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| "Somebody Dance with Me" on YouTube |
"Somebody Dance with Me" is a song by Swiss artist DJ BoBo featuring Emel Aykanat. It was released in November 1992 as the second single from the album, Dance with Me.
The song is based on some parts on sampling taken from "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell. It was the first major hit of DJ BoBo in 1992-1993 reaching the top of Swiss Hitparade, the official Swiss Singles Chart. It was also a hit in Sweden where it also made it to number one, and in Austria, Norway and the Netherlands (#3), Germany #4, and Australia #13.
CD single
Remix – CD-maxi Fresh 1240
Remix Italien – CD-maxi DWA 0097
A very low budget music video was shot entirely in a music venue with an audience and a performance of the song with various dancers. According to DJ BoBo, the video was shot on a budget of 3,000 Swiss Francs only.
The DJ Bobo single peaked at #1 in Sweden and Switzerland, #3 in Austria, Netherlands and Norway, at #4 in Germany and #13 in Australia.
| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[1] | 13 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2] | 3 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[3] | 32 |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[4] | 5 |
| songid field is MANDATORY FOR GERMAN CHARTS | 4 |
| Norway (VG-lista)[5] | 3 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[6] | 4 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[7] | 1 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] | 1 |
| "Somebody Dance with Me" | |
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| Song |
In 2013, Swiss music producer Remady released a remix of the song entitled "Somebody Dance with Me (Remady 2013 Remix)" by DJ BoBo featuring Manu-L. The track is also known as "Somebody Dance with Me 2k13" and was meant to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the hit by DJ Bobo that made the charts in 1993.
The music video directed by Combo Entertainment starts with DJ BoBo in disguise with a hooded sports jacket playing the original hit on his cassette recorder while passing in front of a wall graffiti inscribed with the year 1993. Shifting the recorder by his foot, an adjacent graffiti is revealed showing 2013.
Later on in the video, youth are shown doing dance, breakdance and sports routines in front of the wall now inscribed with both years, with 2013 pointing to 1993. At the end of the video, DJ Bobo is parting with a smile from the graffiti wall while taking off his hood to the camera.
The rest of the video is actual footage from the recording sessions in the studio showing Remady, DJ Bobo and Manu-L.[1]
The single peaked at #4 in Switzerland.
| Chart (2013) | Peak position |
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| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] | 4 |