Ratt : Dancing Undercover

 

YOU HAVE DREAMS
TO MAKE IT BIG

RIGHT OFF

THE GRAYHOUND BUS

ROSES COME FROM EVERYONE

YOUR GONNA HAVE 

YOURSELF SOME FUN

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 for the

 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.

Ratt's

 opening acts 

on the tour

 in support of the album 

included

 Poison, 

Cinderella, 

Cheap Trick, 

Queensrÿche,

 and 

Vinnie Vincent Invasion.

Release

The second single,

 "Body Talk", 

was released in

 January 1987

 in Japan.

 The song was

 written by

 Pearcy, 

Croucier, 

and

 DeMartini. 

Ratt's guitarist

 Warren DeMartini 

had the song's 

opening riffs for years.

 However, 

no one was able to

 develop it into a song.

 Under a very tight deadline

 (one day to be exact), 

Ratt bassist 

Juan Croucier 

stepped in. 

He wrote all

 the vocal melodies

 and lyrics, 

adding additional 

chord progressions

 to the one riff 

that had been 

around for years. 

The song title 

was apparently conceived

 of by Ratt

 producer

 Beau Hill

 or vocalist

 Stephen Pearcy. 

It was featured on

 the compilation album 

Ratt & Roll 81-91.

 It was also used as a

 soundtrack for 

Eddie Murphy's film

 The Golden Child. 

The video was added on

 MTV

 in late '86, 

while

 "Dance" 

was still in 

heavy rotation.

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