Released: May 6, 1979
Featuring: The Emotions
Songwriter: Allee Willis Jon Lind
Producer: Al McKay Maurice White
[Chorus]
Dance, boogie wonderland, hah, hah
Dance, boogie wonderland
[Verse 1]
Midnight creeps so slowly into hearts of men
Who need more than they get
Daylight deals a bad hand to a woman
Who has laid too many bets
The mirror stares you in the face
And says "Baby, uh, uh, it don't work"
You say your prayers though you don't care
You dance and shake the hurt
[Chorus]
Dance, boogie wonderland, hah, hah
Dance, boogie wonderland (Ooh, ooh, ooh dance, yeah)
[Verse 2]
Sound fly through the night
I chase my vinyl dreams to boogie wonderland
I find romance when I start to dance in boogie wonderland
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance)
I find romance when I start to dance in boogie wonderland
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance)
[Bridge]
All the love in the world can't be gone
All the need to be loved can't be wrong
All the records are playing and my heart keeps saying (Oh)
"Boogie wonderland, wonderland" (Haaah, aaah-aaaaaah)
[Chorus]
Dance, boogie wonderland, hah, hah
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance)
Dance, boogie wonderland, hah, hah
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance)
[Post-Chorus]
I find romance when I start to dance in boogie wonderland
I find romance when I start to dance in boogie wonderland
[Chorus]
Dance, boogie wonderland, hah, hah
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance)
Dance, boogie wonderland
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance)
[Hook]
Hmm hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm hmm hmm
Hmm hmm hmm hmm, wonderland
Hmm hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm hmm hmm
Hmm hmm hmm hmm, wonderland
Hmm hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm hmm hmm
Hmm hmm hmm hmm
[Bridge]
All the love in the world can't be gone
(All the love in the world can't be gone)
All the need to be loved can't be wrong
(All the need to be loved can't be wrong)
All the records are playing and my heart keeps saying
(Oooh, haa-woah, haa-woah)
"Boogie wonderland, wonderland"(Wonderland, aaah)
[Chorus]
Dance, boogie wonderland, hah, hah
Dance, boogie wonderland, hah, hah
[Outro]
I find romance when I start to dance in boogie wonderland
(Dance, dance, dance, dance)
(Dance, dance, dance, aah)
I find romance when I start to dance in boogie wonderland
(Dance, dance, dance, dance)
(Dance, dance, dance)
Dance, boogie wonderland, hah, hah
(Dance, dance, dance, dance)
(Dance, dance, haa, aah)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance)
Dance, boogie wonderland
(Dance, dance, dance, dance)
(Dance, dance, dance, aah)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance)
Dance, boogie wonderland, hah, hah
Dance, boogie wonderland
[Verse 1]
Midnight creeps so slowly into hearts of men
Who need more than they get
Daylight deals a bad hand to a woman
Who has laid too many bets
The mirror stares you in the face
And says "Baby, uh, uh, it don't work"
You say your prayers though you don't care
You dance and shake the hurt
[Chorus]
Dance, boogie wonderland, hah, hah
Dance, boogie wonderland (Ooh, ooh, ooh dance, yeah)
[Verse 2]
Sound fly through the night
I chase my vinyl dreams to boogie wonderland
I find romance when I start to dance in boogie wonderland
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance)
I find romance when I start to dance in boogie wonderland
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance)
[Bridge]
All the love in the world can't be gone
All the need to be loved can't be wrong
All the records are playing and my heart keeps saying (Oh)
"Boogie wonderland, wonderland" (Haaah, aaah-aaaaaah)
[Chorus]
Dance, boogie wonderland, hah, hah
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance)
Dance, boogie wonderland, hah, hah
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance)
[Post-Chorus]
I find romance when I start to dance in boogie wonderland
I find romance when I start to dance in boogie wonderland
[Chorus]
Dance, boogie wonderland, hah, hah
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance)
Dance, boogie wonderland
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance)
[Hook]
Hmm hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm hmm hmm
Hmm hmm hmm hmm, wonderland
Hmm hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm hmm hmm
Hmm hmm hmm hmm, wonderland
Hmm hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm hmm hmm
Hmm hmm hmm hmm
[Bridge]
All the love in the world can't be gone
(All the love in the world can't be gone)
All the need to be loved can't be wrong
(All the need to be loved can't be wrong)
All the records are playing and my heart keeps saying
(Oooh, haa-woah, haa-woah)
"Boogie wonderland, wonderland"(Wonderland, aaah)
[Chorus]
Dance, boogie wonderland, hah, hah
Dance, boogie wonderland, hah, hah
[Outro]
I find romance when I start to dance in boogie wonderland
(Dance, dance, dance, dance)
(Dance, dance, dance, aah)
I find romance when I start to dance in boogie wonderland
(Dance, dance, dance, dance)
(Dance, dance, dance)
Dance, boogie wonderland, hah, hah
(Dance, dance, dance, dance)
(Dance, dance, haa, aah)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance)
Dance, boogie wonderland
(Dance, dance, dance, dance)
(Dance, dance, dance, aah)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Dance, ooh, ooh, ooh, dance)
The Eternal Dance
- Night Dreamin’
- Dirty
- Mighty Mighty
- Getaway
- And Love Goes On
- Kalimba Story
- Wanna Be with You
- Fan the Fire
- Got to Get You into My Life
- Can’t Hide Love
- I Think About Lovin’ You
- Where Have All The Flowers Gone
- Feelin’ Blue
- Power
- Little Girl (Interlude)
- Demo
- Shining Star (Alternate Version)
- Hey Girl (Interlude)
- Interlude
- Interlude, No. 2
- Happy Feelin’
- Brazilian Rhyme (Beijo)
- Brazilian Rhyme (aka Ponta de Areia)
- I’ll Write a Song for You
- Time Is On Your Side
- Let Me Talk
- Evil
- Saturday Nite
- Let’s Groove
- Shining Star
- September
- Boogie Wonderland
- That’s the Way of the World
- Keep Your Head to the Sky
- Fall in Love with Me
- Fantasy
- Be Ever Wonderful
- Serpentine Fire
- Spirit
- Pride
- After the Love Has Gone
- Sing a Song
- System of Survival
- In the Stone
- Love Is Life
- Sunshine
- Open Our Eyes
- Thinking of You
- Magnetic
- Reasons
- Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack “Roller Boogie” (1979)
- I Am (1979)
- The Artists (1985)
- The Collection (1986)
- The Eternal Dance (1992)
- Greatest Hits (1998)
- The Ultimate Collection (1999)
- Platinum R&B Party (2000)
- The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire (2002)
- Madagascar (Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2005)
- NOW That’s What I Call Dance Classics [US] (2009)
- Intouchables (La bande originale du film) (2011)
- The Nice Guys (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2016)
- NOW 100 Hits 70s [UK] (2020)
- September
- Let’s Groove
- Fantasy
- Boogie Wonderland
- After the Love Has Gone
- That’s the Way of the World
- Reasons
- Shining Star
- December
- Can’t Hide Love
- Devotion
- Sing a Song
- In the Stone
- Serpentine Fire
- Keep Your Head to the Sky
- Love’s Holiday
- I’ll Write a Song for You
- The Way You Move
- On Your Face
- Got to Get You into My Life
- Would You Mind
- Be Ever Wonderful
- All About Love
- Help Somebody