I Don't Feel Like Dancin'

"I Don't Feel Like Dancin'"
Single by Scissor Sisters
from the album Ta-Dah
B-side	"Ambition"
Released	July 19, 2006
Format	12", CD, Maxi-CD
Recorded	Discoball; 2006
Genre	Dance-pop, nu-disco
Length	4:48 (album version) 4:08 (radio edit)
Label	Polydor
Writer(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)

"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 also scored the band their first UK number-one.

Content

The song's tempo, arrangement, use of falsetto vocals, and subject matter have been compared by reviewers in The Guardian and The Sun newspapers 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

• 10" 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

• UK CD 1 (1705491)

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

• UK 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)

• UK 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 and certifications

The BPI certified the single as Platinum in the United Kingdom in 2014 based on sales and audio streams.

Chart positions

Chart (2006-07)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2]	1
Australia (ARIA)[3]	1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4]	1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[5]	34
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[6]	25
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[7]	7
Denmark (Tracklisten)[8]	4
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[9]	2
France (SNEP)[10]	33
Germany (Official German Charts)[11]	1
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[12]	3
Ireland (IRMA)	2
Italy (FIMI)[13]	4
Japan (Oricon)	14
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[14]	2
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[15]	6
Norway (VG-lista)[16]	1
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[17]	2
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[18]	1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[19]	1
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)	1
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles	2
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	72
U.S. Billboard Dance Airplay	2

End of year charts

Year	Chart	Rank
2006	German Singles Chart[20][21]	#18
2007		#57

Year	Chart	Rank
2006	Australian Singles Chart[22]	#5

Chart (2000–2009)	Position
Australian Singles Chart[23]	93
German Singles Chart[24]	66
UK Singles Chart	72[25]

References

2. "Austriancharts.at – Scissor Sisters – I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
3. "Australian-charts.com – Scissor Sisters – I Don't Feel Like Dancin'". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
4. "Ultratop.be – Scissor Sisters – I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
5. "Ultratop.be – Scissor Sisters – I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (in French). Ultratop 50.
6. "Scissor Sisters – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Scissor Sisters.
7. "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert {{{year}}}{{{week}}} into search.
8. "Danishcharts.com – Scissor Sisters – I Don't Feel Like Dancin'". Tracklisten.
9. "Scissor Sisters: I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
10. "Lescharts.com – Scissor Sisters – I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (in French). Les classement single.
11. "Musicline.de – Scissor Sisters Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
12. "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
13. "Italiancharts.com – Scissor Sisters – I Don't Feel Like Dancin'". Top Digital Download.
14. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 44, 2006" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40
15. "Charts.org.nz – Scissor Sisters – I Don't Feel Like Dancin'". Top 40 Singles.
16. "Norwegiancharts.com – Scissor Sisters – I Don't Feel Like Dancin'". VG-lista.
17. "SNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert {{{year}}}{{{week}}} into search.
18. "Swedishcharts.com – Scissor Sisters – I Don't Feel Like Dancin'". Singles Top 100.
19. "Swisscharts.com – Scissor Sisters – I Don't Feel Like Dancin'". Swiss Singles Chart.
20. Archived January 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
21. Archived January 24, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
22. "ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 2006". Aria.com.au. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
23. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/2000sDecadeChartssingles.pdf
24. Die ultimative Chart Show | Hits des neuen Jahrtausends | Download - RTL.de
25. Radio 1 Chart of the Decade, as presented by Nihal on Tuesday 29th December 2009

External links

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