"She Wants to Dance with Me" is a song written and recorded by Rick Astley

Rick Astley

Richard Paul "Rick" Astley is an English singer-songwriter, musician, and radio personality. He is known for his 1987 song, "Never Gonna Give You Up", which was a #1 hit single in 25 countries...

 in 1988

1988 in music

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. The song was released in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 on September 12, 1988; it entered the chart at the #16 and its highest chart position was #6; it stayed 11 weeks in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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. In the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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, it also reached #6. Astley kicked off Paula Abdul

Paula Abdul

Paula Julie Abdul is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality.In the 1980s, Abdul rose from cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers to highly sought-after choreographer at the height of the music video era before scoring a string of pop music-R&B hits...

's "Straight Up", and stayed in the #1 for two weeks, in Canada. It was an international success.

"She Wants To Dance With Me" was Astley's first self composed single that he released. Astley performed the song at the 1989 Grammy Award

Grammy Award

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s, and he changed the lyrics to
When the song was performed on Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops

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 the backing keyboard player was song writer turned Conservative MP David Morris.

Track listing

7" Single RCA
7" Single RCA (USA)

1. "She Wants to Dance with Me" (Watermix) - 3:14
2. "She Wants to Dance with Me" (Instrumental) - 4:03

12" Maxi RCA

1. "She Wants to Dance With Me" - 7:14
2. "It Would Take a Strong Strong Man
   It Would Take a Strong Strong Man
   It Would Take a Strong Strong Man is a song written by Stock Aitken Waterman for Rick Astley's multi million selling debut album Whenever You Need Somebody. It was another successful single for Astley, reaching number ten on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number one for one week on the Hot Adult...
   
   " (Matt's Jazzy Guitar Mix) - 7:46
3. "She Wants to Dance with Me" (Instrumental) - 4:03

Chart performance

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Charts	15
Canadian Singles Chart	1
Media Control Charts	10
Swedish Singles Chart	12
Swiss Music Charts	12
UK Singles Chart	6
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	6
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	5
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs	13

Year-end charts

End of year chart (1989)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	88