Dance the Night
"Dance the Night" is a song by English-Albanian singer Dua Lipa from Barbie the Album, the soundtrack of the film Barbie (2023). Lipa and Caroline Ailin wrote it with its producers Andrew Wyatt and Mark Ronson, and the Picard Brothers also contributed production. Atlantic and Warner Records released it as the soundtrack's lead single on 25 May 2023. A pop and disco song that features cello, violin, viola, guitar and bass in its instrumentation, "Dance the Night" is about dancing throughout the night despite enduring sadness. Its release was accompanied by a music video, which features a cameo appearance of Barbie writer and director Greta Gerwig. Dua Lipa performed "Dance the Night" at the 66th Grammy Awards.
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Single by Dua Lipa | ||||
from the album Barbie the Album | ||||
Released | 25 May 2023 | |||
Recorded | 2022 | |||
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Length | 2:56 | |||
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"Dance the Night" on YouTube |
"Dance the Night" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Dua Lipa's fourth number-one single in the country. In the United States, the song peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the singer's fifth top-ten single in the country. Elsewhere, "Dance the Night" reached number-one in Ireland and Belgium while it peaked within the top-ten in Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia and Switzerland. The song also peaked at number three on the Billboard Global 200. It was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards and for Best Original Song at the 81st Golden Globe Awards.