Dancing on the Couch

Dancing on the Couch
Studio album by
Released26 May 1987
Studio
GenrePop
Length41:21
LabelChrysalis
ProducerGary Stevenson
Go West chronology
Bangs & Crashes
(1986)
Dancing on the Couch
(1987)
Indian Summer
(1992)
Singles from Dancing on the Couch
  1. "True Colours"
    Released: November 1986
  2. "I Want to Hear It from You"
    Released: April 1987
  3. "The King Is Dead"
    Released: August 1987
  4. "From Baltimore to Paris"
    Released: November 1987
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Dancing on the Couch is the second studio album by the English pop duo Go West, released on 26 May 1987 by Chrysalis Records. It reached number 19 on the UK Albums Chart.

Go West began recording the album in June 1986. It was originally due to have been released in late 1986, but the release plans, along with an accompanying British tour for November 1986, had to be postponed until 1987 after the Danish studio, Puk Studios, where the album was recorded, suffered a computer fault. Regardless, the band were able to salvage and release the single True Colours in November 1986.

The American version of the album featured a slightly different cover (zoomed in further on the image of band members Peter Cox and Richard Drummie on the couch) and included the track "Don't Look Down – The Sequel" (a slightly enhanced version of a song from Go West's debut album) in place of "Let's Build a Boat". "Don't Look Down – The Sequel" would become Go West's first top 40 hit in the United States.

On January 26, 2024, Chrysalis released a deluxe edition 3-CD, 1-DVD, set of the album, newly remastered by producer Gary Stevenson, with a separate CD including B-sides, Remixes, Rarities, and a third CD with the 1987 Runaway Train Tour: Live at Hammersmith Odeon. A DVD of the concert is also included, which was previously only available on VHS.