Credits
- Freddie Mercury - vocals
- Mike Moran - keyboards
- David Richards - drum programming
- Length: 3:42 ("I Can't Dance" - 2:04; "Keep Smilin'" - 1:38)
Discography
Albums:
Additional info
- Recorded at Townhouse Studios, London, 17 February 1987, during sessions for Barcelona, but most likely not intended for that album. It's possible that Freddie was either recording demos for an upcoming Queen project or considering working on another solo album; whatever his plans, "I Can't Dance / Keep Smilin'", along with other tracks recorded at this time – Holding On, It's So You, and Yellow Breezes – wouldn't progress beyond the demo stage and remained unreleased until 2000.
- "Keep Smilin'" was written for Colin Preston, a young Queen fan who considered himself a Freddie look-alike. Colin was involved in a car accident and slipped into a coma, and Colin's parents asked if Freddie could visit their son. Instead, the vocalist took opportunity of studio time and wrote and recorded a song especially for Colin, then sent the tape to his family, who reported back that it made a difference; sadly, Colin died shortly afterward, and the family reassured Freddie that the tape would be buried with him so that no one could make a copy.
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Lyrics
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh, ha, ha, ha
You can dance, you can dance
Yeah, we all know you can dance
(No, he can't dance)
(No, he can't dance)
Oooooh, oh, oooh-ooh-oooh
We all know we can't dance
Know we can't dance, we can't dance, yeah, we can't dance
We all know we can't dance (no we can't, we can't dance)
No, no, we can't dance, yeah
No I can't dance, woo hoo, ha, we can't dance
No I can't dance, we can't dance, yeah, yeah, yeah
No I can't dance, no I can't dance, yeah
No, no, no, I can't dance, dance
No I can't dance
No I can't dance
No I can't dance
(Yeah, I know but I, I, somehow think that er, but it's not, its, no, but I want them, want them to be)
Yeah
Keep smilin'
Keep smilin'
Keep smilin', yeah
Keep smilin'
All we need is (oooh) a smile on your face
Just a little smile for the big human race
Keep smilin'
Keep smilin'
Take it baby
Woo hoo
Yeah, yeah, yeah, keep smilin'
All we need is a smile on your face
Just a little smile for the big human race
Keep smilin' baby
That's what you gotta do
Hey, smile
Keep smilin'
Keep smilin', come on
Keep smilin', yeah
Keep smilin'
Keep smilin', uh ha
Keep smilin', uh ha
Keep smilin'
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