Morning! Today's song is The Safety Dance by Men Without Hats.
So these guys are a Canadian band from Montreal, active on and off since 1977 and currently made up of Ivan Doroschuk, Lou Dawson, Rachel Ashmore, and Sho Murray. They started as a punk rock group, but became the synth group we know in 1980. They released an EP that year, then they had a bit of a member shuffle, then released their debut album in 1982. This song started getting popular in 1983 then went international as a hit. They released an album in 1984, then an EP in 1985. They had another member shuffle before releasing an album in 1987, which had a song go big in Canada and Austria, then became the biggest selling single in South Africa in 1988 after being featured in a film. Their next album came out in 1989, followed by another in 1991. The group disbanded in 1993 since they couldn't attract an American label, but came back after ten years with a new album in 2003 before splitting again in 2004. The band was reformed in 2010 by Ivan Doroschuk, touring in 2011 and releasing an album in 2012. They've done some more touring in 2013 and 2016, and have teased pictures of the studio this year so I think an album may be forthcoming, but I guess we'll wait and see.
Peace.
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