Dance Away

"Dance Away"
Single by Roxy Music
from the album Manifesto
B-side
  • "Cry, Cry, Cry" (Europe)
  • "Trash 2" (US, Canada, Japan)
Released12 April 1979
Recorded1978 (1978)–1979 (1979)
Studio
Genre
Length4:21 (Album version)
3:48 (7" single)
6:29 (12" extended remix)
LabelIsland, Polydor
Songwriter(s)Bryan Ferry
Producer(s)Roxy Music
Roxy Music singles chronology
"Trash"
(1979)
"Dance Away"
(1979)
"Angel Eyes"
(1979)

"Dance Away" is a song by the English rock band Roxy Music. Released in April 1979, it was the second single to be taken from their album Manifesto, and became one of the band's most famous songs, reaching number two in the UK and spending a total of 14 weeks on the charts, the longest chart residency of a Roxy Music single. Although it did not make number one, it became the ninth biggest selling single in the UK in 1979. It did make it to number one on the Irish Singles Chart and held that position for one week.