"Good Dancers" is a 2003 song by Australian alternative rock duo

The Sleepy Jackson The Sleepy Jackson are an Australian alternative rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia. The band's name was inspired by a former drummer who was narcoleptic. The band revolves around the distinctive vocal style of multi-instrumentalist ...

, released on 13 October 2003 as the second single from the album '' Lovers''. The song charted at #71 in the UK.

Music videos

Two music videos were produced for the song. The first was directed by

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and depicts a janitor (played by

Dan Wyllie Daniel Wyllie (born 1970) is an Australian stage, film and television actor. Wyllie began acting in theatre. Early life Wyllie grew up on Sydney's North Shore. He attended North Sydney Boys High School and the University of New South Wales, whe ...

) in a hospital walking into a sparse room and eventually dancing with a fellow nurse (played by Rita Kalnejais). The second, produced for the song's American release, has a different narrative and centers around angels in a forest running and dancing. The music video was nominated for Best Video at the

ARIA Music Awards of 2001 The 15th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards) were held on 30 October 2001 at the Capitol Theatre. Rock band Powderfinger won the most awards with six from eight nominations. Le ...

.ARIA Award previous winners.

Track listing

UK CD single # "Good Dancers" (radio edit) # "Come to This" (accoutic) # "Good Dancers – Acoustic Radio 1 Blue Room" # "Bucket of Love" # "Raindrop"

Charts

References

{{authority control 2003 songs 2003 singles Songs written by Luke Steele (musician) The Sleepy Jackson songs