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Patti Smith Group

Dancing Barefoot

1979 · via Simple Minds

Patti Smith Group’s 1979 recording of “Dancing Barefoot” is the earliest release on file. Patti Smith shares the writing credit with Ivan Král. Also recorded by The Mission (released 1986), U2 (released 1989) and Simple Minds (released 2001), among 57 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Before Simple Minds got to it, Patti Smith and Ivan Král wrote this and her group put it out first in 1979, and U2 and The Mission picked it up too. Start with the original and you'll see why so many bands couldn't leave it alone.

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Credited writers: Ivan Král and Patti Smith.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1979.

Other recordings on file · first release year

57 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

First pulled by @ga-3418 · No. 0364, Oct 19, 2026.

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