Dancing On The Ceiling

Album: Dancing On The Ceiling (1986)
Charted: 7 2
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  • Woo

    What is happening here
    Something's going on that's not quite clear
    Somebody turn on the lights
    We're gonna have a party
    It's starting tonight

    Oh, what a feeling
    When we're dancing on the ceiling
    Oh, what a feeling
    When we're dancing on the ceiling

    The room is hot and that's good
    Some of my friends came by from the neighborhood
    The people startin' a climb the walls
    Ooh, it looks like everybody is having a ball

    Oh, what a feeling
    When we're dancing on the ceiling
    Oh, what a feeling
    When we're dancing on the ceiling

    Oh, oh, what a feeling
    When we're dancing on the ceiling
    Oh, what a feeling
    When we're dancing on the ceiling

    Come on
    Woo
    Alright

    Everybody starts to lose control
    When the music is right
    If you see somebody hangin' around
    Don't get uptight
    The only thing we wanna do tonight
    Is go 'round and 'round
    And turn upside down
    Come on, let's get down

    (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)

    So come on, let's get loose
    Don't hold back 'cause it ain't no use
    Hard to keep your feet on the ground
    'Cause when we like to party
    We only wanna get down

    Oh, what a feeling
    When we're dancing on the ceiling
    Oh, what a feeling
    When we're dancing on the ceiling

    Oh, what a feeling, baby
    When we're dancing on the ceiling
    Oh, what a feeling
    When we're dancing on the ceiling, whoa

    Say what?
    Can't stop now
    Just getting started
    Everybody, clap your hands
    Come on
    Everybody, let's dance
    Oh-oh-oh-oh

    Oh, what a feeling
    When we're dancing on the ceiling
    Oh, what a feeling
    When we're dancing on the ceiling

    Oh, what a feeling
    When we're dancing on the ceiling
    Oh, what a feeling
    When we're dancing on the ceiling

    Oh, what a feeling Writer/s: Carlos Manuel Rios, Lionel B. Jr. Richie, Michael Henry Jr. Frenchik
    Publisher: BRENDA RICHIE PUBLISHING, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • David from Orlando, FlThe video alone for Dancing on the Ceiling launched my personal interest in music videos to the stratosphere! Everything from the gravity-defying trick photography techniques to the catchy tune accompanying the storyline (a surprise party for Lionel), along with the camaraderie of the people plus memorable cameos by Cheech Marin and Rodney Dangerfield made for a once in a generation (if not once in a lifetime experience). The rotating room (also referred to as a gimbel machine in a DVD bonus feature on the making of this video in Lionel Richie's video collection) was also used in High School Musical 3 on the Zac Efron solo musical number "Scream" (not to be confused with the Michael and Janet Jackson song). In Zac's case, he performed alone (as did Fred Astaire in Royal Wedding) and the effect was meant to showcase his world "spinning out of control", but still, I couldn't help get a kick out of comparing the two scenarios two decades apart, even if the "Scream" sequence only lasted around ten seconds of the three minute song. Lionel Richie remains my all-time favorite artist for a variety of reasons, mostly the well-written ballads, but it all started with a thrilling dance song and one of the greatest fantasies I have ever seen captured on film.
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