<Tr> <Td> Swedish Singles Chart </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> U.S. Billboard Hot 100 </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> </Tr> <P> 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 sultry - sounding ballad . Midler's version was her first single release, reaching #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1973 and the top 10 of the Go - Set National Charts in Australia during April 1973 . </P> <P> In 1985, Ula Hedwig, a Bette Midler - soundalike and former backup singer, sang the song emulating Bette Midler's version for a Mercury Sable television commercial . The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that using this sound - alike version in a TV commercial violated Midler's right of publicity . Midler v. Ford Motor Co., 849 F. 2d 460 (9th Cir. 1988). Midler had sued Ula and the Mercury Sable people for infringing on her trademark, and won her case by issuing a permanent injunction that prohibited all TV stations from further airing the commercial . </P>

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