Dance Off
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{{Infobox song
| name = Dance Off
| cover = Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - Dance Off.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Idris Elba and Anderson .Paak
| album = This Unruly Mess I've Made
| released = February 25, 2016
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Hip hop|comedy hip hop}}
| length = 3:49
| label = Macklemore LLC
| writer =
- Ben Haggerty
- Ryan Lewis
- Idris Elba
- Joshua Karp
- Brandon Anderson
- Josh Dobson
- Sam Wishkoski
- Tyler "XP" Andrews
| producer = Ryan Lewis
| chronology = Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
| prev_title = Downtown
| prev_year = 2015
| next_title = Brad Pitt's Cousin
| next_year = 2016
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Idris Elba
| type = singles
| prev_title = Murdah Loves John
| prev_year = 2015
| title = Dance Off
| year = 2016
| next_title = Boasty
| next_year = 2019
}}
{{Extra chronology
| artist = Anderson .Paak
| type = singles
| prev_title = Come Down
| prev_year = 2016
| title = Dance Off
| year = 2016
| next_title = Dang!
| next_year = 2016
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|Z9LAzNMn8Ow|"Dance Off"}}}}
}}
"Dance Off" is a song by American hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring British actor and musician Idris Elba and fellow American musician Anderson .Paak, released in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and selected European countries on February 25, 2016 as the second single from the duo's studio album This Unruly Mess I've Made (2016).
Background and release
Following the large success of the duo's debut album The Heist (2012), Macklemore revealed the This Unruly Mess I've Made release with an Instagram post on January 15, 2016.{{cite magazine |last=Spanos|first=Brittany |date=January 15, 2016 |title= Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Announce new album|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/macklemore-ryan-lewis-announce-new-album-this-unruly-mess-ive-made-20160115|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date= February 27, 2016}} "Dance Off" was released as second single of the album on February 25, 2016, succeeding "Downtown".
Music video
The song's music video was uploaded to Ryan Lewis's YouTube, now known as Macklemore LLC, channel on May 17, 2016. It was directed by Lewis & Jason Koenig.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Z9LAzNMn8Ow Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160517213356/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9LAzNMn8Ow&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9LAzNMn8Ow| title = MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS - DANCE OFF (FEAT. IDRIS ELBA) OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}
Critical reception
The song received positive reviews from music critics. Killian Young said that "Dance Off" makes nod to the pillars of hip hop culture: rapping, DJing, tagging, breakdancing and piano groove.{{cite web | url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/02/album-review-macklemore-ryan-lewis-this-unruly-mess-ive-made/| title=Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – This Unruly Mess I've Made| publisher=Consequence of Sound| date=August 27, 2015 | access-date=September 9, 2015}} David Turner of MTV said that "Dance Off" sounds like rolling into the morgue by the 27th second, when the song says "I grab my ankle and pull it up / And do that thing where I move my butt".{{cite web | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2748232/macklemore-fights-white-privilege-and-loses/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213558/http://www.mtv.com/news/2748232/macklemore-fights-white-privilege-and-loses/| url-status=dead| archive-date=March 3, 2016| title= Macklemore Fights White Privilege (And Loses) | publisher=MTV| date=August 27, 2015 | access-date=September 9, 2015}} Spencer Kornhaber of The Atlantic commented that the song sounds like the director Vincent Price in "Thriller" (of Michael Jackson), and said that Macklemore "frets about the adequacy of what's between his legs. In his world, music does not help you transcend your insecurities—it heightens them.".{{cite web | url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/02/macklemore-this-unruly-mess-ive-made-self-loathing-review-horror/471060/| title=This Unruly Mess I've Made uses novelty rap to disguise self-loathing, barely.| publisher=The Atlantic| date=August 27, 2015 | access-date=September 9, 2015}}
Chart performance
In Australia, "Dance Off" entered the Australian Singles Chart at number twenty one on March 7, 2016.{{cite web|title=Lukas Graham make it a hat-trick with '7 Years'|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/News/2016/Lukas-Graham-make-it-a-hat-trick-with-7-Years|date=September 21, 2015 |publisher=ARIA}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| headline = Digital download{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/Macklemore-Ryan-Lewis-featuring-Idris-Elba-and-AndersonPaak-Dance-Off/release/8219827| title= Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Idris Elba and Anderson.Paak – Dance Off| publisher=iTunes | date=August 27, 2015 | access-date=September 9, 2015}}
| title1 = Dance Off
| note1 = featuring Idris Elba and Anderson Paak
| length1 = 3:49
}}
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (2016)
!scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{single chart|Australia|7|artist=Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Anderson .Paak, Idris Elba|song=Dance Off|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 26, 2016}} |
| {{single chart|Flanders Tip|17|artist=Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Anderson .Paak, Idris Elba|song=Dance Off|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 1, 2016}} |
| {{single chart|France|137|artist=Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Anderson .Paak, Idris Elba|song=Dance Off|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 14, 2016}} |
| {{single chart|Ireland|59|year=2016|week=16|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 23, 2016}} |
| scope="row"| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/2016-04-01|title=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=April 4, 2016|access-date=April 1, 2016}}
| 29 |
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=Year-end charts=
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|title=Dance Off|artist=Macklemore And Ryan Lewis feat. Idris Elba And Anderson .Paak|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2016|certyear=2023|source=radioscope|accessdate=April 8, 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2016|certyear=2016|access-date=November 12, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true | noshipments=true | streaming=true}}
Release history
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Macklemore & Ryan Lewis}}
{{Anderson .Paak}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Downtown (Macklemore and Ryan Lewis song)}}
Category:Songs written by Anderson .Paak
Category:Songs written by Budo (musician)
Category:Songs written by Idris Elba