Men Without Hats The Safety Dance

Men Without Hats writer/lead singer Ivan Doroschuk explained that "The Safety Dance" is a protest against bouncers prohibiting dancers from pogoing to 1980s new wave music in clubs when disco was declining and new wave was coming in. The band took its name from the fact that Doroschuk and his two brothers and bandmates, Colin and Stefan, never wore hats in the frigid Montreal winters. They went through numerous lineup changes before releasing the independent four-song EP Folk of the 80s (1980).

The song entered the Canadian top 50 in February 1983, peaking at number 11 on May 14. In the meantime, "The Safety Dance" was released in the US on March 16, but did not enter the US charts for a few months. When it finally did, the record became a bigger hit than it had been in Canada, spending four weeks at its peak position of number 3 in September and October 1983, and staying on the Billboard Hot 100 for 24 weeks. The Safety Dance also reached number 1 on Cash Box, as well as number 1 on the Billboard Dance Chart. The song has been inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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