"I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" is a song by American pop band Scissor Sisters. It was released in August 2006 as the first single from their second album, Ta-Dah (2006). The song was written by Jason Sellards, Scott Hoffman and Elton John, the last of whom provides piano for the song, and was the band's first top-10 single in many countries, peaking at number one in nine of them.
"I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" | ||||
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Single by Scissor Sisters | ||||
from the album Ta-Dah | ||||
B-side | "Ambition" | |||
Released | August 14, 2006 | |||
Studio | Discoball Jazzfest (New York City)[1] | |||
Genre | Dance rock, funk, disco, pop rock | |||
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Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Scissor Sisters | |||
Scissor Sisters singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" on YouTube |
Content
editThe song's tempo, arrangement, use of falsetto vocals, and subject matter have been compared by reviewers in The Guardian and The Sun to Leo Sayer's 1976 hit "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing".[citation needed] The song also features a rhythm piano that makes reference to "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" by The Four Seasons.[citation needed]
The single's cover art features actress Veronica Cartwright.
Music video
editThe video, a cinematographic melange, is staged as an animated bill poster for the band, located outside Phoenix Cinema in North London. As a young boy (Chester McKee, a contestant on I'd Do Anything) gazes into the poster, the camera zooms in and the poster fills the frame, suddenly animating into complex motion and dramatic scenes, before pulling out and the image returning to a still bill poster at the end.
The video was created using a combination of digital compositing techniques including stop/start technology and background/foreground illusions and was directed by Andy Soup of Independent Films, with producer Verity White and director of photography Alex Barber. Post production was by flame artist Ben Robards at Absolute Post, and editor Amanda James at Final.[2]
Track listings
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UK CD1 and European CD single (1705491; 1706284)[1][3]
UK CD2 (1707529)[4]
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UK 8-inch square picture disc and Japanese CD single (170 549 7; UICP-5021)[5][6]
Australian CD single (1706281)[7]
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Charts
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Weekly chartsedit |
Year-end chartsedit
Decade end chartsedit
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Certifications
editRegion | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[67] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
Belgium (BEA)[68] | Gold | 25,000* |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[69] | Platinum | 8,000^ |
Germany (BVMI)[70] | Platinum | 300,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI)[71] | Gold | 50,000‡ |
Sweden (GLF)[72] | Platinum | 20,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[73] | Gold | 15,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[74] | 2× Platinum | 1,200,000‡ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
editRegion | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United States | August 14, 2006 | Hot adult contemporary radio | [75] | |
United Kingdom | September 4, 2006 | CD | Polydor | [76] |
Australia | September 11, 2006 | [77] | ||
Japan | September 20, 2006 | [78] |
References
edit- ^ a b I Don't Feel Like Dancin' (UK CD1 liner notes). Scissor Sisters. Polydor Records. 2006. 1705491.
{{cite AV media notes}}
: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Scissor Sisters I Don't Feel Like Dancing at the movies". The Inspiration Room. October 28, 2006. Archived from the original on August 29, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
- ^ I Don't Feel Like Dancin' (European CD single liner notes). Scissor Sisters. Polydor Records. 2006. 1706284.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ I Don't Feel Like Dancin' (UK CD2 liner notes). Scissor Sisters. Polydor Records. 2006. 1707529.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ I Don't Feel Like Dancin' (UK 8-inch picture disc sleeve). Scissor Sisters. Polydor Records. 2006. 170 549 7.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ I Don't Feel Like Dancin' (Japanese CD single liner notes). Scissor Sisters. Polydor Records. 2006. UICP-5021.
{{cite AV media notes}}
: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ I Don't Feel Like Dancin' (Australian CD single liner notes). Scissor Sisters. Polydor Records. 2006. 1706281.
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