Dancing Undercover
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10[2] |
| Metal Hammer | 4/7[3] |
Dancing Undercover is the third studio album by American glam metal band Ratt, released in 1986. The album was produced by Beau Hill and contains the hit single/video "Dance", which appeared in the Miami Vice episode "Down for the Count". Two other videos were made: "Body Talk", which was used on the soundtrack for the Eddie Murphy film The Golden Child, and "Slip of the Lip". It charted at No. 26 on the Billboard 200 chart and at No. 14 on Rolling StoneTemplate:'s Album Chart. The album went platinum.
Ratt's opening acts on the tour in support of the album included Poison, Cinderella, Cheap Trick,[4] Queensrÿche, and Vinnie Vincent Invasion.
Release
The second single, "Body Talk", was released in January 1987 in Japan. The song was written by Pearcy, Croucier, and DeMartini. Ratt's guitarist Warren DeMartini had the song's opening riffs for years. However, no one was able to develop it into a song. Under a very tight deadline (one day to be exact), Ratt bassist Juan Croucier stepped in. He wrote all the vocal melodies and lyrics, adding additional chord progressions to the one riff that had been around for years. The song title was apparently conceived of by Ratt producer Beau Hill or vocalist Stephen Pearcy. It was featured on the compilation album Ratt & Roll 81-91. It was also used as a soundtrack for Eddie Murphy's film The Golden Child. The video was added on MTV in late '86, while "Dance" was still in heavy rotation.
Track listing
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Personnel
- Ratt
- Stephen Pearcy – lead vocals
- Robbin Crosby – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Warren DeMartini – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Juan Croucier – bass, backing vocals
- Bobby Blotzer – drums, percussion
- Production
- Beau Hill – producer, engineer
- Michael O'Reilly, Jim Faraci – engineers
- Jimmy Hoyson – assistant engineer
- Stephen Benben – digital editing and sequencing
- Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City
Charts
| Chart (1986–87) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[5] | 17 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (Music Canada)[6] | Gold | 50,000 |
| Japan (RIAJ)[6] | Gold | 100,000 |
| United States (RIAA)[7] | Platinum | 1,000,000 |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Ratt - Dancing Undercover review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 283. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ling, Dave (November 1986). "Albums: Ratt – Dancing Undercover". Metal Hammer. No. 11. London: Metal Hammer (UK) Productions Ltd. p. 73.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Cheap Trick Setlist at Five Seasons Center, Cedar Rapids". Setlist.fm. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in suomi) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."1910: Ratt 1986 Dancing Undercover Canada Gold Record Award Presented to Beau Hill; 1911: Ratt 1986 Dancing Undercover Japan Gold Record Award Presented to Beau Hill". Archived from the original on April 3, 2025. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
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