And nine years after the song’s release, it finally reached Platinum status. Listen to Dancing On My Own (Fred Falke Remix) by Robyn, 22,501 Shazams, featuring on Robyn: Remixed, and In the Mix: Fred Falke and Alan Braxe Apple Music playlists. Calum Scott’s cover snuck onto the Hot 100 in 2017.
“Dancing on My Own” never appeared on the Hot 100 when it came out in 2010, but in the time since its release, it’s taken on a life of its own. Robyn still uses that move today when she does the song live, to the delight of audiences.
Making out with yourself dance, I called it,” says Decida. But there is a moment of levity that comes when Robyn turns her back to the camera and feigns intimacy with another person by wrapping her arms around herself. The video shows a serious-faced Robyn standing in a harshly lit rehearsal space and a darkened club. Fucking Tell Me What to Do' and Cassius's 'Dancing on My Own,' retaining the core vocals of Robyn's originals while. “ was like the spirit animal of the Body Talk album,” Decida says, “and you can spot that in the video.” version that gradually revealed itself to be. “There was a lot of angry energy,” she says, recalling how she channeled Rosie Perez’s dance sequence in the opening credits to Do the Right Thing. The year prior, while Decida was at her parents’ house for Easter, she found herself in her old childhood bedroom working on moves for “Dancing on My Own” while remembering her own experiences as a teenager. A video, choreographed by Maria “Decida” Wahlberg, followed in May. The song was officially released in June 2010, but it started making the rounds and breaking hearts that April. Watch Kelly Clarkson's Wistful Cover of Robyn's 'Dancing on My Own' It had like three chords.” They fattened things up during production, only to realize that they preferred the original and stripped it all back down, though they swapped the acoustic guitar for synthesizers with frayed edges and a beat that aimed for a TKO. What they came up with was an acoustic “campfire” version of “Dancing on My Own.” “In the beginning it was more of a country song, almost,” Berger recalls. “When she got to the studio, the first thing she said was, ‘Can we sit down and write a song on an acoustic guitar today? I’m so tired of writing over electronic beats and tracks,’” says Berger. In preparation for their session at his Stockholm studio, Berger made a slew of electronic tracks and beats for Robyn to write over, but she had other ideas. Producer Klas Åhlund was back in the mix after working on Robyn, but for one of the songs Robyn was toying with, she reached out to Patrik Berger, who contributed to 1999’s My Truth and the 2005 self-titled set, for a different perspective. As Marty McFly (aka Michael J Fox) joins the band on stage to perform Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B Goode,” he essentially invents rock’n’roll, just like Chuck did.In 2009, Robyn was in the midst of making the songs that would become the acclaimed 2010 Body Talk series. The prom scene from Back To The Future is one of the most iconic in cinematic history. Prom is often fraught with expectations: will your date say yes will your corsage match your dress, will you be able to fix your parents’ relationship through time travel? The usual stuff. To mark this time-honoured tradition, here are some of the best prom songs to dance the night away. And just as music is the bedrock of teen movies, it’s also essential to any successful prom.
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Given its high stakes, prom has been used as a dramatic device in films and TV shows for decades. The history of prom dates back to the 40s, but the annual school tradition has greatly evolved since the era of streamers in the high-school gym. A fraught but exciting time for adolescents across America who will embrace the chance to dress up, dance awkwardly, ride around in limos (or your parent’s beat-up station wagon) and pretend to be adults for one special night.