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"Just Dance"
Song

"Just Dance" is a dance-pop song and lead single from Lady GaGa's first album, The Fame. The song is written by Lady GaGa and features Colby O'Donis, who is signed to the same label as Lady GaGa, and Akon, who provides backing vocals through Colby's verse and shortly afterwards. The track is produced by RedOne (most known for working with Akon, MJ, and Kat DeLuna).

Lady GaGa performed "Just Dance" at the Miss Universe 2008 pageant; after performing, "Just Dance" climbed the digital single sales charts, such as the iTunes Store, where it reached #99 then #48. After her performance on the So You Think You Can Dance results show, the single reached a new peak of #22 on the American iTunes Store and #1 on the Canadian iTunes Store. On September 14, 2008 "Just Dance" ascended into #1 on the Australian ARIA Singles chart.

The song started gaining radio airplay in both the U.K. and the U.S at the end of October 2008, the video is yet to be released in the U.K. but a download release date has been announced- Monday, December 29th 2008.

Remix

The official remix of "Just Dance" features rapper Kardinal Offishall.

Lyrics

In an interview with HX Magazine, Lady Gaga explained that "Darragh Hughes" co-wrote the song but was not creditted on the promo cd. she also explained what "Just Dance" was about:

"If you've ever been so high that it's, like, scary, the only way you can deal with it is not deal with it, so you just kind of dance through the intoxication. I wrote the song the day after I had just flew in from New York to L.A., so I was taken very quickly out of my party lifestyle. I wrote it instantly—like it flew out of my body. I'd been working on this album for two-and-a-half years, and I was at a crossroads with my songwriting. I was trying to be so cool with my own music, but I would get better responses when I would write for other artists because I was not trying to be cool. So when I did "Just Dance", that was my way of being like, "just fuckin' write a good song. Stop worrying about what's going to fly in the underground. Worry about writing a great record." Actually, that record ended up being more powerful than any of the songs that I racked my brain writing, and after that, it was an influx of record after record. It was almost like a switch went off in my brain, and I figured out how to write a good pop song."


Music video

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Lady GaGa in the music video for "Just Dance"

The video, directed by Melina Matsoukas, starts Lady GaGa arrives with her dancers, Dina and Pepper, at a house party, one of whom puts a stereo on, starting the music. The crowd at the party appear to be sleeping in different areas, and are awoken by the music. They all start to dance, and scenes of the party are intercut with scenes of scantily dressed Lady GaGa.

Cameo appearances are made by Akon and Chantelle Paige. The song appears near the end of the dance movie Make It Happen.


Track listings

US Maxi CD Single

  1. "Just Dance"
  2. "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Main Mix)
  3. "Just Dance" (Richard Vission Remix)
  4. "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Remix)

US Promo Club CD

  1. "Just Dance"
  2. "Just Dance" (Instrumental)
  3. "Just Dance" (A Capella)

US Promo Remix CD

  1. "Just Dance"
  2. "Just Dance" (Instrumental)
  3. "Just Dance" (A Capella)
  4. "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Main Mix)
  5. "Just Dance" (Richard Vission Remix)
  6. "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Remix)
  7. "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Radio Edit)
  8. "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Edit)
  9. "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Dub)

AUS CD Single

  1. "Just Dance"
  2. "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Remix)

DE Maxi CD Single

  1. "Just Dance"
  2. "Just Dance" (HCCR's Bambossa Main Mix)
  3. "Just Dance" (Instrumental)
  4. "Just Dance" (Video)

DE Trend CD Single

  1. "Just Dance"
  2. "Just Dance" (Trevor Simpson Remix)

FR Maxi CD Single

  1. "Just Dance"
  2. "Just Dance" (Glam As You Radio Mix)
  3. "Just Dance" (Glam As You Club Mix)

Poker Face US CD Single

  1. Poker Face
  2. "Just Dance (Robots to Mars Remix)"

Charts

The single was a hit in clubs in U.S. peaking both number 2 on the Hot Dance Airplay, and Hot Dance Club Play, also it has started charting on the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at #49 so far, and #41 on the Pop 100 due more radio airplay in the country. In Canada, the song was a much bigger hit, it debuted at number 97 on the Canadian Hot 100 and rose to #1 a couple months later giving Lady GaGa her first number one hit. It is the only song by an American artist to top the Canadian Hot 100 and not reach the top 10 on Hot 100 chart in the U.S.

The single also charted in Australia and New Zealand debuting at number 19 and 34 in the same week, before reaching the number 1 position on the Australian ARIA Singles chart, and has been certified Platinum with 70,000 copies sold.[1] "Just Dance" received massive airplay in Romania and as a result, the track reached number 3.[2] In addition, the song also charted in Sweden, climbing at number 6[3] two weeks after it debuted at number 14.[4]

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[5] 1
Venezuela Singles Chart[6] 5
Austrian Singles Chart[7] 12
Canadian Hot 100 1
Danish Singles Chart[8] 7
Dutch Singles Chart 31
Finnish Singles Chart[9] 11
French Singles Chart 14
German Singles Chart 15
Italian Singles Chart[10] 26
Latvian Airplay Chart[11] 16
Norwegian Singles Chart[12] 14
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart 3
Polish Singles Chart[13] 20
Swedish Singles Chart 3
Swiss Singles Chart[14] 8
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 49
U.S. Billboard Pop 100[15] 41
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Airplay 2
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 2
Preceded by Canadian Hot 100 number-one single
August 23 2008 - September 26 2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single
September 15 2008 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ Lady Gaga-Just Dance
  2. ^ Romanian Top 100
  3. ^ Sweden Singles Top 60 week 28/2008
  4. ^ Sweden Singles Top 60 week 26/2008
  5. ^ Top 50 Singles Chart - Australian Record Industry Association
  6. ^ Venezuela Singles Chart
  7. ^ http://charts.orf.at/oe3/single/2008/woche36/
  8. ^ http://danishcharts.com/showitem.asp?key=481954&cat=s
  9. ^ http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?key=481954&cat=s
  10. ^ [1]
  11. ^ http://www.lanet.lv/news/airplay/new.html
  12. ^ http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?key=481954&cat=s
  13. ^ Polish Singles Chart Archives
  14. ^ Swiss Singles Chart
  15. ^ http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Pop+100


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