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]

The song builds on the introductory bass riff played by Phil Lynott, adding the vocal melody line sung by Phil Lynott which contrasts and synergizes with the saxophone melodic counterpoint played by Supertramp's John Helliwell.[3]

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".[4] 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.[5]

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 .[6] Later it was recorded at Spotify Studios NYC and released as part of their Spotify Singles project in 2017.

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.[7]

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".
https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-behind-thin-lizzy-s-dancing-in-the-moonlight
Disarm (CD cover). Smashing Pumpkins. Virgin Records. 1994. 7243 8 92310 2 1.CS1 maint: others (link)
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.CS1 maint: others (link)
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] ttps://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-behind-thin-lizzy-s-dancing-in-the-moonlight

[4] Disarm (CD cover). Smashing Pumpkins. Virgin Records. 1994. 7243 8 92310 2 1.CS1 maint: others (link)

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

[6] The Saturday Sessions From The Dermot O'Leary Show (CD cover). Alt-J. Sony Music. 2014. 88843028882.CS1 maint: others (link)

[7] 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)