WALK THE MOON - SHUT UP AND DANCE

SHUT UP AND DANCE

WALK THE MOON

SONGWRITER: WALK THE MOON

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: TALKING IS HARD

LABEL: RCA RECORDS

GENRE: INDIE ROCK

YEAR: 2014

"Shut Up and Dance" (stylized as "SHUT UP + DANCE") is a song recorded by American pop rock band Walk the Moon for their second studio álbum Talking Is Hard (2014). It was written by the band members and songwriters Ben Berger and Ryan McMahon. The song is based on an experience frontman Nicholas Petricca had at a Los Angeles nightclub. His girlfriend invited him to dance, inspiring the title, which he envisioned as na anthem for letting go of frustration and to having fun. The song was digitally released as the lead single from Talking Is Hard on September 10, 2014.

The song became the band's biggest hit single to date, peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming a number-one hit on the magazine's Alternative Songs chart and the Hot Adult Contemporary chart. Outside the United States, the song topped the charts in Poland, peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, Canada, Germany, Israel, the Republic of Ireland, and the United Kingdom, the top twenty of the charts in New Zealand and Sweden and the top thirty of the charts in the Netherlands. The band has performed "Shut Up and Dance" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Good Morning America.

Oh don't you dare look back

Just keep your eyes on me

I said you're holding back

She said shut up and dance with me!

This woman is my destiny

She said oh oh oh

Shut up and dance with me

We were victims of the night

The chemical, physical, kryptonite

Helpless to the bass and faded light

Oh we were born to get together

Born to get together

She took my arm

I don't know how it happened

We took the floor and she said

Oh don't you dare look back

Just keep your eyes on me

I said you're holding back

She said shut up and dance with me!

This woman is my destiny

She said oh oh oh

Shut up and dance with me

A backless dress and some beat up sneaks

My disco tec Juliet teenage dream

I felt it in my chest as she looked at me

I knew we were born to be together

Born to be together

She took my arm

I don't know how it happened

We took the floor and she said

Oh don't you dare look back

Just keep your eyes on me

I said you're holding back

She said shut up and dance with me!

This woman is my destiny

She said oh oh oh

Shut up and dance with me

Oh, come on girl

Deep in her eyes

I think I see the future

I realize this is my last chance

She took my arm

I don't know how it happened

We took the floor and she said

Oh don't you dare look back

Just keep your eyes on me

I said you're holding back

She said shut up and dance with me!

This woman is my destiny

She said oh oh oh

Shut up and dance!

Oh don't you dare look back

Just keep your eyes on me

I said you're holding back

She said shut up and dance with me!

This woman is my destiny

She said oh oh oh

Shut up and dance with me

Oh oh oh shut up and dance with me [x2]