"Bop" is the second single released from Dan Seals

Dan Seals

Danny Wayland "Dan" Seals was an American musician. The younger brother of Seals & Crofts member Jim Seals, he first gained fame as the "England Dan" half of the soft rock duo England Dan and John Ford Coley, which charted nine pop and adult contemporary singles between 1976 and 1980, including...

' 1985 album Won't Be Blue Anymore

Won't Be Blue Anymore

Won't Be Blue Anymore is the fifth studio album by country music artist Dan Seals. It has been his most successful album to date; the only one to reach #1 on the Top Country Albums chart. The album featured some of Seals most popular songs, including "Bop" and "Meet Me In Montana", a duet with...

. It reached #1 on the Country singles chart in early-1986 - his second number one hit, but his first as a solo artist. It was a major crossover hit as well, peaking at #42 on the US Hot 100, and at #10 on the US Adult Contemporary Chart.

Music video

The music video was directed by George Bloom. It shows an older couple preparing to go down to an armory. It also shows flashbacks of them when they were younger. One of the highlights in the video is the flashback of them in the 1955 Ford Thunderbird that transforms 30 years later into the 1985 Ford Thunderbird. At the end, it shows the old couple dancing at the armory along with many others with Seals performing the song onstage.

It has also been included in Seals' 1991 video compilation, A Portrait, which also included the video for "They Rage On," plus three other videos for Seals' "God Must Be a Cowboy," "Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)" and "Big Wheels in the Moonlight" that were filmed especially for the compilation.

Chart positions

Chart (1985-1986)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	10
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	42
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	6
Canadian RPM Top Singles	1