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Dancing Barefoot

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"Dancing Barefoot"
Single by Patti Smith Group
from the album Wave
B-side"5-4-3-2-1" (Live)
ReleasedMay 1979 (1979-05)
RecordedBearsville Studios
Length4:18
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)Patti Smith, Ivan Král
Producer(s)Todd Rundgren
Patti Smith singles chronology
"Frederick"
(1979)
"Dancing Barefoot"
(1979)
"So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star"
(1979)
Audio sample

"Dancing Barefoot" is a rock song written by Patti Smith and Ivan Král, and released as a second single from the Patti Smith Group's 1979 album Wave.[1] According to the album sleeve, the song was dedicated to women such as Amedeo Modigliani's mistress Jeanne Hébuterne.

In 1998, the song featured on the soundtrack of Whatever, a coming of age film starring Liza Weil.[2]

In 2000, a live version was released on the benefit album Broadcasts Vol. 8 from KGSR in Austin, Texas.[3]

In 2010, the song ranked number 331 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[4]

In 2023, the song was used as the opening theme on the television miniseries Daisy Jones & the Six.[5]

Cover versions

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References

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  1. ^ "Dancing Barefoot". Archived from the original on 2008-01-12. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
  2. ^ "Whatever (1998) soundtrack". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  3. ^ "KGSR Broadcasts Vol.8 - Radio sampler". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
  4. ^ "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. April 7, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  5. ^ March 05, Maureen Lee Lenker. "Why 'Daisy Jones and the Six' chose a Patti Smith track as its theme song". EW.com. Retrieved 21 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (18.2 '95 – 25.2 '95)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 18 February 1995. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  7. ^ Chamber – Solitude at Discogs (list of releases)
  8. ^ "Dancing Barefoot - First Aid Kit (Patti Smith cover)". YouTube. 2012-08-01. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
  9. ^ ""Big Music (Deluxe Edition)" von Simple Minds auf Apple Music". Itunes.apple.com.
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