Dan Seals – Bop, is a song written by Paul Davis and Jennifer Kimball and recorded by American country music artist Dan Seals. It was released in October 1985 as the second single from his fifth studio album, Won’t Be Blue Anymore. It reached number one on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in early 1986, becoming his second number-one hit on that chart and his first as a solo artist. It was a major crossover hit as well, peaking at number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number 10 on the Adult Contemporary chart. In Canada, it topped the RPM Top Singles and Country Singles charts.
The music video was directed by George Bloom. It shows an older couple preparing to travel to an armory. It concurrently shows flashbacks of the couple 30 years earlier. One of the highlights in the video is the 30-year flashback of the couple in a 1955 Ford Thunderbird that transforms 30 years later into the 1985 Ford Thunderbird. Towards the end of the video, it shows the couple in their elderly stages dancing at the armory along with many others with Seals performing the song onstage.
Dan Seals – Bop
From the album Won’t Be Blue Anymore
B-side “In San Antone”
Released October 1985
Genre Country, dance-pop
Length 3:45
Label EMI America
Songwriter(s) Paul Davis Jennifer Kimball
Producer(s) Kyle Lehning
COUNTRYPEDIA
Dan Seals – Bop Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Put on your boppin’ socks baby
Roll up your old blue jeans
Theres a band playin’ down at the armory
Knows what rock and roll really means
I want to ride in your ’55 T-Bird
Drive through some old memories
I ain’t after your body baby
I just want you to dance with me
[Chorus]
I want to bop with ya baby all night long
I want to bop the night away
I want to make it a night like it used to be
When are hearts were young and our souls were free
I want to bop with you baby all night long
I want to bebop with you baby till the break of dawn
I want to bop with you baby all the night long
[Verse 2]
I got an old photograph in my pocket
When we were still in our teens
The Lord knows I feel a lot older now
But you still look the same to me
Honey you don’t ever laugh like you used to
And I don’t wanna see you blue
If you ain’t busy tonight and you think it’s alright
This is what I want to do
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Lets twist and shout
Oh, just like in the good old days
Baby watch out
You know I just can’t stand it
When you look at me that way
[Chorus]
[Outro]
I want to bop with you baby all night long
I want to bebop with you baby till the break of dawn
I want to make it a night like it used to be
When are hearts were young and free
GENIUS
