"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" is a song credited to British singer Leo Sayer, taken from his 1976 album Endless Flight. The song reached number one on the U.S. BillboardHot 100 chart, making it his first number-one single in the United States, and reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. 13 song of 1977. Credited songwriters Sayer and Vini Poncia won a Grammy Award for the song in 1978 in the category Best R&B Song.
Music video
In Australia, a live performance from the TV show Countdown is frequently used in place of a music video.
Sylvia wrote Swedish lyrics for "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" and recorded this rendering: "Det Känns Som Jag Vill Dansa", for her 1977 album Leenden I Regn
A remixed version of "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" credited to Groove Generation featuring Leo Sayer charted on the UK Singles Chart in 1998, peaking at #32.
A cover version sung by actress Anne Hathaway was included on the soundtrack for the 2004 film Ella Enchanted, adapted from the fantasy novel of the same name.
In 2008, The Wiggles sang the song as the title work of their DVD You Make Me Feel Like Dancing, with Leo Sayer guest starring.
Appearances in other media
In 1977, the cast performed the song during the disco medley on an episode of The Brady Bunch Variety Hour.
The 1977 comedy filmSlap Shot features the song in an early scene.
The song is featured in the 1978 film An Unmarried Woman.
Sayer performed the song alongside human-sized dancing birds on The Muppet Show.
In episode 3F21 of The Simpsons, a teenaged Homer and his friend Barney alternate singing the chorus of this song into hairbrushes in Homer's room.
Fringe Season 3, Episode 11: "Recipsrocity", Dr. Walter Bishop and Agent Astrid Farnsworth are in Dr. Bishop's lab examining the body of a 'shapeshifter', with the song playing in the background.
The song is featured in several scenes in the 1996 film To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday.
It was featured in the 2000 film Charlie's Angels.
Song is featured in film Hardcore Henry.
It was also used in film Bride and Prejudice in the trailer.
In the movie Anger Management, transvestite Galaxia played by Woody Harrelson sings two lines of the song.
In Season 3 Episode 5 of The Handmaid's Tale, "Unknown Caller", June listens to the song on a mixtape, then records a message on the cassette to send to her husband, Luke.
In Season 4, episode 15 of That 70s Show, Red and Kitty Forman, along with Bob Pinciotti and new girlfriend Joanne are in the Forman basement playing charades. Kitty is trying to act out the song title and Red fails to guess the right answer. An exasperated Kitty then says "I was DANCING... you make me feel like hips?"
