
Swamp Thing
(1985)
Waltz Darling
(1989)
Round the Outside! Round the Outside!
(1990)
Singles from Waltz Darling
  1. "Waltz Darling"
    Released: May 1989
  2. "Something's Jumpin' in Your Shirt"
    Released: August 1989
  3. "Deep in Vogue"
    Released: May 1989
  4. "House of the Blue Danube"
    Released: November 1989
  5. "Call a Wave"
    Released: 1990
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Waltz Darling is the fourth studio album by Malcolm McLaren (his only with The Bootzilla Orchestra), released in 1989. The album spawned several popular singles, including "Deep in Vogue", a collaboration with Willi Ninja, best known for his appearance in the documentary film Paris Is Burning , [1] which introduced "voguing" to the mainstream. Another single, "House of the Blue Danube", was used in the trailer for the 1990 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . [2]

Contents

Four singles from the album reached the UK Singles Chart: "Waltz Darling" (#31), "Something's Jumpin' in Your Shirt" (#29), "House of the Blue Danube" (#73) and "Deep in Vogue" (#83). [3]

Malcolm personally hired conceptual artist JJ Carver (AKA James Carver), formerly Creative Director of The Leisure Process, to art direct the album sleeve and singles covers. [4] [5] Malcolm and James were introduced by mutual friend Tommy Roberts at The Titanic night club in Berkeley Square.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."House of the Blue Danube (An Instrumental)" (Featuring Bootsy Collins and Jeff Beck)Malcolm McLaren4:54
2."Something's Jumpin' in Your Shirt" (Featuring Lisa Marie)Maz Kessler, Robby Kilgore, Malcolm McLaren4:51
3."Waltz Darling" (Introducing Lourdes and Pretty Fatt)David LeBolt, Malcolm McLaren4:27
4."Shall We Dance"Malcolm McLaren4:40
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Deep in Vogue" (Introducing Lourdes and Willie Ninja)David LeBolt, Malcolm McLaren4:02
6."Call a Wave" (Featuring Jeff Beck and Introducing Gina Cie)Malcolm McLaren4:14
7."Algernon's Simply Awfully Good at Algebra" (Introducing Miss Ndea)Malcolm McLaren, Dave A. Stewart4:01
8."I Like You in Velvet"Maz Kessler, Robby Kilgore, Malcolm McLaren5:17

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Waltz Darling
Chart (1989)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] 60
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [7] 41
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8] 39
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [9] 7
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [10] 47
UK Albums (OCC) [3] 30

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