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I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Clock strikes upon the hour
And the sun begins to fade
Still enough time to figure out
How to chase my blues away
I've done alright and up til now
That's the the light of day
That shows me how
And when the night falls
Loneliness calls

Chorus:
Oh wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
Oh wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me

I've been in love and lost my senses
Spinning through the town
Sooner or later the fever ends
And I wind up feeling down
I need a man who'll take a chance
On a love that burns hot enough to last
So when the night falls
My lonely heart calls

Chorus

Somebody who, somebody who
Somebody who loves me yeah
Somebody who, somebody who
To hold me in his arms ooh
I need a man who'll take a chance
On a love that burns hot enough to last
So when the night falls
My lonely heart calls

Chorus

Come on baby
Whoo! Yeah
Now get with this

Don't you wanna dance with me baby
Don't you wanna dance with me boy
Don't you wanna dance with me baby
With somebody who loves me

Don't you wanna dance
Say you wanna dance
Don't you wanna dance
(Dance)
Don't you wanna dance
Say you wanna dance
Don't you wanna dance

hey baby

Written by George Merrill et Shannon Rubicam

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'I Wanna Dance'
U.S. No. 1, June 1987
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