"I Was Made for Dancin'" is a song written by Michael Lloyd and performed by

Leif Garrett Leif Garrett (born Leif Per Nervik; November 8, 1961) is an American singer, actor, and television personality. He worked as a child actor, then in the 1970s became famous as a teen idol in music. He later received much publicity for his dru ...

. It reached #4 on the

UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...

, #10 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and #38 on the US adult contemporary chart. It also reached #2 in Australia, #10 in

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

, and #12 in Japan. The song, produced by Lloyd and arranged by

John D'Andrea John D'Andrea is an American television composer, arranger and music writer. Biography D'Andrea, as a boy, was interested in being a musician, due to his father's career playing the saxophone in local New Jersey bands, because of this, his fath ...

, was featured on his 1978 album, '' Feel the Need''. The single ranked #37 on the ''Billboard'' Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1979.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Cover Versions

* Pink Lady released a Japanese version of the song on their 1979 album, '' We Are Sexy''. * Mayo Kawasaki released a Japanese version of the song on his 1979 single, ''Let's Go Dancing'' (レッツゴーダンシング). This song is a track of his Golden☆Best (ゴールデン☆ベスト). *

Ilona Staller Ilona Staller (born 26 November 1951), widely known by her stage name Cicciolina ("little chubby one"), is a Hungarian-Italian former porn star, politician, and singer. Early life Ilona was born in Budapest, Hungary. Her father, László Sta ...

released a version of the song on her 1979 album, ''Ilona Staller''. *

Insooni Kim In-soon ( ko, 김인순; born April 5, 1957), known professionally as Insooni ( ko, 인순이), is a South Korean singer who made her debut in 1978 as a member of Hee Sisters ( ko, 희자매). Since then, she has recorded a total of 19 alb ...

released a Korean version of the song, ''춤을 춰요'', on her 1981 album, ''인연'' (Destiny). *

Jeremy Jackson Jeremy Dunn Jackson (born October 16, 1980) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Hobie Buchannon on the television show ''Baywatch''. Career Television Jackson appeared in 159 episodes of the TV series ''Baywatch' ...

released a version of the song on his 1995 album, ''Always''. *

Bridgette Wilson Bridgette Leann Wilson Sampras (born September 25, 1973) is a former American actress, singer, model, and Miss Teen USA award winner. Wilson began her career as an actress after being crowned Miss Teen USA in 1990, playing the character of L ...

released a cover of the song for her 1996 album, ''Gimme a Kiss''. *

Queens Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long ...

released a version of the song on their 2006 album, ''Made for Dancing''.

In popular culture

*Garrett sang the song on the episode "My Teenage Idol is Missing" on the TV show ''

Wonder Woman Wonder Woman is a superhero created by the American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston (pen name: Charles Moulton), and artist Harry G. Peter. Marston's wife, Elizabeth Holloway Marston, Elizabeth, and their life partner, Olive Byr ...

''. *Garrett's version was featured in the 2001 film ''

Joe Dirt ''Joe Dirt'' is a 2001 American adventure comedy film, directed by Dennie Gordon (in her feature film directorial debut), starring David Spade, Dennis Miller, Christopher Walken, Adam Beach, Brian Thompson, Brittany Daniel, Jaime Pressly, Eri ...

''. *

Carol Burnett Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American actress, comedian, singer, and writer. Her groundbreaking comedy variety show ''The Carol Burnett Show'', which originally aired on CBS was one of the first of its kind to be hosted ...

sings a version of this song in season 5, episode 15 of ''

The Muppet Show ''The Muppet Show'' is a sketch comedy television series created by Jim Henson and featuring the Muppets. The series originated as two pilot episodes produced by Henson for ABC in 1974 and 1975. While neither episode was moved forward as a s ...

''.

References

1978 songs 1978 singles 1979 singles Leif Garrett songs Scotti Brothers Records singles Songs about dancing Songs written by Michael Lloyd (music producer) Song recordings produced by Michael Lloyd {{1970s-single-stub