Men without hats the safety dance lyrics3/30/2024 Recently a friend told me that, because the COVID-19 vaccine he received (Johnson & Johnson) might not be highly effective against the Delta variant, anyone not wearing a mask represents a threat to his life. Specifically, sidewalk chalk slogans supporting one of that year’s presidential candidates (I’m sure you can guess who). But as early as 2016, students at Emory University broke into protest over being made to “feel unsafe” (one of the protesters’ exact words) by, of all things, sidewalk chalk. That trend has a tail dragging back into the past. The song seems to be enjoying renewed popularity on classic hit radio lately, and its lyrics perfectly describe both the mass hysteria of the last 18 months and the polarization among Americans over the meaning and importance of “safety” in the age of COVID-19. “We can leave your friends behind / ‘Cause your friends don’t dance and if they don’t dance / Well they’re, no friends of mine.” “We can dance if we want to,” sang Ivan Doroschuk of Men Without Hats in 1982.
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