The song was written by lead singer Ivan Doroschuk after he had been kicked out of a club for pogo dancing.
Review Men Without Hat’s bouncy classic The Safety Dance remains one of the defining moments of the early 1980s with its irresistibly catchy bass-line and Ivan Doroschuk’s bold We can go when we want to, the night is young and so am I. ' The Safety Dance ' is a song by Canadian new wave / synth-pop band Men Without Hats, released in Canada in 1982 as the second single from Rhythm of Youth. an unexpected, synth-free, guitar rock Men Without Hats album. Excludes: Cameroon, Mauritius, Central African Republic, Lesotho, Algeria, Western Sahara, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Seychelles, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Malawi, Niger, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Guinea-Bissau, Swaziland, Djibouti, Ghana, Gambia, Benin, Libya, Mali, Namibia, Tunisia, Senegal, Burundi, Morocco, Mayotte, Reunion, Saint Helena, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Guinea, Zambia, Egypt, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Congo, Republic of the, Eritrea, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Rwanda, Comoros, Somalia, Togo, Mozambique, South Africa, Cape Verde Islands, Liberia, Kenya, Gabon Republic, Tanzania, Angola, Madagascar, Azerbaijan Republic, Pakistan, China, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, India, Maldives, Mongolia, Bangladesh, Nepal, Nicaragua, Honduras, Martinique, Virgin Islands (U.S. Men Without Hats The Safety Dance (Extended 'Club Mix') Men Without Hats' breakout single, issued with a bewildering array of B-sides. Album Notes Greatest Hats is the second compilation album released by Canadian synth-pop group Men Without Hats, released in 1996. Men Without Hats may be best known for its 1982 global smash hit Safety Dance, which.