This Godley / Gouldman track is unique in the band’s catalog. It’s a song about dancing, but the dance is basically sitting down. The anti-dance song, practically.
Graham Gouldman remarks on writing the track with Kevin Godley in Sept 1974:
“It was an experiment really. We’d never written in those...
[Verse 1: Graham Gouldman & Lol Creme]
Here's a new dance that you all can do
Baby, baby, what's he gonna do?
Sit back and relax 'cos it's good for you
Baby, baby, what's he gonna do?
What's he gonna say?
He's takin' my breath away
[Verse 2: Graham Gouldman & Kevin Godley]
Well if you're tired of doing the Boogaloo
And you're afraid of doing the Swim
'Cos you think you will drown
In the noise of the record
And the klutz on the floor
He ain't there anymore
'Cos all you wanna do
Is be alone at the bar
All you wanna do is be alone at the bar
[Pre-Chorus: Graham Gouldman & Kevin Godley]
You wanna drown in your cocktail
You wanna leave with the laundry
[Chorus: Kevin Godley & Graham Gouldman]
If your mind is trippin'
But your disc is slippin'
Here's what you gotta do -
Nothing
In any tempo and any rhythm
C'mon Mac do the sacro-iliac
C'mon back do the sacro-iliac
I said c'mon back do the sacro-iliac
[Bridge: Graham Gouldman]
Well it's easy
Here's the new dance that you 'll wanna do
So easy
Don't want to annoy ya with my paranoia
[Verse 3: Graham Gouldman & Lol Creme]
Now I'm doing the dance that is good for me
Baby, baby, what's it gonna be?
I ain't no Astaire, but I've a right to be
Baby, baby, when's he gonna learn?
Where's he gonna stay?
He's taken my breath away
[Verse 4: Graham Gouldman & Kevin Godley]
Well I'm bored with the beat of the Shing-a-ling
And the Lindy is leaving me cold
'Cos I've never been freaky or funky or laid back
And the lush on the floor
Isn't me anymore
And I never ever wanna be alone
At the bar
I never ever wanna be alone at the bar
[Chorus: Graham Gouldman & Group]
So C'mon Mac do the sacro-iliac
C'mon back do the sacro-iliac
Won't you c'mon back do the sacro-iliac
C'mon back do the sacro-iliac
Won't you come on back do the sacro-iliac
The Sacro-Iliac was written by Kevin Godley & Graham Gouldman.
The Sacro-Iliac was produced by 10cc.
10cc released The Sacro-Iliac on Tue May 28 1974.