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((Infobox song
| name       = Dance the Night Away
| cover      = Van Halen - Dance the Night Away.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Van Halen]]
| album      = [[Van Halen II]]
| B-side     = Outta Love Again
| released   = ((Start date|1979|04)) (US)
| recorded   = December 1978((snd))January 1979
| studio     =
| genre      = 
* [[Hard rock]]<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.vh1.com/news/90fl8w/13-hard-rock-songs-that-make-you-say-more-cowbell|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006022527/https://www.vh1.com/news/90fl8w/13-hard-rock-songs-that-make-you-say-more-cowbell|url-status=live|archive-date=October 6, 2022|title=13 Classic Hard Rock Songs That Will Make You Scream "More Cowbell!"|last1=Tucker|first1=Dan|date=February 28, 2014|website=[[VH1]]|publisher=[[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]]|access-date=August 1, 2016))</ref>
* [[pop metal]]<ref>((Cite web|date=November 29, 2020|first=Paul|last=Elliott|title=Van Halen: a guide to their best albums|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/buyers-guide-van-halen|access-date=February 8, 2021|website=Classic Rock Magazine|language=en|quote=And in Dance The Night Away they delivered the perfect pop-metal song.))</ref>
| length     = 3:07
| label      = [[Warner Music Group|Warner Bros.]]
| writer     = 
*[[Eddie Van Halen]]
*[[Alex Van Halen]]
*[[Michael Anthony (musician)|Michael Anthony]]
*[[David Lee Roth]]
| producer   = [[Ted Templeman]]
| prev_title = [[Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love]]
| prev_year  = 1978
| next_title = [[Beautiful Girls (Van Halen song)|Beautiful Girls]]
| next_year  = 1979
|misc=((External music video|
((YouTube|llfjDUB66Z4|"Dance the Night Away"))))))

"'''Dance the Night Away'''" is a song by American [[hard rock]] band [[Van Halen]], and written by its group members.  It is the second song from their 1979 album ''[[Van Halen II]]''. While the rest of the songs from this album had existed in various forms since their days doing demos and playing clubs, this song was possibly the only song written during the recording sessions for the album.

==Background==
The band members conceived the song during the recording sessions while they were standing in a circle humming to each other. It was inspired by [[Fleetwood Mac]]'s "[[Go Your Own Way]]". [[Eddie Van Halen]] purposely left a guitar solo out of the final version of the song, replacing it instead with a riff of [[tap harmonic]]s. [[David Lee Roth]] originally wanted to call the song "Dance, Lolita, Dance", but Eddie Van Halen convinced him that "Dance the Night Away" was more suitable and the chorus was changed to reflect that.

Roth claimed, during a 2006 performance in [[San Diego]], California, that he wrote this song in tribute to an intoxicated woman who was having sex in the back of a truck and ran with her pants on backwards while escaping police officers into the bar where the fledgling band was playing.  This was also mentioned at a 2006 performance in [[Detroit, Michigan]].

==Reception==
''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' described "Dance the Night Away" as "a melodically driving rocker spiked by blaring guitar [[riff (music)|riff]]s, keyboards, bass and a powerful lead vocal.<ref>((cite news|title=Top Single Picks|newspaper=Billboard Magazine|access-date=2020-07-08|date=May 5, 1979|page=81|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1979/Billboard%201979-05-05.pdf))</ref>  ''[[Cash Box]]'' said it was "more melodic" with fewer "guitar pyrotechnics" than previous Van Halen songs.<ref name=cb>((cite news|title=CashBox Singles Reviews|date=April 28, 1979|page=17|newspaper=Cash Box|accessdate=2022-01-01|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1979/CB-1979-04-28.pdf))</ref>  

''[[Record World]]'' praised the "slick guitar-percussion intro and break" and [[Ted Templeman]]'s [[wall of sound]] production."<ref name=rw>((cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=May 5, 1979|accessdate=2023-02-11|title=Hits of the Week|page=1|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/79/RW-1979-05-05.pdf))</ref>

Chuck Klosterman of ''[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]'' ranked it the third-best Van Halen song, praising Michael Anthony's background vocals and writing that "this song just makes people feel good."<ref>((cite news |last1=Klosterman |first1=Chuck |title=All 131 Van Halen Songs, Ranked From Worst to Best A look back at the band's formidable legacy. |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-van-halen-songs-chuck-klosterman.html |access-date=October 9, 2020 |work=[[Vulture.com]] |date=October 6, 2020))</ref>

==Charts==
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1979)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|Canada ([[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'']])<ref name="rpm">[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=8p5k1rerala3n6bajf4aqaqc95&q1=Van+Halen&q2=Top+Singles&interval=20 Canadian peaks] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213222624/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=8p5k1rerala3n6bajf4aqaqc95&q1=Van+Halen&q2=Top+Singles&interval=20|date=December 13, 2014)) RPM – Library and Archives</ref>
|align="center"|28
|-
|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name=":0">((cite book |title=  Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2013 |publisher=Record Research |page=879))</ref>
|align="center"|15
|}
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1979)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref name=":1">((cite journal |date=December 22, 1979 |title=1979 Talent in Action – Year End Charts : Pop Singles |page=TIA-10 |journal=Billboard |volume=91 |issue=51 ))</ref>
|align="center"|95
|}

==References==
((Reflist))

==Further reading==
*((cite book|title=Van Halen Guitar Anthology|pages=56–64|publisher=Alfred|location=Van Nuys, California|year=2006|isbn=9780897246729|oclc=605214049))

==External links==
* ((YouTube|Tqm9-qilVh4|Listen to "Dance the Night Away"))

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