Dance Monkey

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"Dance Monkey"
File:Dance Monkey by Tones and I.jpg
Single by Tones and I
from the EP The Kids Are Coming
Released 10 May 2019 (2019-05-10)
Genre Electropop[1][2]
Length 3:29
Label
Songwriter(s) Toni Watson
Producer(s) Konstantin Kersting
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"Johnny Run Away"
(2019)		 "Dance Monkey"
(2019)		 "Never Seen the Rain"
(2019)
Music video
"Dance Monkey" on YouTube

"Dance Monkey" is a song by Australian singer Tones and I, released on 10 May 2019 as the second single from Tones and I's debut EP The Kids Are Coming. The song was produced and mixed by Konstantin Kersting. Upon release, Tones and I said the song is about the expectations that are placed on musical performers.[3]

"Dance Monkey" has topped the charts in over 30 countries including Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and peaked within the top ten in many other European and Asian countries. It is the first charting single for Tones and I in the United States, peaking at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100.

Upon reaching its tenth week at the top of the Australian Singles Chart, "Dance Monkey" broke the record for the most weeks at number one on the chart by an Australian act, previously held by Justice Crew's 2014 song "Que Sera".[4] With its sixteenth week at number one, in November, it broke the record for the most weeks at number one in Australian chart history, previously held by Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" (2017).[5] To date, "Dance Monkey" has spent 21 weeks at the top position.[6]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019, the single was nominated for seven awards, winning three. It won ARIA Award for Best Female Artist, Best Pop Release and Breakthrough Artist.[7]

In the United Kingdom, "Dance Monkey" broke the record for the most weeks spent at the top of the UK Singles Chart by a female artist when it remained at the top of the chart for an eleventh week. The previous record of ten weeks was held jointly by Whitney Houston's version of "I Will Always Love You" in 1992-93 and "Umbrella" by Rihanna and Jay-Z in 2007.

Tones made her debut on US television on 18 November 2019 with a performance of the song on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.

On 10 December 2019, Tones appeared as a guest performer again in the US on The Voice. The following week, "Dance Monkey" entered the US Billboard top ten for the first time, at number nine.

Lyrics

When interviewed by DJ Smallzy in July 2019 on Australian radio station Nova FM, Tones explained that the song is about the relationship she had with her audience when she was busking on the streets of Australia:

"I wrote this song when I was busking, and [about] the pressure that I felt to always be entertaining people on the street. And if they didn't like it, when they looked at their phones they could just click something else; ... we are all so used to being entertained at the click of a button."

"So when you're [busking] on the street, .. to command [your] attention, people would be like: 'again! again!' .. 'more! more!' .. or they would just leave. So if you replace [the lyric]: 'dance for me, dance for me' with 'sing for me, sing for me,' it's pretty literal," she said.[8]

Music video

The music video was produced by Visible Studios, directed by Liam Kelly and Nick Kozakis and released on 24 June 2019.[9] The video follows "Mr. Tones" (Tones and I), an elderly man who sneaks out of his home to have a dance party at a golf course with other senior citizens.

Critical reception

Al Newstead from the ABC called the song "another powerhouse melody", adding it will "instantly lodge itself in your brain".[3]

Mike Kaplan, senior VP/Programming for Entercom Alternative WNYL New York City (the first station in the United States to play the song), notes "Sonically, it's catchy and extremely memorable," adding "Its international success certainly helped convince us to share it with our listeners."[10]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Spotify.[11]

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[80] 7× Platinum 490,000
Austria (IFPI Austria)[81] 2× Platinum 60,000
Belgium (BEA)[82] 2× Platinum 60,000
Brazil (ABPD)[83] 3× Platinum Expression error: Missing operand for *.
Canada (Music Canada)[84] Platinum 10,000
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[85] Platinum 0
France (SNEP)[86] Diamond 400,000
Germany (BVMI)[87] Platinum 300,000
Italy (FIMI)[88] 3× Platinum 90,000
Netherlands (NVPI)[89] 2× Platinum 40,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[90] 2× Platinum 30,000
Portugal (AFP)[91] Gold 10,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[92] Platinum 40,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[93] 3× Platinum 90,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[94] Platinum 600,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales/streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label Version
Australia[95] 10 May 2019
Bad Batch Original
Various[96] 18 October 2019 Stripped Back

See also

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