"Dancing"[1] is a song by Italian singer Elisa, released on September 20, 2002 as a promotional single from her third studio album Then Comes the Sun. Upon the release of her compilation album Dancing, the song was officially released as a single on December 2007.

"Dancing"
Promotional single by Elisa
from the album Then Comes the Sun
ReleasedSeptember 20, 2002 (Italy)
December 2007 (United States)
GenrePop soul
Length5:36
LabelSugar
Songwriter(s)Elisa
Elisa singles chronology
"Time"
(2002)
"Dancing"
(2002)
"Almeno tu nell'universo"
(2003)
Elisa US singles chronology
"Dancing"
(2007)
"Rainbow"
(2008)

Track listings

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  • US EP
  1. "Dancing" – 5:36
  2. "Dancing" (live from London iTunes Festival) – 5:36
  3. "Rock Your Soul" – 5:03

Trivia

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  • In 2006, the song was used as the solo music for Jessica Fernandez on the hit show So You Think You Can Dance when she placed in the bottom three.
  • In 2007, it was again used in So You Think You Can Dance,[2] first by Jaimie Goodwin as her audition song in New York and second on the Top 20 show danced to by Lacey Schwimmer and Kameron Bink and choreographed by Mia Michaels, both in the third season.
  • In 2008, Kelli Baker used it as her audition song in Utah for the fourth season of So You Think You Can Dance.
  • In the 2012 dance film Step Up Revolution, a scene includes the protagonist Emily (Kathryn McCormick) dancing to this song to audition for a contemporary dance company headed by Olivia Brown (Mia Michaels).

Chart performance

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Chart Peak
position
Canadian Digital Singles[3] 54
Italy (FIMI)[4] 33
US Billboard Hot Singles Recurrents 25

References

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  1. ^ "Dancing" Video on YouTube
  2. ^ "Dancing" Video So You Think You Can Dance
  3. ^ "Elisa Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More".
  4. ^ "Classifiche – Top Digital – Classifica settimanale WK 39 del 2012". Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (in Italian). Retrieved 26 April 2015