Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance) Explained

Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)
Cover:Long_Tall_Glasses_(I_Can_Dance)_-_Leo_Sayer.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Leo Sayer
Album:Just a Boy
B-Side:In My Life
Recorded:1974
Genre:Soft rock[1]
Label:
Producer:
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Prev Year:1974
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Next Year:1975

"Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)" is a 1974 song by Leo Sayer, co-written with David Courtney. It was released in the United Kingdom in late 1974, becoming Sayer's third hit record on both the British and Irish singles charts and reaching number four in both nations.[2] It was included on Sayer's album Just a Boy.

The song also became a Top 10 hit internationally in early 1975, reaching #7 in Australia and #9 in the United States.[3] [4] It had a lesser showing in Canada (#18),[5] where a competing version had also been released.

Shooter version

A cover of the song ("I Can Dance") by the Canadian band Shooter, released concurrently with Sayer's version, became a hit in Canada. Their version reached #22, debuting on the charts the same week as Sayer's version.[6]

Chart history

Year-end charts

Leo Sayer
Chart (1974-75)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 7
Canada RPM Top Singles[8] 18
South Africa (Springbok)[9] 9
UK Singles (OCC)[10] 4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[11] 9
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[12] 6
Chart (1975)Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)[13] 54
Canada[14] 146
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[15] 90
Shooter cover

Notes and References

  1. Book: Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. Don. Breithaupt. Jeff. Breithaupt. October 15, 1996. Born To Be Mild: Soft Rock. 34. St. Martin's Griffin. 031214704X.
  2. Book: Roberts , David . 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited . London. 483. 1-904994-10-5.
  3. Book: Kent, David . David Kent (historian)

    . David Kent (historian) . . Australian Chart Book . St Ives, N.S.W. . 1993 . 0-646-11917-6.

  4. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 -
  5. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1975-05-03 . 2021-04-17.
  6. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1975-05-03 . 2021-04-17.
  7. Book: Kent, David . David Kent (historian)

    . David Kent (historian) . . Australian Chart Book . St Ives, N.S.W. . 1993 . 0-646-11917-6.

  8. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1975-05-03 . 2021-04-17.
  9. Web site: SA Charts 1965–March 1989. 17 April 2021.
  10. Book: Roberts , David . 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited . London. 483. 1-904994-10-5.
  11. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 -
  12. http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/_0s_files/19750510.html Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 10, 1975
  13. Web site: National Top 100 Singles for 1975. . 79 . . 29 December 1975 . 15 January 2022 .
  14. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4057b&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4057b.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4057b Bac-lac.gc.ca
  15. http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1974.htm Musicoutfitters.com
  16. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1975-05-03 . 2021-04-17.
  17. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4057b&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4057b.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4057b Bac-lac.gc.ca

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