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This week on the Richard Crouse Show Podcast: Remember \u201cThe Safety Dance\u201d? Of course you do. The Men Without Hats song was a worldwide hit in 1982 and earned them a Grammy nomination but it didn\u2019t end there. It has since been covered by everyone from \u201cWeird Al\u201d Yankovic to the cast of Glee to a recent version by Angel Olsen.\n\nThe song\u2019s writer and lead singer, Ivan Doroschuk, joins me today from his home on Vancouver Island to talk about some new music and a reimagination of his biggest hit.\n\nMen Without Hats have just released \u201cAgain (Part 1),\u201d a five-song EP featuring covers of The Tragically Hip, Lou Reed, The Rolling Stones and Mott the Hoople, along with an all-new version of the group\u2019s signature hit \u201cThe Safety Dance,\u201d now called \u201cNo Friends of Mine.\u201d\n\nThen we meet Emm Gryner. She is a Canadian musician and vocal coach. David Bowie named Emm as one of his two favourite Canadian acts. U2 frontman Bono named her song \u201cAlmighty Love\u201d as one of six songs that he wished he had written.\n\nGryner toured in David Bowie\u2019s band, singing and playing keyboards, and appears on the recordings Bowie at the Beeb and Glastonbury 2000. Emm helped make the first music video in outer space with Chris Hadfield and is now the author of a new book called \u201cThe Healing Power of Singing: Raise Your Voice, Change Your Life: What Touring With David Bowie, Single Parenting And Ditching The Music Business Taught Me In 25 Easy Steps.\u201d