The Saxxy 80s: 'She Wants To Dance With Me' by Rick Astley (1988)

The Saxxy 80s returns, and this time we have a saxxy 80s classic by English singer/song-writer Rick Astley called She Wants To Dance With Me. Naturally the song has a great little sax-solo towards the end and that's all it really takes to become a candidate-feature for The Saxxy 80s on this blog. Rick Astley was born in Merseyside, UK in 1966 and as of his first retirement from music in 1993 had sold over 40 million records worldwide. Astley re-entered the music business in 2000 and appears nowadays frequently as a BBC-radio DJ/personality. She Wants To Dance With Me was released in 1988 on his Hold Me in Your Arms album and it peaked at #6 on both the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles chart, while clenching the #1 spot on the Canadian Singles chart.