"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, with John providing the piano for the song. It was Scissor Sisters' first top-10 single in many countries, peaking at number one in nine of them.
Content The 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". The song also features a rhythm piano that makes reference to "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" by The Four Seasons. The single's cover art features actress Veronica Cartwright.
Music video The 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.
Track listings
UK CD1 and European CD single "I Don't Feel Like Dancin" – 4:48 "Ambition" – 4:39
UK CD2 "I Don't Feel Like Dancin" – 4:48 "I Don't Feel Like Dancin" (Linus Loves dub) – 5:54 "I Don't Feel Like Dancin" (video)
UK 8-inch square picture disc and Japanese CD single "I Don't Feel Like Dancin" – 4:48 "I Don't Feel Like Dancin" (Linus Loves vocal edit) – 4:02
Australian 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)
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2006–2007)PeakpositionCroatia (HRT)1Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)1 Lithuania (EHR) 1Ukraine Airplay (TopHit)106
Year-end charts Chart (2006)PositionAustralia (ARIA)5Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)8Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)14Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)4Germany (Media Control GfK)18Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)38Ireland (IRMA)13Italy (FIMI) Click on Scarica l'allegato.45Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)11Netherlands (Single Top 100)20Russia Airplay (TopHit)196Sweden (Hitlistan)6Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)12UK Singles (OCC)4 Chart (2007)PositionAustralia (ARIA)64Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)74Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)90Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)49Germany (Media Control GfK)57Netherlands (Single Top 100)77Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)76UK Singles (OCC)96
Decade end charts Chart (2000–2009)PositionAustralia (ARIA)93Germany (Media Control GfK)66UK Singles (OCC)Radio 1 Chart of the Decade, as presented by Nihal on Tuesday December 29, 200972
Certifications
Release history RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)United StatesAugust 14, 2006Hot adult contemporary radioUnited KingdomSeptember 4, 2006CDPolydorAustraliaSeptember 11, 2006JapanSeptember 20, 2006
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