Dancin' Fool/ Baby Snakes

From a warehouse find, this is a new, unplayed stock copy. In a world where Frank Zappa does not get played on Top 40 radio, how did this brash 1979 jab at Disco almost manage to reach the U.S. top 40? (It peaked at #45.) After his brilliant 1982 duet with daughter Moon, "Valley Girl," "Dancin' Fool" became the second biggest "hit" ("Valley Girl did manage to break the Top 40... getting as high as #32!) of his long career, which mainly emphasized his album output. Both of these tracks are from Zappa's album "Sheik Yerbouti." Note: This scan is a representative image from our archives.