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]