San Francisco-born teenager Bobby Freeman had been a member of doo-wop groups the Romancers and the Vocaleers.

He signed Freeman to the label, and had the original recording overdubbed in New York by session musicians including guitarist Billy Mure.

[7] The Cliff Richard and the Shadows version[9] also known as "Do You Wanna Dance" was released in the United Kingdom as the B-side of "I'm Lookin' Out the Window" in May 1962.

The session, engineered by Malcolm Addy and produced by EMI's A&R man Norrie Paramor, featured new drummer Brian Bennett and Jet Harris on bass, soon to leave the Shadows in 1962.

was released as a single in February 1965, and served as the opening track to their album The Beach Boys Today!

It is distinguished from the original through its lush orchestration, three-part vocal arrangement, and instrumental bridge key change.

was recorded on January 11, 1965 at Gold Star Studios and was produced, arranged and conducted by Brian Wilson.

It was the Beach Boys' first single to feature session musicians playing most of the backing track while the group overdubbed vocals, an arrangement Wilson would maintain for the next two years.

On The Beach Boys Today!, Dennis sang the first and last songs of the album ("Do You Wanna Dance?"

It peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the highest charting Beach Boys song to feature Dennis Wilson on lead vocals.

[34] In 2008, the Beach Boys compilation U.S. Singles Collection: The Capitol Years 1962-1965 featured an instrumental mix of "Do You Wanna Dance?

"[40] Sourced from Musician's Union AFM contract sheets and surviving session audio, documented by Craig Slowinski.

[41] Bette Midler included the song—with the original title restored, "Do You Want to Dance"—on her 1972 debut album The Divine Miss M. In contrast to the Bobby Freeman, Cliff Richard, and Beach Boys versions, which are uptempo rock and roll songs, Midler slowed the tempo of the song down to a soulful sultry-sounding ballad.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Midler and made Ford pull the advertisement.

It was used in the film Rock 'n' Roll High School, and in a television advertisement for the release of Wall-E on DVD.

"[52] Neil Young performed the song live on tour in 1983 with his rockabilly backing band The Shocking Pinks.

One performance in Dayton, Ohio was captured for the 1984 Hal Ashby concert film Solo Trans from the tour of the same same.