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 August 2006 as the first single from their second album, Ta-Dah (2006). The song 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-10 single in many countries, peaking at number one in nine of them.

"I Don't Feel Like Dancin'"
Single by Scissor Sisters
from the album Ta-Dah
B-side	"Ambition"
Released	August 14, 2006 (2006-08-14)
Studio	Discoball Jazzfest (New York City)[1]
Genre	Dance rock, funk, disco, pop rock
Length	4:48 (album version) 4:08 (radio edit)
Label	Polydor Universal Motown
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)
Music video
"I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" on YouTube

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".^{[citation needed]} The song also features a rhythm piano that makes reference to "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" by The Four Seasons.^{[citation needed]}

The single's cover art features actress Veronica Cartwright.

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 (Chester McKee, a contestant on I'd Do Anything) 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 and was directed by Andy Soup of 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.^[2]

Track listings

UK CD1 and European CD single (1705491; 1706284)[1][3] "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" – 4:48 "Ambition" – 4:39 UK CD2 (1707529)[4] "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" – 4:48 "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (Linus Loves dub) – 5:54 "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (video)

UK 8-inch square picture disc and Japanese CD single (170 549 7; UICP-5021)[5][6] "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" – 4:48 "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (Linus Loves vocal edit) – 4:02 Australian CD single (1706281)[7] "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (album version) – 4:48 "Ambition" – 4:39 "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (Linus Loves vocal edit) – 4:02 "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (video)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2006–2007) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[8] 1 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[9] 1 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[10] 1 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[11] 34 Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[12] 25 Canada AC (Billboard)[13] 27 Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[14] 14 Canada Hot AC (Billboard)[15] 6 CIS (TopHit)[16] 16 Croatia (HRT)[17] 1 Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100)[18] 7 Denmark (Tracklisten)[19] 4 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[20] 1 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[21] 2 France (SNEP)[22] 33 Germany (GfK)[23] 1 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[24] 3 Hungary (Dance Top 40)[25] 37 Ireland (IRMA)[26] 2 Italy (FIMI)[27] 4 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[28] 2 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[29] 2 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[30] 6 Norway (VG-lista)[31] 1 Russia Airplay (TopHit)[32] 31 Scotland (OCC)[33] 1 Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[34] 2 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[35] 1 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[36] 1 UK Singles (OCC)[37] 1 US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[38] 2 US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[39] 35 US Dance/Mix Show Airplay (Billboard)[40] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2006) Position Australia (ARIA)[41] 5 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[42] 8 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[43] 14 CIS (TopHit)[44] 131 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[45] 4 Germany (Official German Charts)[46] 18 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[47] 38 Ireland (IRMA)[48] 13 Italy (FIMI)[49] 45 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[50] 11 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[51] 20 Russia Airplay (TopHit)[52] 196 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[53] 6 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[54] 12 UK Singles (OCC)[55] 4 Chart (2007) Position Australia (ARIA)[56] 64 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[57] 74 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[58] 90 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[59] 49 Germany (Official German Charts)[60] 57 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[61] 77 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[62] 76 UK Singles (OCC)[63] 96 Decade end charts Chart (2000–2009) Position Australia (ARIA)[64] 93 Germany (Official German Charts)[65] 66 UK Singles (OCC)[66] 72

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[67]	Platinum	70,000^
Belgium (BEA)[68]	Gold	25,000*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[69]	Platinum	8,000^
Germany (BVMI)[70]	Platinum	300,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[71]	Gold	50,000‡
Sweden (GLF)[72]	Platinum	20,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[73]	Gold	15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[74]	2× Platinum	1,200,000‡
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United States	August 14, 2006	Hot adult contemporary radio	Polydor Universal Motown	[75]
United Kingdom	September 4, 2006	CD	Polydor	[76]
Australia	September 11, 2006			[77]
Japan	September 20, 2006			[78]

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