![]() ![]() In an interview with American Songwriter, he summarized the song's theme as: "Encouraging people to let go of whatever it is that’s bothering you and get into your body and out of your head." After creating the song's main refrain, he began picturing himself in high school: an "incredibly uncomfortable, awkward adolescent dude" he imagined the song as an "anthem for the dork who is 100 percent me". Petricca later went home to work on the song and incorporated his experiences into the song's lyrics. I was frustrated because there was great music playing and I wanted to be out there." His girlfriend, in "a backless dress and beat up red Chucks", abruptly invited him to dance with her, inspiring the song's title. Petricca recalled, "We were at the bar, and it was taking forever to get a drink. The following weekend, Petricca went to a party named Funky Soul Saturday at The Echo in Echo Park, Los Angeles, while feeling frustrated with the writing process. The song originated between vocalist Nicholas Petricca and guitarist Eli Maiman, who first developed the verse and found something infectious about it. 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. Outside of the United States, "Shut Up and Dance" 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 20 of the charts in New Zealand and Sweden, and the top 30 of the charts in the Netherlands. 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. The song was digitally released as the lead single from Talking Is Hard on September 10, 2014. ![]() Petricca envisioned the song as an anthem for letting go of frustration and having fun. His girlfriend invited him to dance, inspiring the title. ![]() ![]() The song is based on an experience lead singer Nicholas Petricca had at a Los Angeles nightclub. It was written by the band members and songwriters Ben Berger and Ryan McMahon. Kategori Kategori Penyanyi (G)I-DLE 2NE1 Ahn Hyun Jung AKMU Alan Walker Amigos X Siempre Amy Shark Astro AVRIL LAVIGNE Baekhyun Bai Ann Basick Beyoncé Knowles BIGBANG BLACKPINK Camila Cabello Chanyeol Coldplay D." Shut Up and Dance" (stylized as " SHUT UP + DANCE") is a song by American pop rock band Walk the Moon from their third studio album Talking Is Hard (2014). Shut up and dance (Show me somethin’, show me somethin’) Shut up and dance, babe, uh (Show me somethin’)Ĭome on, come on, girl (Show me somethin’) Shut up and dance, uh (Show me somethin’) Show me somethin’, (huh) show me somethin’ Turned you, you gon’ bring a friend aroundĮthiopian girls, come and show me somethin’ Need every Indian girls, come and show me somethin’Ĭome and show me somethin’, come on, come onĪnd I’m really doing different routes (Skrrt, skrrt) Sweat on you, precipitating, yeah (Sweat)Īll my London girls, come and show me somethin’Īll my L.A. Your touch is all that’s on my mind (Touch) ![]()
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