It's impossible to talk about summer hits without mentioning David Bowie, and Let's Dance , summer 1983 anthem, one of the biggest hits of the artist's immense career. A David Bowie who then appears in a very sober look, white suit, platinum blond hair, he who had accustomed us to his characters from Ziggy Stardust or Thin White Duke.
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A chance meeting in a pub
The artist behind Let's Dance is Niles Rodgers of Chic, who would later say: "Working with David Bowie has changed my life." We can easily imagine that the opposite is also true. Niles Rodgers produced this David Bowie album in 17 days, production and mixing included. Legend has it that the two artists met by chance in a club. They would have simply discussed, exchanged on their musical tastes and alchemy would have been created, while David Bowie was thinking of releasing an album a little more commercial.
Let's Dance , the album, sells 10 million copies. It is also the first time that David Bowie does not play any instrument on one of his albums. And finally, it's on Let's Dance that we find another hit, China Girl , first released in 1977 in Iggy Pop's album The Idiot .