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Dancing Undercover
Studio album by Ratt
Released	September 24, 1986 (1986-09-24)
Studio	Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Glam metal
Length	34:55
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Beau Hill
Ratt chronology
Invasion of Your Privacy (1985) Dancing Undercover (1986) Reach for the Sky (1988)
Singles from Dancing Undercover
"Dance" Released: October 1986 "Body Talk" Released: January 1987 (Japan)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10

Dancing Undercover is the third studio album by American glam metal band Ratt, released in 1986. The album was produced by Beau Hill and contains the hit single/video "Dance", which appeared in the Miami Vice episode "Down for the Count". Two other videos were made: "Body Talk", which was used on the soundtrack forthe Eddie Murphy film The Golden Child, and "Slip of the Lip". It charted at No. 26 on the Billboard 200 chart and at No. 14 on Rolling Stone's Album Chart. The album went platinum.

Ratt's opening acts on the tour in support of the album included Poison, Cinderella, Cheap Trick, Queensrÿche, and Vinnie Vincent Invasion.

Track listing

Early pressings of the CD had "Slip of the Lip" and "Body Talk" errantly mastered into one track as track 4.

Personnel

Ratt

• Stephen Pearcy – lead vocals
• Robbin Crosby – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Warren DeMartini – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Juan Croucier – bass, backing vocals
• Bobby Blotzer – drums, percussion

Production

• Beau Hill – producer, engineer
• Michael O'Reilly, Jim Faraci – engineers
• Jimmy Hoyson – assistant engineer
• Stephen Benben – digital editing and sequencing
• Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City

Charts

Certifications

References

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13. "American album certifications – Ratt – Dancing Undercover". Recording Industry Association of America.

• Ratt albums
• 1986 albums
• Atlantic Records albums
• Albums produced by Beau Hill
• Albums recorded at the Village (studio)