Puttin' On The Ritz - Taco Cover Version

Taco Cover Version

"Puttin' on the Ritz"
Single by Taco
from the album After Eight
B-side "Livin' in My Dream World"
Released 1983
Format 7", 12"
Genre New Wave, synthpop, electropop
Length 4:41
Label RCA
Writer(s) Irving Berlin
Producer Taco
Taco singles chronology
"Cheek to Cheek"
(1982)
"Puttin' on the Ritz"
(1983)
"Singin' in the Rain"
(1992)

A synthpop version by Taco peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in September It was released from his LP After Eight. It includes a tap dance solo in the middle to honor Astaire. Also included in the recording are parts of "Always", "White Christmas", "Alexander's Ragtime Band", "There's No Business Like Show Business" (all written by Irving Berlin), and "Gotta Dance" from Singin' in the Rain. This version of the song was ranked #53 in VH1's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s special.

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