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Walk the Moon must be over the moon about the worldwide success of their hit Shut Up And Dance. The song has become a global smash since it was released in September 2014 as the lead single from the Cincinnati band’s album, Talking Is Hard. The retro Rock and New Wave-influenced track soared to the 4th spot on the Billboard Hot 100, took the number 1 place on Billboard’s Alternative Songs chart, and has held steady in the top 10 of charts from Canada to New Zealand.
Not bad for a song Nicholas Petricca said he wrote as an “anthem for the dork” after his girlfriend told him to stop complaining and hit the dance floor at a Los Angeles nightclub. The singer went home and penned the hit, taking cues from Pat Benatar’s Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Rick Springfield’s Jessie’s Girl, and the Cars’ Just What I Needed, among others.
What follows are just a few of the characteristics that helped put Shut Up And Dance over the top.
[Header 1 header=”First Chorus Multi-Hook Punch”]
The first chorus features three core characteristics that “seal the deal” with the listener at just three-seconds into the song: The infectious U2 Where The Streets Have No Name-influenced guitar hook from the intro, the “shut up and dance with me” lyrical/vocal payoff, and the super-catchy “bonus” nonsense vocal payoff, “ooh-wh-hoo,” cleverly sandwiched between “she said” and “shut up and dance with me” on the last line of the section.
[Header 1 header=”Chorus Variations & Similarities”]
The infectious engagement value of the song is taken to the next level due to the musical differences between choruses 1 and 4, and choruses 2, 3, and 5. The former feature the Where The Streets Have No Name-influenced guitar hook. The latter are propelled by the powerful distorted-guitar-laden Dance/Power Pop/Rock vibe that takes the excitement factor of the song to an apex.
However, the lyrics and vocal melody remain essentially the same within all of the chorus sections, keeping the chorus fully ingrained in the listener’s head.
[Header 1 header=”Grand Finale”]
The outro is a “hybrid” section consisting of some of the most infectious elements from the Dance/Power Pop/Rock choruses and the Cars-influenced instrumental-break synth solo section.
With the driving backing music from the preceding chorus still in effect, the listener is first hit with the catchy first segment of the Cars-influenced synth solo. Instead of continuing on with the solo, the last note is sustained, which leaves an opening for the most infectious segment from the chorus payoff, “ooh-wh-hoo shut up and dance with me” to shine front and center. This progression is then repeated a second time around, getting these hooks further ingrained in the listener’s head.
All in all, this section is like the grand finale of a fireworks show – all the stops are pulled to leave the listener on an excited high and wanting more.
[Header 1 header=”Clever Lyrics & Narrative”]
Shut Up And Dance’s love/relationship and inspiration/empowerment lyrical themes are conveyed using a strong blend of clever, descriptive lyrics that take its overall impact and engagement value to the next level. Some prime examples include:
The chemical physical kryptonite
My discothèque Juliet teenage dream
A backless dress and some beat up sneaks
However, what REALLY helps to take the impact of the story to the next level is the shift in the narrative that takes place in the song’s primary sectional payoff – the chorus. Following the engaging and action based, “she took my arm/I don’t know how it happened/we took the floor and she said,” lead-in from the pre-chorus, the song’s narrative shifts into an engaging “she said/he said” flow:
(She said) oh don’t you dare look back
Just keep your eyes on me
I said you’re holding back
She said shut up and dance with me
This woman is my destiny
She said ooh-wh-hoo shut up and dance with me
Strong music and melody is only one part of the equation.
In order to “seal the deal” with the listener, the lyrics need to be just as strong. Shut Up And Dance is a perfect case-in-point.
[Header 1 header=”Clever Influences & Genre Mix”]
Shut Up And Dance features a diverse blend of sub-genres and influences in the mix including Dance, Funk, New Wave, Power Pop, and Rock. They appear in different combinations throughout the song, which makes for a highly infectious and engaging listening experience.
The song also features a strong blend of both Retro late 70s/early-mid 80s and modern influences from artists and bands including Rick Springfield, Pat Benatar, the Cars, U2, and even One Direction.
Combined, all of the influences enable Shut Up And Dance to come across in both a retro and current manner, which is one of its strongest attributes. The diverse influences also accentuate the song’s “familiarity factor,” which makes it easier for a wide-ranging age demographic to connect with the song (i.
e. kids and their parents).
What follows are snippets from songs of each of the aforementioned artists and bands that had an impact on the sound and vibe of Shut Up And Dance.
[Header 2 header=”Hit Me With Your Best Shot (Pat Benatar): 1980″]
[Header 2 header=”Jessie’s Girl (Rick Springfield): 1981″]
[Header 2 header=”Just What I Needed (The Cars): 1978″]
[Header 2 header=”No Control (One Direction): 2014″]
[Header 2 header=”Where The Streets Have No Name (U2): 1987″]
From its driving guitars to its punchy synths, Shut Up And Dance borrows the best of 70s and 80s radio to make a hit that transcends today. Combining infectious melodies and a heartfelt lyric, it reaches listeners on several levels – and won’t let go.
For a comprehensive review of everything that contributed to the song’s success, be sure to read our Shut Up And Dance Deconstructed Report.
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Shut Up And Dance by Walk the Moon
The lead single from Talking Is Hard, the song is dedicated to a "discotheque Juliet teenage dream.
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The song originated when vocalist Nicholas Petricca went to a Los Angeles dance club to blow off some steam. When he started complaining when it was taking forever to get drinks at the bar, a girl came up to him and said, "Just shut up and dance with me!'"
Petricca took her up on the offer and the two hit it off. He says the song is not so much about his personal experience, but about living in the moment.
The video was directed by Josh Forbes, who has also shot clips directed videos for the likes of The Fray, Sara Bareilles, Good Charlotte, Coheed and Cambria, Barenaked Ladies and Ingrid Michaelson. The visual finds lead singer Nicholas Petricca meeting the woman of his dreams on a dance floor. "We kind of wanted to write a dork rock anthem for all of those poor souls like us," Petricca told MTV News. "So it's about letting go, it's about not being in your head. It's about choosing to be in the moment."
Petricca told American Songwriter magazine the story of the song: "Well, (Guitarist) Eli Maiman and I were working on something that's now the verse.
And it had this great feeling that we couldn't stop playing over and over. We didn't have a chorus and we didn't have a subject or a lyric."
"So over the next weekend, I went to this awesome party they have at The Echo in Echo Park, Los Angeles, called Funky Soul Saturday. The story of 'Shut Up and Dance' is based on a true story of hanging out there with my friends… this girl actually told me to shut up and dance with her. We took it back to the studio and it spun out very quickly after that."
It was only later that Petricca realized he could use the girl's comment as a song lyric. "At the time, I was in my head and not with it," he said. "She's one of my best friends and pulled me out into the moment, and that really became the subject of the song. Encouraging people to let go of whatever it is that's bothering you and get into your body and out of your head. Coming home and working on the song I thought, this is it. This is totally it."
The first time Walk The Moon played the track was during a gig at St.
Louis University. Petricca recalled to American Songwriter: "We had just learned the song and no one had ever heard it, so we thought we'd try it out for these kids. From moment one, it was obvious there was something about the song. The kids were even singing along with the chorus the second time around. We tried to capture that energy on the record."
The band wanted to capture an '80s pop/rock vibe and often took breaks to listen to classic tunes from the era, namely Pat Benatar's "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," Tina Turner's "What's Love Got To Do With It," The Cars' "Just What I Needed," and Rick Springfield's "Jessie's Girl." Walk the Moon guitarist Eli Maiman told Idolator: "Then we deconstruct it, figure out how it works and how we can incorporate those elements into what we do."
The Cars' influence is particularly evident in the third - and longest - instrumental break, which features a synth solo.
The throwback feel not only gives us a glimpse into the band's influences, but it broadens the song's demographic to include adults who grew up on a diet of '80s hits.
U2 fans will notice the intro, with the guitar arpeggio and muted strumming, sounds a lot like the band's 1987 hit "Where The Streets Have No Name."
Plenty of genre elements come into play, including new wave, pop, rock, dance, funk... and country? Petricca adds a bit of Southern twang to the line "Awww, come on girl" as a lead-in to the synth instrumental break.
This spent 27 weeks atop Billboard's Hot Rock Songs, breaking that chart's longevity record. Both Hozier's "Take Me to Church," and Imagine Dragons' "Radioactive" had previously led for 23 weeks.
Shut Up and Dance [Ep.9 Ch.1 SE + Halloween Special + Incest Patch + Walkthrough] (2020) (Rus/Eng) [Ren'Py] [Linux] [Android] [suad]
Year: 2020
Genre: 3DCG, anal, animated, big ass, big tits, cheating, corruption, creampie, footjob, handjob, harem, incest, interracial, lesbian, male protagonist, masturbation, milf, mind control , multiple endings, oral, spanking, titfuck
Censorship: None
Developer/Publisher: www.
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Translation:
Platform: PC/Windows/Linux/Android
Type of Edition: 9000 Version: Ep.9 Ch.1 SE
Game language: Russian/English
Interface language: Russian/English
System requirements (minimum):
Windows OS
Description:
"Shut Up and Dance" is a story about a guy whose life went wrong in an instant. The person he loved and trusted died under strange circumstances and at the same time everything he was used to just disappeared. And this situation seemed unrecoverable, until our main character received an interesting job offer that promised to improve his life.
But was it a curse or a blessing? Will it really do him any good?
Well, in the end, it's up to you to make the choice.
The gallery is not translated in this version. The Russian version is already patched!
"Shut Up and Dance" is a story about a guy whose life went wrong at one moment.
A person that he loved and trusted died under strange circumstances and at a time everything that he had been used to just disappeared. And this situation seemed to be unchangeable, until our protagonist received an interesting job offer that promised to make things better.
But was it a curse or a blessing? Would it really do him good?
Well, after all it is you who will make the choices.
Release schedule: Ep. 3RE -> Ep. 8 -> Ep. 4RE -> Ep. 9 -> Ep. 5RE -> Ep. 10
There's no NTR in the game. Sharing route is fully avoidable.
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Thank the translator: Yoomoney "0039 Creating a MacOS version of the game on the Ren'Py engine (Downloading video)Archive password:
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Topic edited by: admin - 30-10-2022, 13:16
Reason: Topic updated. Added Russian version of Ep.
