I Don't Feel like Dancin'
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"I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" is the first single
from the second album by the American
pop
band Scissor Sisters
, Ta-Dah
. It was written with Elton John
, who provides piano for the song, and was the band's first top ten single in Australia
and Canada
. The song was written by Elton John
, Scott Hoffman
and Jason Sellards
. The song also scored the band their first UK No.1.
The single's cover art features actress Veronica Cartwright
.
The song was in the UK Singles Chart
for 27 weeks and performed live by the band at the BRIT Awards
, 2007.
The song's tempo, arrangement, use of falsetto
vocals, and subject matter have been compared by reviewers in The Guardian
and The Sun
newspapers to Leo Sayer
's 1976 hit "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
". The song also features a rhythm piano that makes reference to "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)
" by The Four Seasons.
The song has a segment after the first chorus that was composed on the Commodore 64
using the on board SID
sound chip in the computer.
in North London), with the camera zooming in with the poster filling the frame and observing motion within the poster before pulling out and the image returning to a still bill poster. It was created using a combination of digital compositing techniques, stop/start technology and background/foreground illusions.
Chester McKee
, a contestant on I'd Do Anything
, appears at the start of the video.
The music video was directed by Andy Soup with Independent Films, with producer Verity White and director of photography Alex Barber. Post-production was done by flame artist Ben Robards at Absolute Post and editor Amanda James at Final.
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Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
from the second album by the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
band Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters are an American band "spawned by the scuzzy, gay nightlife scene of New York" who took their name from a sexual position between two women also known as tribadism...
, Ta-Dah
Ta-Dah
* *The UK Edition of the album has a pregap, consisting of two minutes of silence after "Everybody Wants the Same Thing". Subsequently, what seems to be the sound of an elevator reaching its destination floor is heard as an 8-second interlude at the end of the pregap...
. It was written with Elton John
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
, who provides piano for the song, and was the band's first top ten single in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The song was written by Elton John
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
, Scott Hoffman
Scott Hoffman
Scott Hoffman is an American rock drummer. He is best known for his years playing with Southern rock band 38 Special, from 1992 - 1997....
and Jason Sellards
Jake Shears
Jake Shears is the lead male vocalist for the American music group Scissor Sisters.-Early life and education:...
. The song also scored the band their first UK No.1.
The single's cover art features actress Veronica Cartwright
Veronica Cartwright
Veronica A. Cartwright is an English-born American actress who has worked mainly in American film and television. She is best known for her role of Lambert in Alien, for which she won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress....
.
Song information
The single was made available on most download services on July 19, 2006 and was released as a CD single on September 4. It became the band's first UK number 1 single and topped the charts for four consecutive weeks. It ended the year as the UK's fourth best-selling single of the year.The song was in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
for 27 weeks and performed live by the band at the BRIT Awards
Brit Awards
The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of "British", "Britain" or "Britannia", but subsequently became a backronym for British Record Industry Trust...
, 2007.
The song's tempo, arrangement, use of falsetto
Falsetto
Falsetto is the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice register and overlapping with it by approximately one octave. It is produced by the vibration of the ligamentous edges of the vocal folds, in whole or in part...
vocals, and subject matter have been compared by reviewers in The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
and The Sun
The Sun (newspaper)
The Sun is a daily national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and owned by News Corporation. Sister editions are published in Glasgow and Dublin...
newspapers to Leo Sayer
Leo Sayer
Leo Sayer is a British singer-songwriter, musician, and entertainer whose singing career has spanned four decades. Sayer became a naturalised Australian citizen in 2009. Sayer was a top singles and album act on both sides of the Atlantic in the 1970s...
's 1976 hit "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" is a song by the British singer Leo Sayer, taken from his 1976 album Endless Flight. The song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it his first number one single in United States, and #2 on the UK Singles Chart...
". The song also features a rhythm piano that makes reference to "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)
December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)
"December, 1963 " is a hit single by The Four Seasons, written by original Four Seasons keyboard player Bob Gaudio and his future wife Judy Parker, produced by Gaudio, and included on the group's 1975 album, Who Loves You....
" by The Four Seasons.
The song has a segment after the first chorus that was composed on the Commodore 64
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...
using the on board SID
MOS Technology SID
The MOS Technology 6581/8580 SID is the built-in Programmable Sound Generator chip of Commodore's CBM-II, Commodore 64, Commodore 128 and Commodore MAX Machine home computers...
sound chip in the computer.
Music video
The video is staged as an animated bill poster (outside Phoenix CinemaPhoenix Cinema
The Phoenix Cinema is an independent cinema in East Finchley, London, which was built in 1910 and opened in 1912 as the 'East Finchley Picturedrome'...
in North London), with the camera zooming in with the poster filling the frame and observing motion within the poster before pulling out and the image returning to a still bill poster. It was created using a combination of digital compositing techniques, stop/start technology and background/foreground illusions.
Chester McKee
Chester McKee
Chester McKee was one of the final eight contestants on the BBC reality show I'd Do Anything, auditioning for the part of Oliver.McKee starred in the video for "Let It Come Down" by the band Lucky Jim., he also appeared at the beginning of the Scissor Sisters music video for I Don't Feel Like...
, a contestant on I'd Do Anything
I'd Do Anything (BBC TV series)
I'd Do Anything is a 2008 talent show-themed television series produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom and broadcast on BBC One. It premièred on 15 March 2008...
, appears at the start of the video.
The music video was directed by Andy Soup with Independent Films, with producer Verity White and director of photography Alex Barber. Post-production was done by flame artist Ben Robards at Absolute Post and editor Amanda James at Final.
Track listing
- 10" vinyl square picture disc (1705497)
- "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (album version) – 4:48
- "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (Linus Loves vocal edit) – 4:02
- UK CD 1 (1705491)
- "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (album version) – 4:48
- "Ambition" – 4:39
- UK CD 2 (1707529)
- "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (album version) – 4:48
- "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (Linus Loves dub) – 5:54
- "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (video)
- International CD single
- "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (album version) – 4:48
- "Ambition" – 4:39
- "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (Linus Loves vocal edit) – 4:02
- "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (music video)
- UK iTunes digital single
- "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (radio edit)
- "Ambition" – 4:39
Official remixes
- "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (Erol Alkan Carnival of Light Re-Work)
- "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (Linus Loves vox)
- "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (Linus Loves dub)
- "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (Linus Loves vocal edit)
- "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (Paper Faces mix)
- "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (Teenage Badgirl mix)
- "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (The Young Punx remix)
Chart positions
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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| Argentinean Singles Chart | 1 | |
| Austrian Singles Chart Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann... |
1 | |
| Australian ARIA ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... Singles Chart |
1 | |
| Belgian Singles Chart Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts... |
1 | |
| Canadian BDS Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, better known as BDS, is a service that tracks monitored radio, television and internet airplay of songs based on the number of spins and detections... Airplay Chart |
6 | |
| Czech Singles Chart | 7 | |
| Danish Singles Chart Tracklisten Tracklisten is a Danish top 40 record chart that is presented every Thursday midnight at .The weekly Danish Singles Chart also known as Track Top-40 combines the 40 best selling tracks from legal music downloads and the sales of music singles on either CD or vinyl... |
4 | |
| Dutch Singles Chart Mega Top 50 The Mega Top 50 is a Dutch music chart, originally started on May 23, 1969 as the Hilversum 3 Top 30. Throughout the years, the chart has had several names and lengths:*1969 - 1974: Hilversum 3 Top 30... |
2 | |
| Estonian Singles Chart | 1 | |
| Finnish Singles Chart Mitä hittiä The Official Finnish Charts is a national record chart in Finland composed by Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.The singles chart was started in January 1991 as Radiomafian lista and was broadcast on the radio station Radiomafia of the Finnish Broadcasting Company, YLE. This chart is based on a... |
2 | |
| French Singles Chart Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry... |
33 | |
| German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
1 | |
| Greek Singles Chart | 21 | |
| Hungarian Airplay Chart Mahasz Mahasz is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. Mahasz hands out the Hungarian Music Awards and maintains the music charts for Hungary.... |
3 | |
| Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... |
2 | |
| Italian Singles Chart Federation of the Italian Music Industry The Federation of the Italian Music Industry is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy.... |
4 | |
| Japanese Singles Chart Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... |
14 | |
| New Zealand Singles Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
6 | |
| Norwegian Singles Chart VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by... |
1 | |
| Russian Airplay/Singles Chart | 16 | |
| Slovak Airplay Chart | 2 | |
| Swedish Singles Chart Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
1 | |
| Swiss Singles Chart Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
1 | |
| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
1 | |
| UK Downloads Chart UK Official Download Chart The UK Official Download Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the music industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being published on a Wednesday afternoon, so as to not to clash with the release of the main UK Singles Chart... |
1 | |
| U.S. Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles The Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It lists the top 25 singles below number 100 that have not yet charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Sometimes, however, singles halt their progress on this chart, and never appear on the Hot 100... |
2 | |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Pop 100 The Pop 100 was a songs chart that debuted in February 2005 and was released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States until its discontinuation in 2009... |
72 | |
| U.S. Billboard Dance Airplay | 2 | |
End of year charts
| Year | Chart | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | German Singles Chart | #18 |
| 2007 | #57 |
| Chart (2000–2009) | Position |
|---|---|
| German Singles Chart | 66 |
| UK Singles Chart | 72 |
Cover versions
- The song was covered by "Rockgrass" band Hayseed DixieHayseed DixieHayseed Dixie is an American band which began in the autumn of 2000 with the release of their first album, A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC. The band performs a mixture of cover versions of hard rock songs and original compositions in a style that is a unique fusion of bluegrass and rock music and are...
, a band that covers popular rock/pop songs in a bluegrassBluegrass musicBluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...
style. Their version was included on their 2007 album Weapons of Grass DestructionWeapons of Grass DestructionWeapons of Grass Destruction is the sixth full length album by American band Hayseed Dixie, released in 2007. The album's name continues the band's practice of adding the word grass to common phrases, in this case, weapons of mass destruction...
. - A hi-NRGHi-NRGHi-NRG describes a form of high-tempo disco music as well as a genre of electronic dance music originating in the United States during the late 1970s...
dance cover by Jackie 'O' was released through Almighty RecordsAlmighty RecordsAlmighty Records is a British recording label and remix production team founded in 1989, releasing their first single in the same year. Producing mainly Dance-Pop and Hi-NRG music, the label is best known for releasing remakes and remixes of mainstream pop songs...
. An audio sample can be heard on the official Almighty Records website. - GermanGermansThe Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
group The BaseballsThe BaseballsThe Baseballs are a German rock and roll band founded in Berlin in 2007. They became popular with rock cover versions of modern hits such as "Umbrella" by Rihanna and "Hot n Cold" by Katy Perry. The band members are only credited by their first names...
covered the song in rockabillyRockabillyRockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating to the early 1950s.The term rockabilly is a portmanteau of rock and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development...
style for their debut album Strike! in 2009. - The NolansThe NolansThe Nolans are an Anglo-Irish all-female band consisting of a group of sisters. The group, best known for their song "I'm In the Mood for Dancing", gained prominence as guest performers on numerous television shows in the United Kingdom...
covered the song for their 2009 album I'm in the Mood AgainI'm in the mood againI'm In The Mood Again is the 2009 comeback album by The Nolans, an Irish all-girl pop band most famous in the 1980s. Although eight people have been involved in the line up of the band only four, Coleen, Linda, Maureen and Bernie, returned for the album... - Performing arts company TheatretrainTheatretrainTheatretrain is a Performing Arts organisation founded by teacher/director Kevin Dowsett in 1992. It gives part time training in drama, dance and singing to children and young people aged between 6 and 18 years of age. Since 1993 it has grown into one of the largest professional performing arts...
performed a show named after the track at the Royal Albert HallRoyal Albert HallThe Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall situated on the northern edge of the South Kensington area, in the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....
in 2008 and again in 2011. The show includes the song as an opening track.
Appearances in other media
- In December 2006, Graeme GardenGraeme GardenDavid Graeme Garden OBE is a Scottish author, actor, comedian, artist and television presenter, who first became known as a member of The Goodies.-Early life and beginnings in comedy:...
had to sing along to this song in the round Pick-up Song on BBC Radio 4BBC Radio 4BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
radio comedy show I'm Sorry I Haven't a ClueI'm Sorry I Haven't a ClueI'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, sometimes abbreviated to ISIHAC or Clue, is a BBC radio comedy panel game broadcast since 11 April 1972 at the rate of one or two series each year , transmitted on BBC Radio 4, with occasional repeats on BBC Radio 4 Extra and the BBC's World Service...
. Graeme is the father of John "JJ" Garden, who is the live keyboardist for the band, and also contributes to certain album tracks as a writer and/or performer. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Graeme was able to keep time with the track perfectly. - The German music video show MyVideo Show uses the song as its theme.
- The song was featured in a commercial for ABC's TV series Private Practice, as well as the first episode of the first season.
- Featured in How to Lose Friends and Alienate PeopleHow to Lose Friends & Alienate People (film)How to Lose Friends & Alienate People is a 2008 British comedy film based upon British writer Toby Young's 2001 memoir of the same name. The film follows a similar storyline, about his five year struggle to make it in the United States after employment at Sharps Magazine...
and included in the original movie soundtrack. - The song is featured in Dance Dance Revolution Hottest PartyDance Dance Revolution Hottest PartyDance Dance Revolution Hottest Party, known as Dancing Stage Hottest Party in the European and Oceanic regions, is a video game released by Konami in and to several countries for the Wii console. Konami took the game beyond the traditional setup of Dance Dance Revolution by incorporating the Wii...
for the WiiWiiThe Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
. - In one of the special features' Slug Songs of Flushed AwayFlushed AwayFlushed Away is a 2006 computer animated British film directed by David Bowers and Sam Fell. It is a partnership between Aardman Animations of Wallace and Gromit fame, and DreamWorks Animation, and is Aardman's first completely computer-animated feature as opposed to the usual stop-motion.The film...
, the song's chorus was sung by the slugs of the movie. - The song is featured on the popular video gaame Just Dance 3.
External links
- Official website
- #1 unofficial community and fansite
- Underground Illusion - The Ultimate Scissor Sisters Database
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