Bop (Dan Seals song)
{{Short description|1985 single by Dan Seals}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Bop
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Dan Seals
| album = Won't Be Blue Anymore
| B-side = "In San Antone"{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=372|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}
| released = October 1985
| format =
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|Country|dance-pop}}
| length = 3:45
| label = EMI America
| writer =
| producer = Kyle Lehning
| prev_title = Meet Me in Montana
| prev_year = 1985
| next_title = Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)
| next_year = 1986
}}
"Bop" is a song written by Paul Davis and Jennifer Kimball and recorded by American country music artist Dan Seals. It was released in October 1985 as the second single from his fifth studio album, Won't Be Blue Anymore. It reached number one on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in early 1986, becoming his second number-one hit on that chart and his first as a solo artist. It was a major crossover hit as well, peaking at number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number 10 on the Adult Contemporary chart. In Canada, it topped the RPM Top Singles and Country Singles charts.
Music video
The music video, directed by George Bloom, shows an older couple preparing to travel to an armory. It concurrently shows flashbacks of the couple 30 years earlier. One of the highlights in the video is the 30-year flashback of the couple in a 1955 Ford Thunderbird that transforms 30 years later into the 1985 Ford Thunderbird. Towards the end of the video, it shows the couple in their elderly stages dancing at the armory along with many others with Seals performing the song onstage.
The video has not been included in Seals' 1991 video compilation, A Portrait, which also included the video for "They Rage On," plus three other videos for Seals' "God Must Be a Cowboy," "Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)" and "Big Wheels in the Moonlight" that were filmed especially for the compilation.
Personnel
- Dan Seals – lead and backing vocals
- Shane Keister – synthesizers
- Paul Davis – Synclavier, drum programming
- Joe Stanley – guitar
- Steve Gibson – guitar
- Kyle Lehning – drum programming
- Jim Horn – saxophone
- The Cherry Sisters – backing vocals
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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!scope="col"|Chart (1985–1986) !scope="col"|Peak |
| scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, NSW|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}
|41 |
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| {{single chart|Canadatopsingles|1|chartid=0661|rowheader=true|access-date=September 23, 2020}} |
| {{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|6|chartid=9441|rowheader=true|access-date=September 23, 2020}} |
| {{single chart|Canadacountry|1|chartid=0623|rowheader=true|access-date=September 23, 2020}} |
| scope="row"|Canada (The Record){{cite book|author=Nanda Lwin|author-link=Nanda Lwin|title=Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide|publisher=Music Data Canada|year=1999|isbn=1-896594-13-1}}
|22 |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|42|artist=Dan Seals|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|10|artist=Dan Seals|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Dan Seals|rowheader=true}} |
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|artist=Dan Seals|title=Bop|award=Gold|relyear=1985|certyear=1986|access-date=September 23, 2020}}
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References
{{Reflist}}
{{Dan Seals}}
{{CMA Single of the Year}}
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Category:EMI America Records singles
Category:RPM Top Singles number-one singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Kyle Lehning
Category:Songs written by Jennifer Kimball
Category:Songs written by Paul Davis (singer)
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