| Dance Band on the Titanic | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Harry Chapin |
| Album: | Dance Band on the Titanic |
| B-Side: | I Wonder What Happened to Him |
| Released: | 1977 |
| Recorded: | 1977 |
| Genre: | Pop/rock |
| Length: | 4:35 |
| Label: | Elektra Records |
| Producer: | Steve Chapin |
| Prev Title: | A Better Place to Be (Live) |
| Prev Year: | 1976 |
| Next Title: | Flowers Are Red |
| Next Year: | 1978 |
"Dance Band on the Titanic" is a song written and performed by Harry Chapin. The song was included on the album of the same name in 1977. Released as a single, the song became a hit on the Australian Charts. It has been included on numerous posthumous compilation albums.
When describing the song, Chapin says that the entertainment industry acts like the Titanic's actual band; creating diversions so no one focuses on the iceberg.[1]
Record World said that the song "incorporates bits of music hall, jazz and boogie-woogie, all underlying a bizarre tale of a famous sinking, icebergs and all."[2]