SNAP! – Rhythm Is A Dancer (1992)

“Rhythm Is a Dancer” is a song by German Eurodance group Snap!, released in March 1992 as the second single from their second studio album, The Madman’s Return (1992). It features vocals by American singer Thea Austin. The song is written by Benito Benites, John “Virgo” Garrett III (aliases for German producers Michael Münzing and Luca Anzilotti) and Austin, and produced by Benites and Garrett III. It was an international success, topping the charts in France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, and the United Kingdom. The single also reached the top-five on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number-one on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. It spent six weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart, becoming the second biggest-selling single of 1992.

“Rhythm Is a Dancer” was originally not planned to be released as a single. Good club reactions to the track made Snap!’s German label, Logic, change their minds. Logic arranged a private test at its own discotheque, the Omen, to see how well the public responded to the new song. That’s where the instant club appeal of “Rhythm Is a Dancer” first came to notice. Rapper Turbo B, who rejected the song when he first heard it, would go on to add a rap stanza to the track. Snap! won the 1992 Echo award for the Best Selling Single of the Year with “Rhythm Is a Dancer”.

Rhythm is a dancer It’s a soul’s companion You can feel it everywhere Lift your hands and voices Free your mind and join us You can feel it in the air

Oh-oh, it’s a passion Oh-oh, you can feel it in the air Oh-oh, it’s a passion Oh-oh, oh, oh, oh

Rhythm is a dancer It’s a soul’s companion You can feel it everywhere Lift your hands and voices Free your mind and join us You can feel it in the air

Oh-oh, it’s a passion Oh-oh, you can feel it in the air Oh-oh, it’s a passion Oh-oh, oh, oh, oh

Rhythm, you can feel it, you can feel it Rhythm, rhythm is a dancer Rhythm, you can feel it, you can feel it Rhythm, rhythm is a dancer

Let the rhythm ride you, guide you, sneak inside you, set your mind to Move to its’ pulsation, bass vibrations, synth sensation Pause is not a place in mind and body must be free to Please take it all in, nothing to lose, everything to win Let it control you, hold you, mold you back to order New touch, it taste, it free your soul and let it face you Got to be what you wanna, if the groove don’t get you, the rifle’s gonna I’m serious as cancer when I say rhythm is a dancer

Rhythm is a dancer It’s a soul’s companion You can feel it everywhere Lift your hands and voices Free your mind and join us You can feel it in the air

Oh-oh, it’s a passion Oh-oh, you can feel it in the air Oh-oh, it’s a passion Oh-oh, oh, oh, oh

Rhythm, you can feel it, you can feel it Rhythm, rhythm is a dancer Rhythm, you can feel it, you can feel it Rhythm, rhythm is a dancer