Electricity (Elton John song)

"Electricity"
Single by Elton John
from the album Billy Elliot the Musical
B-side	Indian Sunset
Released	2005
Genre	Pop
Length	3:32
Label	Mercury / Rocket
Writer(s)	Elton John Lee Hall
Producer	Elton John
Elton John singles chronology
"Ghetto Gospel" (2005) "Electricity" (2005) "The Bridge" (2006)

"Electricity" is a song composed by Elton John and Lee Hall for the hugely successful Billy Elliot the Musical.

Reception

It was John's 63rd UK Top 40 hit, peaking at #4 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was included as a bonus track on the UK re-issue of Elton's album Peachtree Road.

Background

It is sung by Billy Elliot in the stage production at his auditions for a place at The Royal Ballet School in London. Billy is asked "What does it feel like, when you are dancing?" by one of the panel. Billy then bursts into song and describes dancing as "Something that you can't control". After two verses, each with a chorus, Billy leaps into an energetic dance; in this dance many skills such as acrobatics are used (the rhythm for this section of the instrumental varies from Billy to Billy, depending on each of the actors' dance area). The number concludes with another verse and Billy doing several pirouettes. The most notable lyric in this piece is that of the title: 'Electricity sparks inside of me and I'm free, I'm free!" It was inspired by the scene in the film which follows almost exactly and Billy describing dancing as "Electricity" is the implied reason for Billy's place being granted at The Royal Ballet School.