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Dance Me to the End of Love

"Dance Me to the End of Love" is a 1984 song by Canadian singer Leonard Cohen. It was first performed by Cohen on his 1984 album Various Positions. It has been recorded by various artists and in 2009 was described as "trembling on the brink of becoming a standard."

"Dance Me to the End of Love"

December 1984

June 1984

Pop, Jazz

4:38

Columbia

Leonard Cohen, David Campbell

John Lissauer

2005 (2005)

2004

Jazz

3:54

Rounder

Leonard Cohen

Larry Klein

– vocals, acoustic guitar

Madeleine Peyroux

– guitars

Dean Parks

– piano, Estey Organ

Larry Goldings

– double bass

David Piltch

– drums, percussion

Jay Bellerose

Batsheva (Capek) – an English/Yiddish version on her 2012 CD I, Batsheva, Singer[11][12]

[10]

performed the song at the 2017 Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen concert[13][14]

Sting

performed the song live in Montreal on October 29, 2023 as part of his Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour.[15] This version was called "breathtaking" by Rolling Stone.[16]

Bob Dylan

Québécois/Algerian group Labess has released their own arabic/english version of the song simply entitled ""

Dance Me

Painting[edit]

The Scottish painter Jack Vettriano created a painting with the same title. He has also made two other paintings named after and inspired by Leonard Cohen works: one based on Cohen's novel Beautiful Losers and the other inspired by his song "Bird on the Wire". When asked on Desert Island Discs,[17] Vettriano mentioned Leonard Cohen's album I'm Your Man as one of his must-have records.