Dancing Barefoot

This article is about the song. For the book, see Dancing Barefoot (book).

"Dancing Barefoot"
Single by Patti Smith Group
from the album Wave
B-side	"5-4-3-2-1" (Live)
Released	May 1979 (1979-05)
Format	Vinyl (7")
Recorded	Bearsville Studios
Genre	Rock
Length	4:18
Label	Arista
Writer(s)	Patti Smith, Ivan Kral
Producer(s)	Todd Rundgren
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"Dancing Barefoot" is a rock song written by Patti Smith and Ivan Kral, and released as a second single from the Patti Smith Group's 1979 album Wave. According to the album sleeve, the song was dedicated to women such as Amedeo Modigliani's mistress Jeanne Hébuterne.

In 1998, the song featured on the soundtrack of Whatever, a coming of age film by Liza Weil.

In 2000, a live version was released on the benefit album Broadcasts Vol. 8 from KGSR in Austin, Texas.

In 2010, the song ranked #331 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

Cover versions

Shakespears Sister version

"Dancing Barefoot"
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Single by Shakespears Sister
from the album Cosmic Dancer
Released	March 2011 (2011-03)
Format	Digital download
Genre	Rock
Length	4:11
Label	SF
Writer(s)	Patti Smith, Ivan Kral
Shakespears Sister chronology
"It's a Trip" (2010) "Really Saying Something" (2011) "Someone Else's Girl" (2011)

In March 2011, British pop act Shakespears Sister released a cover of "Dancing Barefoot" as the first single from the fifth studio album Cosmic Dancer. The release coincided with the album's second single, "Someone Else's Girl".

Track listing

• Digital download

1. "Dancing Barefoot" (Album Version)
2. "Oh No, It's Michael" (Album Version)
3. "Fial F for Freedom" (Album Version)
4. "A Man in Uniform" (Alternative Version)

Other versions

• 1986 – Niki Mono & Berry Sakharof (Fuck Your Dreams, This Is Heaven soundtrack)
• 1986 - The Feelies
• 1987 - Eastern Bloc ("Eastern Bloc")
• 1987 – The Mission (The First Chapter)
• 1988 – The Celibate Rifles (12-inch EP, bonus track on reissued CD version of Roman Beach Party)
• 1989 – U2 (B-side to the "When Love Comes to Town" single, also on the compilation The Best of 1980–1990; features on the soundtrack of the 1994 movie Threesome)
• 1991 – Xymox (Phoenix)
• 1995 – Johnette Napolitano (Spirit of '73: Rock for Choice)
• 1997 – Die Cheerleader (Barb Wire soundtrack)
• 1998 - Sin ("Insinuation")
• 2001 – Simple Minds (Neon Lights)
• 2004 – Chamber (Stolen Child)
• 2005 - Lea DeLaria (Double Standards)
• 2008 – Allison Moorer (Mockingbird)
• 2010 - Pearl Jam (Performed at Bridge School Benefit October 23, 2010)
• 2011 - First Aid Kit (Performed for Patti Smith at the Polar Music Prize 2011 during the award ceremony)
• 2014 - Simple Minds (Big Music, bonus track, featuring Sarah Brown)

External links

• Dancing Barefoot by Patti Smith Group at AllMusic
• Lyrics
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics