I Don't Feel Like Dancin'

"I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" is a song by American pop band Scissor Sisters. It was released in July 2006, as the first single from their album Ta-Dah. It was written by Jason Sellards, Scott Hoffman and Elton John, the last of whom provides piano for the song, and was the band's first top ten single in many countries. The song scored the band their only number one in the United Kingdom to date and is one of their signature tracks.

"I Don't Feel Like Dancin'"
Single by Scissor Sisters
from the album Ta-Dah
B-side	"Ambition"
Released	July 19, 2006 (2006-07-19)
Recorded	2006
Studio	Discoball
Genre	Dance-pop nu-disco
Length	4:48 (album version) 4:08 (radio edit)
Label	Polydor
Songwriter(s)	Elton John Scott Hoffman Jason Sellards
Producer(s)	Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters singles chronology
"Filthy/Gorgeous" (2005) "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (2006) "Land of a Thousand Words" (2006)

Content

The song's tempo, arrangement, use of falsetto vocals, and subject matter have been compared by reviewers in The Guardian and The Sun 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 onboard SID sound chip in the computer.

Music video

The video, a cinematographic melange, is staged as an animated bill poster for the band, located outside Phoenix Cinema in North London. As a young boy gazes into the poster, the camera zooms in and the poster fills the frame, suddenly animating into complex motion and dramatic scenes, before pulling out and the image returning to a still bill poster at the end.

The video was created using a combination of digital compositing techniques including 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 by flame artist Ben Robards at Absolute Post, and editor Amanda James at Final.[1]

Track listing

Ten inch 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

United Kingdom CD 1 (1705491)

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

United Kingdom 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)

United Kingdom 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

Weekly charts Chart (2006–2007) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[2] 1 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 1 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 1 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[5] 34 Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[6] 25 CIS (Tophit)[7] 16 Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[8] 7 Denmark (Tracklisten)[9] 4 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[10] 1 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[11] 2 France (SNEP)[12] 33 Germany (Official German Charts)[13] 1 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[14] 3 Ireland (IRMA)[15] 2 Italy (FIMI)[16] 4 Japan (Oricon) 14 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[17] 2 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[18] 2 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[19] 6 Norway (VG-lista)[20] 1 Scotland (Official Charts Company)[21] 1 Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[22] 2 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[23] 1 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] 1 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[25] 1 US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[26] 2 US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[27] 35 US Dance/Mix Show Airplay (Billboard)[28] 2

Year end charts Chart (2006) Position Australia (ARIA)[29] 5 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[30] 8 Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[31] 14 CIS (Tophit)[32] 131 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[33] 4 Germany (Official German Charts)[34] 18 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[35] 38 Ireland (IRMA)[36] 13 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[37] 11 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[38] 20 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[39] 6 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[40] 12 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[41] 4 Chart (2007) Position Australia (ARIA)[42] 64 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[43] 74 Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[44] 90 Germany (Official German Charts)[45] 57 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[46] 77 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[47] 76 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[48] 96 Decade end charts Chart (2000–2009) Position Australia (ARIA)[49] 93 Germany (Official German Charts)[50] 66 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[51] 72

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[52]	Platinum	70,000^^
Belgium (BEA)[53]	Gold
Germany (BVMI)[54]	Platinum	300,000^^
Sweden (GLF)[55]	Platinum	20,000^^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[56]	Gold	15,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[57]	Platinum	600,000
^^shipments figures based on certification alone sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

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External links

• Underground Illusion - The Ultimate Scissor Sisters Database
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics