"Dance Band on the Titanic" is a song written and performed by Harry Chapin.
Released as a single, the song became a hit on the Australian Charts.
It has been included on numerous posthumous compilation albums.
When describing the song, Chapin says that the entertainment industry acts like the Titanic's actual band; creating diversions so no one focuses on the iceberg.
[1] Record World said that the song "incorporates bits of music hall, jazz and boogie-woogie, all underlying a bizarre tale of a famous sinking, icebergs and all.