The song was written by
Toyah Willcox,
Joel Bogen and Peter Bush. It was originally recorded and released in 1979 on Toyah's first album,
Sheep Farming in Barnet, produced by Steve James and
Keith Hale. Willcox explained that the song is "about the
second coming of
Christ" and later added that it is also about "the return of an
alien that can travel through time dimensions, therefore, people living in the gravitational pole of planet Earth are gonna age quicker. Therefore, the two thousand years is a greater expanse of communication". A live version of "Danced" was released as a single in late 1980, backed with live recordings of "Ghosts" and "Neon Womb". All tracks were recorded by
ATV on 17 June 1980 in
Wolverhampton for inclusion in a television documentary about Toyah, and most of this concert found its way onto the album
Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!, released at the end of the year. The two B-sides from the single, however, were left off the album and for years were only available here. They were later included on the 2005 compilation album
The Safari Singles Collection Part 1: 1979–1981, and on the 2006 re-issue of
Toyah! Toyah! Toyah!. ==Track listing==