"The Ballroom Blitz" (a menudo llamada "Ballroom Blitz") es una canción interpretada por los británicos de la banda de glam rock "The Sweet", escrita por Nicky Chinn y Mike Chapman. La canción alcanzó el número uno en Canadá, el número dos en el UK Singles Chart y en el Australian Chart, y el número cinco en el US Billboard Hot 100.
"The Ballroom Blitz" se inspiró en un incidente ocurrido el 27 de enero de 1973 cuando la banda se presentaba en el Grand Hall en Kilmarnock, Escocia, y fue sacada del escenario por un aluvión de botellas.
La canción fue grabada en Audio International Studio, 18 Rodmarton Street, Londres.
Apareció en las versiones estadounidense y canadiense de Desolation Boulevard, pero nunca apareció en un álbum de Sweet en el Reino Unido, solo en las recopilaciones de éxitos. El riff inicial de guitarra y batería de la canción tiene similitud con una canción de 1963 de Bobby Comstock llamada "Let's Stomp".
Are you ready Steve? Uh-huh
Andy? Yeah
Mick? Okay
Alright fellas - let's go!
Oh it's been getting so hard
Living with the things you do to me
My dreams are getting so strange
I'd like to tell you everything I see
Oh, I see a man in the back as a matter of fact
His eyes were as red as the sun
And the girl in the corner that no one ignores
Cause she thinks she's the passionate one
Oh Yeah! It was like lightning
Everybody was frightening
And the music was soothing
And they all started grooving
CHORUS
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah-Yeah-Yeah
And the man in the back said everyone attack
And it turned into a ballroom blitz
And the girl in the corner said boy I want to warn you
It'll turn into a ballroom blitz
Ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz
Oh reaching out for something
Touching nothing's all I ever do
Oh I softly call you over
When you appear there's nothing left of you
And the man in the back is ready to crack
As he raises his hands to the sky
And the girl in the corner is everyone's mourner
She could kill you with a wink of her eye
Oh Yeah! It was electric
So frantically hectic
And the band started leaving
Cause they all stopped breathing
CHORUS Repeat
Guitar Solo
Oh Yeah! It was like lightning
Everybody was frightening
And the music was soothing
And they all started grooving
CHORUS Repeat
It's it's a ballroom blitz
It's it's a ballroom blitz
It's it's a ballroom blitz
Yeah, it's a ballroom blitz
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