Can Can (Bad Manners song)
{{Short description|1981 single by Bad Manners}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Can Can
| cover = File:Bad Manners Can Can.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Bad Manners
| album = Gosh It's ... Bad Manners
| B-side = Armchair Disco
| released = {{Start date|1981|06|19|df=yes}}{{cite magazine |date=8 June 1981 |title=News |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Business-UK/1981/Record-Business-1981-06-08.pdf |magazine=Record Business |page=21 |access-date=17 March 2022 }}
| format =
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Ska
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=55}}
| label = Magnet
| writer = Jacques Offenbach
| producer = Roger Lomas
| prev_title = Just a Feeling
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = Walking in the Sunshine
| next_year = 1981
}}
"Can Can" is a song by British 2-tone/ska band Bad Manners, released in June 1981 as the first single from their third album Gosh It's ... Bad Manners. It is an instrumental song, based on the music "Galop infernal" written by French composer Jacques Offenbach which was later adopted as the music for the dance the can-can. The arrangement was credited to Bad Manners. It peaked at number 3 for four weeks on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's joint biggest hit with "Special Brew".
Reception
Reviewing the song for Record Mirror, John Shearlaw wrote "You wouldn't believe that Buster Bloodvessel could keep his (enormous) mouth shut for the length of a single, but that's exactly what he does on this delightful work-out of the theme that launched a thousand Westerns; and one that's a guaranteed hit. Dizzy production, instant appeal and a truly breathtaking piece of opportunism. Lift those legs!".{{cite journal|title=Singles|journal=Record Mirror|date=20 June 1981|page=10|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/50044537326/in/album-72157714858501157/|via=flickr.com|accessdate=12 November 2020}}
Track listing
- "Can Can" – 2:55
- "Armchair Disco" – 3:10
Charts
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| Chart (1981)
!Peak |
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| scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|first=David|last=Kent|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|page=311|isbn= 0-646-11917-6}}
|76 |
| {{single chart|Flanders|13|artist=Bad Manners|song=Can Can|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Ireland2|15|song=Can Can|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch40|11|artist=Bad Manners|song=Can Can|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch100|14|artist=Bad Manners|song=Can Can|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|3|artist=Bad Manners|rowheader=true|refname="UK"}} |