"We Don't Have to Dance" is a song by American singer Andy Black. It was released as the first single from his debut studio album, The Shadow Side, on March 18, 2016. The music video for the song directed by Patrick Fogarty was also released three days later. It charted on multiple Billboard charts, peaking number 23 on the BillboardHot Rock Songs chart.
"We Don't Have to Dance" was produced by Ricky Reed[4] and John Feldmann.[5] The song is described as a "upbeat, dance-able" song and Black's "departure" from the musical style of Black Veil Brides.[6] Black described the song as "poppier than his work with Black Veil Brides".[5] The song's lyrics are about social anxiety,[2] loathing social events and hatred of small talk.[1] The song was written by Black and his team of writers in collaboration with Fall Out Boy vocalist Patrick Stump and former The Used guitarist Quinn Allman.[2] On writing with Stump, Black said that it was "very simple in that we just sat and talked about things that we mutually hated for like a half an hour and then we just put them in a list and that is the lyrics to the song.”[6]
Release
On March 9, 2016, a 15-second teaser for "We Don't Have to Dance" was released.[7] A week later, the title for Black's debut album was confirmed to be titled as The Shadow Side and would be released on May 6.[8] The song was released as the first single to the album on March 18,[1][9] alongside a music video released three days later.[10][11] The song was the official theme song for WWE pay-per-view event Payback[12] and is included in the video game WWE 2K17.[13] At the 2017 Alternative Press Music Awards, it was named "Song of the Year".[14]
Music video
The music video of the song was released on March 21, 2016 and was directed by Patrick Fogarty.[10][15] The video is in black and white and is described as "eerie" with "vintage horror film aesthetic".[6]
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^ abc"Andy Black has posted a behind the song video". RockSound. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
^"We Don't Have to Dance - Andy Black". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
^ abc"Black Veil Brides' Andy Black Debuts on Rock Charts With 'We Don't Have to Dance'". Billboard. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
^ abc"Andy Black Reveals 'We Don't Have To Dance' Video". Loudwire. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
^ abc"Black Veil Brides' Andy Black Debuts Solo Video, 'We Don't Have To Dance'". radio.com. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
^"Andy Black Releases Teaser For New Single, We Don't Have To Dance". Kerrang!. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
^"Andy Black confirms debut solo album title and release date". Kerrang!. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
^"Andy Black streams new single, We Don't Have To Dance". Kerrang!. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
^ abGracie, Bianca. "Black Veil Brides' Andy Biersack says 'We Don't Have To Dance' in new video". Fuse. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
^"Andy Black posts We Don't Have To Dance video". Kerrang!. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
^Thomas, Jeremy. "WWE News: Natalya Set For ESPN This Week, Total Bellas Premiere Set, Payback Theme Song". 411mania.com. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
^Artus, Matthew (August 8, 2016). "Puff Daddy to provide in-game soundtrack for WWE 2K17". WWE. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
^"And the winners of the 2017 APMAs are... - Alternative Press". Alternative Press. 2017-07-17. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
^Andy Black – We Don’t Have To Dance (Official). 21 March 2016 – via YouTube.
^"Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
^"We Don't Have To Dance – Hot Rock Songs". Billboard. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
^"We Don't Have To Dance – Rock Digital Songs". Billboard. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
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have, dance, song, american, singer, andy, black, released, first, single, from, debut, studio, album, shadow, side, march, 2016, music, video, song, directed, patrick, fogarty, also, released, three, days, later, charted, multiple, billboard, charts, peaking,. We Don t Have to Dance is a song by American singer Andy Black It was released as the first single from his debut studio album The Shadow Side on March 18 2016 The music video for the song directed by Patrick Fogarty was also released three days later It charted on multiple Billboard charts peaking number 23 on the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart We Don t Have to Dance Single by Andy Blackfrom the album The Shadow SideReleasedMarch 18 2016Length3 14LabelLavaRepublic 1 Songwriter s Andy BiersackJohn FeldmannPatrick StumpQuinn AllmanZakk CerviniMatt PaulingRicky Reed 2 3 Producer s Ricky Reed 4 John Feldmann 5 Andy Black singles chronology They Don t Need to Understand 2014 We Don t Have to Dance 2016 Ribcage 2016 Contents 1 Writing and composition 2 Release 3 Music video 4 Chart performance 5 ReferencesWriting and composition Edit We Don t Have to Dance was produced by Ricky Reed 4 and John Feldmann 5 The song is described as a upbeat dance able song and Black s departure from the musical style of Black Veil Brides 6 Black described the song as poppier than his work with Black Veil Brides 5 The song s lyrics are about social anxiety 2 loathing social events and hatred of small talk 1 The song was written by Black and his team of writers in collaboration with Fall Out Boy vocalist Patrick Stump and former The Used guitarist Quinn Allman 2 On writing with Stump Black said that it was very simple in that we just sat and talked about things that we mutually hated for like a half an hour and then we just put them in a list and that is the lyrics to the song 6 Release EditOn March 9 2016 a 15 second teaser for We Don t Have to Dance was released 7 A week later the title for Black s debut album was confirmed to be titled as The Shadow Side and would be released on May 6 8 The song was released as the first single to the album on March 18 1 9 alongside a music video released three days later 10 11 The song was the official theme song for WWE pay per view event Payback 12 and is included in the video game WWE 2K17 13 At the 2017 Alternative Press Music Awards it was named Song of the Year 14 Music video EditThe music video of the song was released on March 21 2016 and was directed by Patrick Fogarty 10 15 The video is in black and white and is described as eerie with vintage horror film aesthetic 6 Chart performance EditChart 2016 PeakpositionPoland Polish Airplay Top 100 16 11US Alternative Digital Songs Billboard 4 16US Hot Rock Songs Billboard 17 23US Rock Digital Songs Billboard 18 16References Edit a b c Black Veil Brides Frontman s Andy Black Project To Release The Shadow Side Album In May Blabbermouth net 16 March 2016 Retrieved 22 April 2016 a b c Andy Black has posted a behind the song video RockSound Retrieved 22 April 2016 We Don t Have to Dance Andy Black AllMusic Retrieved 5 February 2017 a b c Black Veil Brides Andy Black Debuts on Rock Charts With We Don t Have to Dance Billboard Retrieved April 22 2016 a b c Andy Black Reveals We Don t Have To Dance Video Loudwire Retrieved 22 April 2016 a b c Black Veil Brides Andy Black Debuts Solo Video We Don t Have To Dance radio com Retrieved 22 April 2016 Andy Black Releases Teaser For New Single We Don t Have To Dance Kerrang Retrieved 22 April 2016 Andy Black confirms debut solo album title and release date Kerrang Retrieved 22 April 2016 Andy Black streams new single We Don t Have To Dance Kerrang Retrieved 22 April 2016 a b Gracie Bianca Black Veil Brides Andy Biersack says We Don t Have To Dance in new video Fuse Retrieved 22 April 2016 Andy Black posts We Don t Have To Dance video Kerrang Retrieved 22 April 2016 Thomas Jeremy WWE News Natalya Set For ESPN This Week Total Bellas Premiere Set Payback Theme Song 411mania com Retrieved 22 April 2016 Artus Matthew August 8 2016 Puff Daddy to provide in game soundtrack for WWE 2K17 WWE Retrieved August 8 2016 And the winners of the 2017 APMAs are Alternative Press Alternative Press 2017 07 17 Retrieved 2018 10 23 Andy Black We Don t Have To Dance Official 21 March 2016 via YouTube Listy bestsellerow wyroznienia Zwiazek Producentow Audio Video Polish Airplay Top 100 Retrieved June 13 2016 We Don t Have To Dance Hot Rock Songs Billboard Retrieved April 22 2016 We Don t Have To Dance Rock Digital Songs Billboard Retrieved April 22 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title We Don 27t Have to Dance amp oldid 1066233683, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
