I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album

I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album
Remix album by Kesha
Released	March 18, 2011 (2011-03-18)
Genre	Dance-pop, electronic
Length	48:00
Label	RCA
Kesha chronology
Cannibal (2010) I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album (2011)

I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album is the first remix album by American recording artist Kesha, released on March 18, 2011. Announced on February 23, 2011, the album contains nine remixes, including featured appearances from André 3000 and 3OH!3, and one previously unreleased track, "Fuck Him He's a DJ". According to Kesha, the album's release is intended to be a play on her party girl image; her image is commonly perceived as being drunk when in actuality her lifestyle is about enjoying life and having fun no matter what the circumstances. The album comprises electronic and dance-pop genres.

Contents 1 Background and development 2 Composition 3 Reception 3.1 Critical reception 3.2 Commercial performance 4 Track listing 5 Personnel 6 Charts 7 Release history 8 References 9 External links

Background and development

I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album is the first remix album album by Kesha, released by RCA Records. The album's release was announced on February 23, 2011, along with the album's title, track listing, and cover.^[1][2] The album's track listing consists of remixed songs and new guest features from Kesha's first album, Animal and first extended play (EP), Cannibal. In January 2011, Kesha sent her track "Sleazy" to rapper André 3000, in hopes that he would collaborate with her; they later spoke on the phone and André agreed to appear on the track.^[3] The remix of "Animal" by DJ Switch was released online by Entertainment Weekly on February 24, 2011.^[4] According to Kesha the album's release is intended to be an attempt to spin her "party girl" image, which she explained, "People always think I’m a party girl and that sometimes has a negative connotation but really the party for me is not about being fucked up, [...] It’s about enjoying life and having fun no matter what the circumstances are. I consider myself not a party girl but a dance commander." The song "Fuck Him He's a DJ", is the albums only song not derived from her first two studio albums. Kesha explained the reason for its inclusion on the album stating, "I love DJs and I love that song, [...] When I do it in my live show I play guitar. It’s been a fan favorite for a long time but no one could buy it anywhere. I thought it was high time to make it available to my fans."^[5]

Composition

I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album is an electronic album that draws influence from the dance-pop genre.^[6] "The Sleazy Remix" features rapper André 3000, who raps over the song's "bouncy thump" beat talking about a young child dealing with his deadbeat father, "We start out so cute in our baby pictures/ That mama shot for our daddy so that he wouldn't forget you/ He forgot anyway, but hey, one day he'll remember/ If not, he's human, I'm human, you human, we'll forgive him."^[7] André then transitions into a rap about his relationship with Kesha before she takes over the rest of the song.^[7] Switch's remix of "Animal" features "squealing electronic flourishes" similar to his contribution to British rapper M.I.A.'s "Steppin' Up", turning the originally upbeat track into an "eerie, echoey lament".^[4]

Reception

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[6]

David Jeffries from Allmusic was positive in his review of I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album.^[6] Jeffries wrote that although the album was made up of previously heard tracks from her first two albums, this remix album was completely different. "Your Love Is My Drug" and "Blow" were highlighted in the review being called the "anchor[s] [to] this generally frenzied collection."^[6] Jeffries concluded his review talking about "Fuck Him He's a DJ" writing the track "finds its official home here, strutting and sinning defiantly, reassuring Kesha fans that the kids are all spite."^[6]

Commercial performance

In the United States, I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album entered the Billboard 200 at position thirty-six, selling 14,000 units in its first week of release.^[8] In the same week, the album was listed at position thirteen on the Digital Albums chart and at number one on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums chart.^[9][10] In Australia, on the issue date titled April 3, 2011, the album entered the charts at position forty-six.^[11]

Track listing

Tracklist as per the I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album audio CD.^[12]

Personnel

Acidmunky – keyboards, programming Klas Åhlund – composer Ammo – producer André 3000 – vocals Dave Audé – producer, remixing André Benjamin – composer Benny Blanco – producer Billboard – remixing Anita Marisa Boriboon – art direction Chuck Buckett – additional production, instrumentation, remixing Joshua Coleman – composer Shondrae Crawford – composer Shondrae "Mr. Bangladesh" Crawford – producer DJ Cirkut – remixing DJ Skeet Skeet – additional production, remixing Dr. Luke – executive producer, producer Dream Machine – remix producer Christian Dwiggins – mixing Dave Dwiggins – mixing Fred Falke – additional production, instrumentation Sarai Fiszelld – make-up Sean Foreman – composer Chris Gehringer – mastering Serban Ghenea – mixing Erwin Gorostiza – creative director

Lukasz Gottwald – composer Allan Grigg – composer Rani Hancock – A&R John Hanes – mixing Jacob Kasher Hindlin – composer Neon Hitch – composer Claude Kelly – composer Kool Kojak – producer Greg Kurstin – composer, producer Benjamin Levin – composer Marjan Malakpour – stylist Max Martin – composer, producer Ramsell Martinez – hair stylist Miriam Nervo – composer, vocal producer, background vocals Olivia Nervo – composer, vocal producer, background vocals Tom Neville – arranger, composer, engineer, instrumentation, producer Tim Roberts – mixing assistant Kesha Sebert – composer Pebe Sebert – composer Skinny – creative consultant Sticky K – additional production, remixing Switch – additional production, remixing Untold – Additional production, remixing Emily Wright – engineer

Credits adapted from the liner notes of I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album, Dynamite Cop Music/Where Da Kasz at BMI.^[14]

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart[11]	46
Canadian Albums Chart[15]	37
South Korean Albums Chart[16]	84
US Billboard 200[8]	36
US Dance/Electronic Albums[17]	1

Release history

List of release dates, showing country, formats released, and record label

Country	Release date	Format(s)	Label
Australia[12]	March 18, 2011	Digital download	Sony Music
Germany[18]
Ireland[19]
Sweden[20][21]		CD, digital download
New Zealand[22]	March 21, 2011	Digital download
Canada[23][24]	March 22, 2011	CD, digital download
United States[25][26]			RCA
South Korea[27]	March 23, 2011		Sony Music

References

External links

• I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album at Allmusic

Kesha Discography Studio albums Animal Remix albums I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album Extended plays Cannibal Singles "Tik Tok" · "Blah Blah Blah" · "Your Love Is My Drug" · "Take It Off" · "We R Who We R" · "Blow" Featured singles "Right Round" · "Dirty Picture" · "My First Kiss" Other songs "Sleazy" · "Till the World Ends (The Femme Fatale Remix)" Concert tours Get Sleazy Tour Related articles Dr. Luke Book · Category · Portal