Something to Dance For

"Something to Dance For"
Single by Zendaya
from the album Shake It Up: Live 2 Dance
Released March 6, 2012[1]
Format Digital download
Recorded 2011
Genre House, Eurodance
Length 3:18
Label Walt Disney
Writer(s) Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis, Chen Neeman
Producer(s) Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis, Chen Neeman
Shake It Up singles chronology
"Up, Up and Away"
(2012)		 "Something to Dance For"
(2012)		 "TTYLXOX"
(2012)
Zendaya singles chronology
"Watch Me"
(2011)		 "Something to Dance For"
(2012)		 "Fashion Is My Kryptonite"
(2012)

"Something to Dance For" is a song sung by Zendaya for the soundtrack Shake It Up: Live 2 Dance The song was written and producer by Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis, Chen Neeman and released on March 6, 2012.[1]

Background

The song was composed by the trio of songwriters and producers Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis and Chen Neeman, known to form the same partnership to compose songs like "And The Crowd Goes" by Chris Brochu, for the soundtrack of Lemonade Mouth, "So Far, So Great" and "What to Do" by Demi Lovato for the album Here We Go Again and for the soundtrack Sonny with a Chance, "Shake It Up" by Selena Gomez, for the soundtrack Shake It Up: Break It Down. On December 3, 2011, a video in low quality was planned for a future episode of Shake It Up for the 2012 season, began to spread through the internet, which brought a small preview of the song a little over a minute. On March 6, finally, the song is officially released to iTunes. The song was the third single, along with "TTYLXOX" by Bella Thorne, from the soundtrack Shake It Up: Live 2 Dance and was used in an episode of Shake It Up which was a season two episode that premiered on January 2012.

Music video

The video was released on March 9, 2012. It was a mash-up video with "TTYLXOX" which the girls start off to request for each other's song and then Zendaya starts to sing and dance with her group of people, then "TTYLXOX" plays with Bella Thorne dancing and singing with her group, and then finally the songs mashes up with both Zendaya and Bella Thorne singing their songs and dancing together.

Track listings

  1. "Something to Dance For" – 3:19
  1. "Something to Dance For / TTYLXOX - Mash Up" (with Bella Thorne)

Charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[2] 186
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles[3] 24

Release history

Country Date Format Label
United States March 6, 2012[1] Digital download Walt Disney Records
United Kingdom May 8, 2012 Digital download Walt Disney Records

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Something to Dance For (From "Shake It Up: Live 2 Dance") - Single". iTunes. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Chart Log UK: New Entries Update". The Official Charts Company. Zobbel. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
  3. ↑ "Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100(top 25) March 31, 2012". Youtube. March 24, 2011.

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