https://modestwalrus.com/tags/david-bowie/Recent content in David Bowie on Modest WalrusHugoen-usThu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://modestwalrus.com/music/lets-dance-by-david-bowie/Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://modestwalrus.com/music/lets-dance-by-david-bowie/<h2 id="why-i-reacted-to-this-song">Why I Reacted To This Song</h2> <p>This is genuinely how I found Bowie in the first place, and I&rsquo;m glad it was.</p> <h2 id="original-by-artist">Original by Artist</h2> <div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share; fullscreen" loading="eager" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VbD_kBJc_gI?autoplay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;end=0&amp;loop=0&amp;mute=0&amp;start=0" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" title="YouTube video"></iframe> </div> <h2 id="about-this-song">About This Song</h2> <p>&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s Dance&rdquo; is the title track of David Bowie&rsquo;s 1983 album, produced with Nile Rodgers and featuring a then-unknown Stevie Ray Vaughan on guitar. It marked a deliberate pivot toward a polished, radio-ready pop and dance sound, a sharp turn from the art-rock era that preceded it, and became Bowie&rsquo;s biggest commercial hit, topping charts on both sides of the Atlantic.</p>