I Don't Feel Like Dancin'
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| Single by Scissor Sisters from the album Ta-Dah |
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| B-side | "Ambition" | ||||
| Released | September 4, 2006 | ||||
| Format | 12", CD, Maxi-CD | ||||
| Recorded | Discoball: May 2005-2006 | ||||
| Genre | Pop Dance |
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| Length | 4:48 | ||||
| Label | Polydor | ||||
| Producer | Scissor Sisters | ||||
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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.
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[edit] 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.[1]
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 was used as accompaniment to a dance number performed by the houseguests on day 20 of Celebrity Big Brother 2007 (UK).
One of the band members mentioned in a UK radio interview that the song is about staying in at home at night instead of going out[citation needed].
Graeme Garden, in December 2006, had to sing along to this song in the round Pick-up Song on BBC Radio 4 radio comedy show I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. 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 song was in the UK Singles Chart for 27 weeks.
The German video-clip show MyVideo Show uses the song as its theme.
It was performed live at the BRIT Awards 2007.
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.
The song has also been covered by "Rockgrass" band Hayseed Dixie. The band covers rock/pop songs using a bluegrass style. Don't feel like Dancin' was on their 2007 album Weapons of Grass Destruction.
[edit] Music Video
The Video uses a combination of stop/start technology and background/foreground illusions, there are also animated talking heads of the various band members and at the beginning and end, a person goes to an advertised poster with the band member's heads on it, moving.
The Video takes place on this poster.
Chester McKee, a contestant on I'd Do Anything appears at the start of the video.
[edit] Track listing
- 10" VinylSquare 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'" Video
- UK iTunes Digital Single
- "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (Radio Edit)
- "Ambition" 4:39
[edit] 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)
[edit] Charts
[edit] Chart positions
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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| Argentina Top 40 Singles | 12 [2] | |
| Ö3 Austria Top 40 | 1 | |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 1 | |
| Belgian Singles Chart | 1 | |
| Brazilian Hot 100 Singles | 41 | |
| Brazilian Top 40 Dance Traxx | 3 | |
| Bulgarian Airplay Chart | 1 | |
| Canadian BDS Airplay Chart | 6 | |
| Chilean Airplay Chart | 22 | |
| Colombian Singles Chart | 43 | |
| Czech IFPI Chart | 7 | |
| Danish Singles Chart | 4 | |
| Dutch Mega Top 50 | 2 | |
| Dutch Top 40 | 2 | |
| Euro Top 20 | 1 | |
| European Singles Chart | 1 | |
| Estonian Singles Chart | 1 | |
| Estonian Airplay Chart | 2 | |
| Finnish Singles Chart | 2 | |
| French Singles Chart | 33 | |
| German Singles Chart | 1 | Gold |
| Greek Singles Chart | 21 | |
| Irish Singles Chart | 2 | |
| Italian Singles Chart | 5 | |
| Japanese Singles Chart | 14 | |
| Latin America Top40 | 19 | |
| Latvian Singles Chart | 8 | |
| Mexican Singles Chart | 50 | |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 6 | |
| Norwegian Singles Chart | 1 | |
| Peruvian Singles Chart | 51 | |
| Polish Singles Chart | 6 | |
| Russian Tophit Airplay/Singles Chart | 16 | |
| Slovak Airplay Chart | 2 | |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 1 | Platinum |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 1 | |
| UK Top 75 Singles Chart | 1 | |
| UK Downloads Chart | 1 | |
| United World Chart | 2 | |
| U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles | 2 | |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 72 | |
| U.S. Billboard Dance Airplay | 2 |
[edit] References
- ^ Top 40 Singles of 2006, from BBC Radio 1 website
- ^ Top 40 Argentina
- Colombian Singles Charts: http://www.americatop100.com/english/colombia/index.htm
[edit] External links
- Official Site
- # 1 UnOfficial Community & Fansite - www.idontfeellikedancin.com
- Underground Illusion - The Ultimate Scissor Sisters Database
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