Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight)

"Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight)"
Single by Thin Lizzy
from the album Bad Reputation
B-side	"Bad Reputation"
Released	29 July 1977
Recorded	May - June 1977
Genre	Hard rock; blues rock;
Length	3:26
Label	Vertigo; Mercury (US only);
Songwriter(s)	Phil Lynott
Producer(s)	Thin Lizzy, Tony Visconti
Thin Lizzy singles chronology

"Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight)" is a song by the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy. It appears on their 1977 album Bad Reputation and was also released as a single a few months before the album. The song reached No. 14 in the UK Singles Chart in September 1977.^[1] It should not be confused with a similarly named song, "Dancing in the Moonlight", recorded by King Harvest and Toploader, amongst others.^[2]

Covers

The Smashing Pumpkins covered the song for various live performances, turning the originally upbeat, overlaid melody of the original into a slow paced acoustic tune; it was recorded as B-side of the single "Disarm".^[3] British indie pop singer-songwriter Diana Vickers covered the song as the first of several covers used as teasers leading up to the release of her second studio album.^[4]

In 2012 the English indie rock band Alt-J released a cover of "Dancing in the Moonlight" for the compilation The Saturday Sessions from The Dermot O'Leary Show .^[5]

In commercials

In 2005, the Thin Lizzy version of "Dancing in the Moonlight" was used as part of an advertising campaign to launch Magners Irish Cider in the UK.^[6]

References

↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 555–556. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
↑ "Allmusic > Song Search Results > Dancing in the Moonlight".
↑ Disarm (CD cover). Smashing Pumpkins. Virgin Records. 1994. 7243 8 92310 2 1.
↑ O'Mance, Brad (11 April 2012). "Diana Vickers has covered a Tom Petty song". Popjustice. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
↑ The Saturday Sessions From The Dermot O'Leary Show (CD cover). Alt-J. Sony Music. 2014. 88843028882.
↑ O'Mahony, Catherine (28 May 2005). "Magners London launch is Irish-made". The Sunday Business Post. Key Capital and Cooke. Retrieved 29 March 2016. (registration required)

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[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-1] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 555–556. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

[2] "Allmusic > Song Search Results > Dancing in the Moonlight".

[3] Disarm (CD cover). Smashing Pumpkins. Virgin Records. 1994. 7243 8 92310 2 1.

[4] O'Mance, Brad (11 April 2012). "Diana Vickers has covered a Tom Petty song". Popjustice. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

[5] The Saturday Sessions From The Dermot O'Leary Show (CD cover). Alt-J. Sony Music. 2014. 88843028882.

[6] O'Mahony, Catherine (28 May 2005). "Magners London launch is Irish-made". The Sunday Business Post. Key Capital and Cooke. Retrieved 29 March 2016. (registration required)