Dancing in the Moonlight
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"Dancing In The Moonlight" is a song which appears on the 1973 King Harvest album Dancing in the Moonlight. The title track was released in 1973, and was King Harvest's only hit song. It reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100. They released other singles but these were never able to match the success of "Dancing In The Moonlight". The track used a Wurlitzer piano thoroughout.
The song was written by King Harvest's keyboardist Sherman Kelly in 1968. It was originally recorded in 1970 by two British bands: one called Boffalongo, the other called High Broom. Boffalongo later became King Harvest.
The song's first line, "We get it on most every night" is often misheard as "We get it almost every night"
Thin Lizzy's 1977 UK single release - "Dancin' In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In Its Spotlight)" should not be confused with the King Harvest song, as it is a different song completely.
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This song has been been covered by a number of artists. These include:-
- Toploader in 2000. This version became well known as it was used in a television advertisement for the supermarket chain Sainsbury's, featuring celebrity chef Jamie Oliver. It appeared on Toploader's album Onka's Big Moka
- Aswad on their 2002 album Cool Summer Reggae
- Liza Minnelli on her 1973 album The Singer
- Baha Men on 1994's Kalik
- Masters Of The Obvious
- Van Morrison
- The Keane Brothers — who created a disco version in 1979'
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