#3 of DJ Akhu's Top 100 80s Dance Hits Countdown!: 'Dancing With Myself' by Billy Idol (1981)

Welcome back to the Top 100 80s Dance Hits Countdown, and we are getting down to it folks, at #3 I have for you the 1981 hit Dancing With Myself by Brit post-punk rocker and legend Billy Idol. Idol's real name is William Michael Albert Broad, and he was born on November 30th, 1955 in Stanmore, Middlesex, England, which makes the Brit rocker 54 this year! Idol bounced around a bit in his earlier years, and in fact was first a member of the punk-rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees in 1976, but before they were actually calledSiouxsie and the Banshees. In 1977 he moved on to join Chelsea, and then with bandmate Tony James he quit and co-founded the band Generation X, at which point he switched from guitar to lead vocals. In 1981 Idol moved to New York and started up his successful solo career. Dancing With Myself was originally a song by his band Generation X, but was re-mixed and re-released by Billy Idol as a solo-artist in 1981 on his Don't Stop album where it would reach #2 on the U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. And so there is #3 and I only have 2 more to go, can you guess what they are??? Or perhaps even which bands/artists they might be? Watch this space to find out for yourself.