Waltz Darling

Waltz Darling is the fourth studio album by Malcolm McLaren (his only with The Bootzilla Orchestra), released in 1989. The album spawned several popular singles, including "Deep in Vogue" a collaboration with Willi Ninja, best known for his appearance in the documentary film Paris Is Burning,[1] which introduced vogue style of dance to the mainstream. Another single, "House of the Blue Danube" was used in the trailer for the 1990 film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.[2]

Waltz Darling
Studio album by
Malcolm McLaren and The Bootzilla Orchestra
Released13 July 1989
RecordedAbbey Road Studios, London
Pearl Sound, Detroit
The Hit Factory, New York
GenreDance music
Length36:23
LabelEpic
Producer
Malcolm McLaren and The Bootzilla Orchestra chronology
Swamp Thing
(1985)
Waltz Darling
(1989)
Round the Outside! Round the Outside!
(1990)
Singles from Waltz Darling
  1. "Waltz Darling"
    Released: May 1989
  2. "Something's Jumpin' in Your Shirt"
    Released: Aug 1989
  3. "Deep in Vogue"
    Released: May 1989
  4. "House of the Blue Danube"
    Released: Nov 1989
  5. "Call a Wave"
    Released: 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link
Robert ChristgauB link

Four singles from the album reached the UK Singles Chart: "Waltz Darling" (#31), "Something's Jumpin' in Your Shirt" (#29), "House of the Blue Danube" (#73) and "Deep in Vogue" (#83).[3]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."House of the Blue Danube (An Instrumental)" (Featuring Bootsy Collins and Jeff Beck)Malcolm McLaren4:54
2."Something's Jumpin' in Your Shirt" (Featuring Lisa Marie)Maz Kessler, Robby Kilgore, Malcolm McLaren4:51
3."Waltz Darling" (Introducing Lourdes and Pretty Fatt)David LeBolt, Malcolm McLaren4:27
4."Shall We Dance"Malcolm McLaren4:40
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Deep in Vogue" (Introducing Lourdes and Willie Ninja)David LeBolt, Malcolm McLaren4:02
6."Call a Wave" (Featuring Jeff Beck and Introducing Gina Cie)Malcolm McLaren4:14
7."Algernon's Simply Awfully Good at Algebra" (Introducing Miss Ndea)Malcolm McLaren, Dave A. Stewart4:01
8."I Like You in Velvet"Maz Kessler, Robby Kilgore, Malcolm McLaren5:17

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Waltz Darling
Chart (1989) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 60
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[5] 41
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] 39
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[7] 7
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 47
UK Albums (OCC)[3] 30

See also

References

  1. Juan Battle, Sandra L. Barnes, Black sexualities: probing powers, passions, practices, and policies, pp. 26–9.
  2. Movieclips Classic Trailers (6 February 2014). "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) Official Trailer - Live Action Movie HD". Retrieved 10 March 2019 via YouTube.
  3. "MALCOLM MCLAREN - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  4. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 183.
  5. "Dutchcharts.nl – Malcolm McLaren and the Bootzilla Orchestra – Waltz Darling" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  6. "Offiziellecharts.de – Malcolm McLaren and the Bootzilla Orchestra – Waltz Darling" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  7. "Charts.nz – Malcolm McLaren and the Bootzilla Orchestra – Waltz Darling". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  8. "Swedishcharts.com – Malcolm McLaren and the Bootzilla Orchestra – Waltz Darling". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
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