| "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" | ||||
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| Single by Scissor Sisters | ||||
| from the album Ta-Dah | ||||
| B-side | "Ambition" | |||
| Released | September 4, 2006 | |||
| Format | 12", CD, Maxi-CD | |||
| Recorded | Discoball: May 2005-2006 | |||
| Genre | Dance-pop, disco | |||
| Length | 4:48 (album version) 4:08 (radio edit) |
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| Label | Interscope-Geffen-A&M | |||
| Writer(s) | Elton John, Scott Hoffman, Jason Sellards | |||
| 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. 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.
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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 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.
The video is staged as an animated bill poster (outside Phoenix Cinema 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.
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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| Argentinean Singles Chart | 1 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 1 |
| Belgian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Canadian BDS Airplay Chart | 6 |
| Czech Singles Chart | 7 |
| Danish Singles Chart | 4 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 2 |
| Estonian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Finnish Singles Chart | 2 |
| French Singles Chart | 33 |
| German Singles Chart | 1 |
| Greek Singles Chart | 21 |
| Hungarian Airplay Chart[2] | 3 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 2 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 4 |
| Japanese Singles Chart | 14 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 6 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Russian Airplay/Singles Chart | 16 |
| Slovak Airplay Chart | 2 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 1 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart | 1 |
| UK Downloads Chart | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 72 |
| U.S. Billboard Dance Airplay | 2 |
| Year | Chart | Rank |
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| 2006 | German Singles Chart [3][4] | #18 |
| 2007 | #57 |
| Chart (2000–2009) | Position |
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| German Singles Chart[5] | 66 |
| UK Singles Chart | 72[6] |
| Preceded by "SexyBack" by Justin Timberlake |
UK Singles Chart number-one single September 10, 2006 - October 1, 2006 |
Succeeded by "America" by Razorlight |
| German Singles Chart number-one single October 14, 2006 |
Succeeded by "Das Beste" by Silbermond |
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| Preceded by "Um Bei Dir Zu Sein"/"An Sommertagen" by Christina Sturmer |
Austrian Singles Chart number-one single September 27, 2006 - October 25, 2006 |
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| Preceded by "SexyBack" by Justin Timberlake |
Norwegian Singles Chart number-one single September 20, 2006 - October 25, 2006 |
Succeeded by "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" by Meat Loaf featuring Marion Raven |
| Preceded by "Unfaithful" by Rihanna |
Swiss Singles Chart number-one song October 21, 2006 - October 28, 2006 |
Succeeded by "The Saints Are Coming" by U2 and Green Day |
| Preceded by "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)" by Bob Sinclair featuring Cutee-B, Dollarman and Big Ali |
Belgian Ultratop Singles Chart number-one single October 21, 2006 - December 2, 2006 |
Succeeded by "Vonken en Vuur" by Clouseau |
| Preceded by "The Saints Are Coming" by U2 featuring Green Day |
Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single November 19, 2006 - December 3, 2006 |
Succeeded by "Night of My Life" by Damien Leith |
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