Dancing the Night Away#Cheap Trick version

In a retrospective review of 1, Mark Deming of AllMusic praised "Dancing the Night Away" as "superb" and "an excellent fusion of pop melody with big guitar firepower". He added that the song is "so effective that it sets a standard the rest of the disc can't quite match".{{cite web |last=Deming |first=Mark |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/motors-1-mw0000675278 |title=Motors 1 - Motors |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=9 March 2022}}

7-inch single

1. "Dancing the Night Away" – 3:13
2. "Whisky and Wine" – 3:03

12-inch single

1. "Dancing the Night Away" – 5:30
2. "Whisky and Wine" – 3:03

Motors

• Nick Garvey – lead vocals, guitar
• Bram Tchaikovsky – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Andy McMaster – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Ricky Slaughter – drums, backing vocals

Production

• Robert John Lange – producer

{{Infobox song

| name = Dancing the Night Away

| cover = Cheap Trick 1983 Single Dancing the Night Away American.jpeg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Cheap Trick

| album = Next Position Please

| B-side = Don't Make Our Love a Crime

| released = 1983

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Rock, power pop

| length = 4:57

| label = Epic

| writer =

• Andy McMaster
• Nick Garvey

| producer =

• Cheap Trick
• Ian Taylor

| prev_title = Saturday at Midnight

| prev_year = 1982

| next_title = I Can't Take It

| next_year = 1983

}}

American rock band Cheap Trick released a cover of "Dancing the Night Away" in 1983 as the lead single from their seventh studio album Next Position Please.

Todd Rundgren, who produced the majority of Next Position Please, originally advised Epic to release "I Can't Take It" as the album's lead single. The label were less enthusiastic about the song and suggested that the band record a version of "Dancing the Night Away". Produced by Cheap Trick and Ian Taylor, who had previously engineered the band's 1982 album One on One, "Dancing the Night Away" was released as the album's lead single, but failed to chart in the US.{{cite book |title=Reputation Is a Fragile Thing |author1=Hayes, M. |author2=Sharp, K. |year=1998 |publisher=Poptastic |isbn=978-0-9662081-0-8}}

In a review of Next Position Please, Evelyn Erskine of The Ottawa Citizen described "Dancing the Night Away" as "spunky and fun".{{cite news |last=Erskine |first=Evelyn |date=September 23, 1983 |title=Cheap Trick displays new signs of old life |newspaper=The Ottawa Citizen |page=57}} Jim Bohen of the Daily Record was negative of the band's version, describing it as "regrettably ponderous and shrill".{{cite news |last=Bohen |first=Jim |date=November 20, 1983 |title=Shortcuts: Genesis's new music grows out of old |newspaper=Daily Record |page=E9}}

7-inch single

1. "Dancing the Night Away" – 4:57
2. "Don't Make Our Love a Crime" – 3:40

7-inch single (US promo)

1. "Dancing the Night Away" (Long Version) – 4:57
2. "Dancing the Night Away" (Short Version) – 3:50

12-inch single (UK release)

1. "Dancing the Night Away" – 4:57
2. "Ain't That a Shame" – 5:04
3. "I Want You to Want Me" – 3:33
4. "Surrender" – 4:37

12-inch single (US promo)

1. "Dancing the Night Away" (Short Version) – 3:50
2. "Dancing the Night Away" (Long Version) – 4:57
3. "I Can't Take It" – 3:26

Cheap Trick

• Robin Zander – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Rick Nielsen – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Jon Brant – bass, backing vocals
• Bun E. Carlos – drums, percussion

Production

• Cheap Trick – producers on "Dancing the Night Away", "Ain't That a Shame" and "I Want You to Want Me"
• Ian Taylor – producer on "Dancing the Night Away"
• Paul Klingberg – engineer on "Dancing the Night Away"
• Todd Rundgren – producer on "Don't Make Our Love a Crime" and "I Can't Take It"
• Tom Werman – producer on "Surrender"

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