I Don't Feel Like Dancin'

"I Don't Feel Like Dancin'"
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)
Label	Interscope-Geffen-A&M
Writer(s)	Elton John, Scott Hoffman, Jason Sellards
Producer	Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters singles chronology
"Filthy/Gorgeous" (2005) "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (2006) "Land of a Thousand Words" (2006)

"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.

Song information

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.

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.

Music video

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.

Track listing

• 10" vinyl square picture disc (1705497)

1. "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (album version) – 4:48
2. "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (Linus Loves vocal edit) – 4:02

• UK CD 1 (1705491)

1. "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (album version) – 4:48
2. "Ambition" – 4:39

• UK CD 2 (1707529)

1. "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (album version) – 4:48
2. "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (Linus Loves dub) – 5:54
3. "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (video)

• International CD single

1. "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (album version) – 4:48
2. "Ambition" – 4:39
3. "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (Linus Loves vocal edit) – 4:02
4. "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (music video)

• UK iTunes digital single

1. "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (radio edit)
2. "Ambition" – 4:39

Official remixes

1. "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (Erol Alkan Carnival of Light Re-Work)
2. "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (Linus Loves vox)
3. "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (Linus Loves dub)
4. "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (Linus Loves vocal edit)
5. "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (Paper Faces mix)
6. "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (Teenage Badgirl mix)
7. "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (The Young Punx remix)

Charts

Chart positions

Chart (2006)	Peak position
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	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
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles	2
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	72
U.S. Billboard Dance Airplay	2

End of year charts

Year	Chart	Rank
2006	German Singles Chart	#18
2007		#57

Chart (2000–2009)	Position
German Singles Chart	66
UK Singles Chart	72

Cover versions

• The song was covered by "Rockgrass" band Hayseed Dixie, a band that covers popular rock/pop songs in a bluegrass style. Their version was included on their 2007 album Weapons of Grass Destruction.
• A hi-NRG dance cover by Jackie 'O' was released through Almighty Records. An audio sample can be heard on the official Almighty Records website.
• German group The Baseballs covered the song in rockabilly style for their debut album Strike! in 2009.
• The Nolans covered the song for their 2009 album I'm in the Mood Again
• Performing arts company Theatretrain performed a show named after the track at the Royal Albert Hall in 2008 and again in 2011. The show includes the song as an opening track.

Appearances in other media

• In December 2006, Graeme Garden had to sing along to this song in the round Pick-up Song on BBC Radio 4 radio comedy show I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. Graeme is the father of John "JJ" Garden, who is the live keyboardist for the band, and also contributes to certain album tracks as a writer and/or performer. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Graeme was able to keep time with the track perfectly.
• The German music video show MyVideo Show uses the song as its theme.
• The song was featured in a commercial for ABC's TV series Private Practice, as well as the first episode of the first season.
• Featured in How to Lose Friends and Alienate People and included in the original movie soundtrack.
• The song is featured in Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party for the Wii.
• In one of the special features' Slug Songs of Flushed Away, the song's chorus was sung by the slugs of the movie.
• The song is featured on the popular video game Just Dance 3.

External links

• Official website
• #1 unofficial community and fansite
• Underground Illusion - The Ultimate Scissor Sisters Database

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