Dancing With Myself (single version)

~ Recording by Billy Idol

Annotation

“Dancing With Myself” was originally by “Generation X”, a band Billy Idol was a member of. After the band broke up he re-recorded the song solo and it became more popular than the original.

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.1Dancing With Myself3:19Billy IdolDancing With Myself
1.10Dancing With Myself3:19Billy IdolBilly Idol
1.10Dancing With Myself3:19Billy IdolBilly Idol
1.10Dancing With Myself3:20Billy Idol with Generation XBilly Idol
1.10Dancing With Myself3:19Billy IdolBilly Idol
1.11Dancing With Myself3:22Billy IdolIdol Songs - 11 Of The Best (+ 4 bonus tracks)
1.11Dancing With Myself3:20Billy IdolIdol Songs: 11 of the Best
1.11Dancing With Myself3:22Billy IdolIdol Songs: 11 of the Best
1.11Dancing With Myself3:22Billy IdolIdol Songs: 11 of the Best
1.11Dancing With Myself3:20Billy IdolIdol Songs: 11 of the Best
1.11Dancing With Myself3:22Billy IdolIdol Songs: 11 of the Best
1.11Dancing With Myself3:19Billy IdolIdol Songs: 11 of the Best (+ 2 bonus tracks)
1.1Dancing With Myself3:18Billy IdolIdol Rocks
1.13Dancing With Myself3:19Billy IdolFetenhits: The Real Classics
  • 1995-12-05 DE
1.11Dancing With Myself3:20Billy IdolIdol Songs: 15 of the Best
  • 1996-07-24 JP
1.3Dancing With Myself3:20Billy IdolKneipen Hits, die Zweite
1.6Dancing With Myself3:20Billy IdolRetro 80’s, Volume 1
1.6Dancing With Myself3:20Billy IdolRetro Mix, Volume 1
1.2Dancing With Myself3:21Billy IdolModern Rock: The Cool '80s
  • 1999-10-26 US
2.10Dancing With Myself3:20Billy IdolMonster '80s
1.10Dancing With Myself3:20Generation XThe Best Beer Drinking Songs in the World... Ever!
2.14Dancing With Myself3:20Billy IdolMedia Markt Collection: Rock Classics
1.2Dancing With Myself3:21Billy IdolMonster '80s
1.8Dancing With Myself3:20Generation XKneipenhits: Pop & Wave
  • 2001-08-30 DE
1.10Dancing With Myself3:20Billy Idol with Generation XParty Central
  • 2002-01-08 US
1.10Dancing With Myself3:20Billy IdolBilly Idol
  • 2002-01-28 US
2.1Dancing With Myself3:20Billy IdolLike, Omigod! The ’80s Pop Culture Box (Totally)
  • 2002-07-02 US
1.13Dancing With Myself3:21Billy IdolThe Best 80s Modern Rock Album... Ever!
  • 2002-11-26 CA
1.10Dancing With Myself3:17Billy IdolBilly Idol (24-bit digitally remastered)
1.11Dancing With Myself3:22Billy IdolThe Essential
  • 2003-03-24 GB
1.9Dancing With Myself3:18Billy IdolHang the DJ: The Alternative '80s
  • 2003-11 AU
3.8Dancing With Myself3:20Generation XRockin’ at the Movies
2.2Dancing With Myself3:18Billy IdolThe Alltime Greatest Rock Classics 4 of the 70s, 80s & 90s
1.13Dancing With Myself3:20Generation XKneipen Hits: Pop & Wave Party
1.2Dancing With Myself3:16Billy IdolManiac 80s Workout
2.21Dancing With Myself3:17Billy Idol with Generation XCountdown: The Wonder Years 2
1.13Dancing With Myself3:20Generation XCountdown: One Hit Wonders 2
2.4Dancing With Myself3:18Billy Idol with Generation XAbsolute Rock Anthems III
  • 2010-08-02 SE
3.17Dancing With Myself3:18Billy IdolDe Grote Schoonmaakhits, Volume 1
1.10Dancing With Myself3:17Billy Idol with Generation XBilly Idol / Rebel Yell
  • 2011-03-25 XE
1.11Dancing With Myself3:19Billy IdolEssential
  • 2011-09-01 DE
  • 2011-10-31 GB
1.11Dancing With Myself3:20Billy IdolEssential
  • 2011-10-31 GB
2.6Dancing With Myself3:20Billy Idol with Generation XFetenhits: Silvester 2013
  • 2013-11-29 DE
1.10Dancing With Myself3:20Billy IdolBilly Idol
1.3Dancing With Myself3:19Billy Idol & Gen XHard to Find 45s on CD, Volume 16: More 80s Essentials & Beyond
1.12Dancing With Myself3:19Billy Idol with Generation X1980's Dance
1.10Dancing With Myself3:20Billy Idol with Generation XBilly Idol
1.10Dancing With Myself3:20Billy IdolBilly Idol
1.8Dancing With Myself3:21Billy IdolFresh Seasoned Movie Music
1.11Dancing With Myself3:22Billy IdolIdol Songs (11 Of The Best) (EMI SWINDON)
2.1Dancing With Myself3:19Billy IdolSom livre anos 80, Volume 2
Promotion
1.3Dancing With Myself3:21Billy IdolCircuit City Gift Certificate: 1996 CD Sampler
42.3Dancing With Myself3:18Billy IdolThe Radio Essential Series
Bootleg
1.4Dancing With Myself3:24Billy IdolThe Best
4.1Dancing With Myself3:20Billy IdolGuitar Hero 5
  • 2009 -
(unknown)
1.2Dancing With Myself3:19Billy IdolGreatest Hits of the 80's
1.5Dancing With Myself3:20Generation XPunk & Rock Classics

Relationships

bass:Tony James (in 1981)
drums (drum set):Terry Chimes (in 1981)
guitar:Billy Idol (in 1981)
Steve New (in 1981)
lead vocals:Billy Idol (in 1981)
arranger:Steve Stevens
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Chrysalis Records (in 1981)
Chrysalis Records Ltd. (in 1981, in 1984, in 2001)
Chrysalis Records, Inc. (in 1981, in 1982, in 2002)
sampled by:Every Day by Girl Talk
mash-ups:Dancing With a Rolling Stone (Billy Idol vs. Temptations) by Eve Massacre
Dancing with an LA Devotee (Panic! at the Disco vs. Billy Idol) by Talk Hard Productions
edit of:Dancing With Myself by Billy Idol with Gen X
recording of:Dancing With Myself

Related works

Dancing With Myself

writer:Billy Idol
Tony James
publisher:Chrysalis Music Group Inc.
Chrysalis Music Ltd.
Chrysalis Music Publishing Ltd.
Rare Blue Music Inc
Universal Music Publishing Ltd.
later parody versions:Playing With Myself
later translated parody versions:Humppaan itsekseni
later translated versions:Ik dans wel met mezelf
Я танцую сам с собой