Safety Dance - multifandom recs

[meridian_rose]

For this week's Fandom post it's The Safety Dance!

The offical video has, since Games of Thrones, often been referred to as "Jaime Lannister, Cersei and Tyrion in happier times" with a laughing emoji.

It's a fun, upbeat 80s track by Men Without Hats that has found its way into many fanvids. Below the cut are links to fanvids using it for Miranda (BBC - featuring Lucifer's Tom Ellis), Wednesday Addams, a Glee cover version, a metal cover version and a random Hugh Jackman clip.

The classic:

Watch on YouTube

That doesn't seem to work outside the UK but you could try this Vimeo link or these other links youtube alternate; extended version

Miranda (BBC comedy with Miranda Hart)

Watch on YouTube

Wednesday (not such much a fanvid as the famous dance scene with Safety Dance as the soundtrack. It fits really well and there's just one minor moment where a bit of editing would have lined it up better)

Watch on YouTube

Glee

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Metal cover by Leo Moracchioli (While this isn't my fave cover of his, Moracchioli is my fave metal cover artist, a talented musician who plays a lot of different instruments and must have to film himself over and over to cut all his vids together showing him playing each instrument and in various costumes. Check out his "Ghostbusters" cover where his daughter joins in!)

Watch on YouTube

Hugh Jackman

Watch on YouTube

Comments

[cmcmck]

This is a song I love! I have the album on 12".

[corvidology]

Unfortunately, the first one is 'video unavailable' for me.

I particularly enjoyed the Miranda one!

[kitarella_imagines]

It's so funny how this song caught everyone's imagination isn't it. I don't even know what the song means, and if the group ever had any other hits. But I know the lyrics off by heart.

We can dance if we want to
We can leave your friends behind
Cos your friends don't dance
And if they don't dance
Well, they're no friends of mine