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Dance With Me

by Derek Simon - Dance With Me is a 1988 production on Technology.

BPM
127.77
Year
1988
Label
Technology Records
Cat. no.
TECHNO 12.27
Country
Italy
Total plays
9
Italo Disco
Single cover of Dance With Me by Derek Simon

About this track

Dance With Me is a 1988 production on Technology.

  • Released: 1988 (verified via Discogs)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Shaking all the time, you'll be going, let it fall in Saving all you can, and I feel you as a friend You will be looking for me Making all so hard, you'll be showing, that I'm falling Baby tell me now, and believe I've got a friend You can't save me from my life, keep on dancing coming to you everynight Dance with me, come to me, [Chorus] keeping on my dancing, time will be reality Dance with me, coming to me, show me how to help us, what do you take it for [Verse 2] Making all so hard, you'll be showing, that I'm falling Baby tell me now, and believe I've got a friend You can't save me from my life, keep on dancing coming to you everynight Dance with me, come to me, [Chorus] keeping on my dancing, time will be reality Dance with me, coming to me, show me how to help us, what do you take it for [Verse 3] Dance with me, come to me, [Chorus] keeping on my dancing, time will be reality Dance with me, coming to me, show me how to help us, what do you take it for [Verse 4] Dance, dance, dance, dance, ... Dance, dance, dance, dance, ... Dance with me, come to me Dance with me, coming to me

Lyrics via Discogs group thread (The Lyrics - Italo-Disco). For personal reference only.

Airplay

9
Total plays
0
Last 7 days
2
Last 30 days
03 Aug 2026
Last played

Plays per week (last 8 weeks):

First logged play: 2026-05-13 · last: 2026-08-03.

On air this track is typically mixed at 126.6 BPM (observed range 125.0 - 129.2 BPM, based on 9 plays; catalog 127.77 BPM, i.e. pitched -2.8 to 1.4 BPM on air).

What mixes well with this track

Tracks that were actually mixed directly before or after this one in the MixPerfect Radio non-stop mix (9 plays). Every transition is beat-matched within the station's ±3 BPM window and is always 32 beats.

Before this track

  1. Chase - Stay With Me 1x 124.8 BPM 1997
  2. Dada - Get Ready To The Beat (Gambafreaks Mix) 1x 125.8 BPM 1999
  3. Datura - Nu Style 1x 125.1 BPM 1991
  4. G. Lowe - You Are A Danger 1x 123.9 BPM 1992
  5. Funky Sisters - Lovely Feeling 1x 128.0 BPM 1991
  6. Derek Simon - Dance With Me 1x 127.8 BPM 1988
  7. The Caesar's Dancers - Let's Go 1x 125.7 BPM 1988
  8. Macho Gang - Naughty Boy 1x 123.8 BPM 1988
  9. Max-Him - Lady Fantasy 1x 124.4 BPM 1985

After this track

  1. Marco Rochowski - Breaking Dimensions 1x 126.4 BPM 2002
  2. Whigfield - Gimme Gimme 1x 128.4 BPM 1996
  3. Stefano Secchi FEAT. Taleesa - We Are Easy To Love 1x 125.4 BPM 1992
  4. Victor Ark - Let Me Go (80S Remix By Eddy Mi Ami) 1x 125.0 BPM 2012
  5. Jacqueline - All My Heart 1x 129.9 BPM 1989
  6. Ross - Can't Take My Eyes Of You (Batman Remix Version '89) 1x 128.7 BPM 1989
  7. Derek Simon - Dance With Me 1x 127.8 BPM 1988
  8. Vicky Shepard - Bring On The Boys 1x 126.8 BPM 1992
  9. Aneka - Japanese Boy 1x 123.4 BPM 1981

Small sample — these are observed connections from the airplay log, not recommendations.

BPM & mixability

At 127.77 BPM this track suits club-oriented DJ mixing, and as a 1988 release it belongs to the 80s golden era of Italo / Euro disco. The station's mix engine beat-matches every transition within ±3 BPM of the house tempo, so this tempo fits comfortably in the mix.

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Intro & break structure

How this record is shaped for DJ mixing, from the MixPerfect Radio catalog data.

Intro

Time: 00:11.829 - 00:26.862

Elements: Melody

Break

Time: 03:57.206 - 04:12.228

Elements: BassVocalsBeats

Skip region: 02:11.571 - 03:56.739 (the section that is cut to shorten the track)

On-air play time (in the mix): 02:00.197 - calculated from the catalog structure the way the radio engine does (break end + break-loop repeats, minus intro overlap and the skip region).

Transitions are always 32 beats, beat-matched within the station's ±3 BPM window. Loops provide extra material within that window.

Frequently asked questions

What is the BPM of Dance With Me?
127.77 BPM - club-oriented DJ mixing.
At what tempo is Dance With Me mixed on MixPerfect Radio?
On air, Dance With Me is typically mixed at 126.6 BPM (observed range 125.0 - 129.2 BPM, based on 9 plays). Its catalog tempo is 127.77 BPM, so in the mix it is pitched -2.8 to 1.4 BPM.
When was Dance With Me released?
The catalog lists 1988 as the release year.
On which label was Dance With Me released?
Technology Records (cat. TECHNO 12.27). This is the original pressing data from the MixPerfect Radio catalog.
What genre is Dance With Me?
Italo Disco.
How often is Dance With Me played on MixPerfectRadio?
Played 9 times according to the play log.
Which tracks mix well with Dance With Me?
Based on the airplay log it was most often mixed with Chase - Stay With Me (1x).

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Sources

Factual information on this page was researched using the following sources:

Release data (year, label, catalog number, country) comes from the original records in the MixPerfect Radio catalog. The text on this page is an original summary based on independently selected factual information; no source text has been reproduced. Facts may contain errors - see the legal information page for the full disclaimer.

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