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"Dancin' Fool" is a song by Frank Zappa from his 1979 album Sheik Yerbouti. It was the first of two singles released from the album, followed by the second single "Bobby Brown (Goes Down)." The song premiered on stage on the 30th of October 1977 (as can be heard on the Halloween '77 boxset released in 2017). Much like Zoot Allures' closing track "Disco Boy", it mocks the disco culture of the 1970s, but unlike "Disco Boy", the song directly focuses on the dancing aspect of the culture. Specifically, the character Zappa is singing as cannot help but dance, despite how awful he is at it. He refers to his dancing as "social suicide" and says, "The beat goes on and I'm so wrong." He mentions as part of the reason for his bad dancing that, "One of my legs is shorter than the other," a reference

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  • Dancin' Fool è un brano musicale composto ed interpretato dal musicista statunitense Frank Zappa. Il brano venne inserito nell'album Sheik Yerbouti (1979), e pubblicato come primo singolo estratto da esso. Il singolo arrivò alla posizione numero 45 negli Stati Uniti, miglior risultato di sempre per Zappa dopo Valley Girl del 1982. La canzone ricevette una nomination ai Grammy Awards nella categoria , ma non vinse il premio. (it)
  • "Dancin' Fool" is een nummer van de Amerikaanse muzikant Frank Zappa. Het nummer verscheen op zijn album Sheik Yerbouti uit 1979. Dat jaar werd het nummer uitgebracht als de eerste single van het album. (nl)
  • "Dancin' Fool" is a song by Frank Zappa from his 1979 album Sheik Yerbouti. It was the first of two singles released from the album, followed by the second single "Bobby Brown (Goes Down)." The song premiered on stage on the 30th of October 1977 (as can be heard on the Halloween '77 boxset released in 2017). Much like Zoot Allures' closing track "Disco Boy", it mocks the disco culture of the 1970s, but unlike "Disco Boy", the song directly focuses on the dancing aspect of the culture. Specifically, the character Zappa is singing as cannot help but dance, despite how awful he is at it. He refers to his dancing as "social suicide" and says, "The beat goes on and I'm so wrong." He mentions as part of the reason for his bad dancing that, "One of my legs is shorter than the other," a reference (en)
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