Legs (Keep Dancing)

{{Short description|2024 single by Vanessa Williams}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Legs (Keep Dancing)

| cover = Legs (Keep Dancing).jpeg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Vanessa Williams

| album = Survivor

| released = April 26, 2024

| recorded = 2023

| studio =

| genre =

• Dance-pop
• nu-disco

| length = 3:08

| label =

• Mellian Music
• WMG

| writer =

• Chantry Johnson
• Kjersti Long
• Kipper Jones

| producer =

• Chantry Johnson
• Kipper Jones

| prev_title = The Real Thing

| prev_year = 2009

| next_title =

| next_year =

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|rGEs_X5Ngfo|"Legs (Keep Dancing)"}}}}

}}

"Legs (Keep Dancing)" is a song by American singer and actress Vanessa Williams, released as the first single from her ninth studio album Survivor. It was released on April 26, 2024, and was her first studio recording in 15 years since The Real Thing.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Vanessa Williams drops new music video for first original music in 15 years |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/vanessa-williams-new-music-video/story?id=109726381 |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=ABC News |language=en}}https://playbill.com/article/tony-nominee-vanessa-williams-releases-new-single-legs-keep-dancing On May 13, 2024, "Legs (Keep Dancing)" debuted on the US Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart at number 3. The single's success marks Williams's first hit on the Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart.{{Cite web |last=McIntyre |first=Hugh |title=Vanessa Williams' Comeback Single Brings Her to a Billboard Chart for the First Time |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2024/05/13/vanessa-williams-comeback-single-brings-her-to-a-billboard-chart-for-the-first-time/ |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=Forbes |language=en}}

==Overview==

In April 2024, Vanessa Williams announced that she will release her new full-length studio album later in 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/vanessa-williams-drops-instantly-iconic-legs-music-video/|title=Vanessa Williams Drops Instantly Iconic 'Legs' Music Video|first=Eliza|last=Thompson|date=April 26, 2024|website=Us Weekly}} Williams launched her own record label, Mellian Music, for the release.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vibe.com/music/music-news/vanessa-williams-new-album-first-15-years-1234871020/|title=Vanessa Williams To Release First Album In 15 Years Under Her Own Record Label|first=Mya|last=Abraham|date=April 17, 2024}} She worked with songwriter Kipper Jones, who wrote her debut single "The Right Stuff", Chantry Johnson and Kjersti Long.{{Cite web|url=https://news.theurbanmusicscene.com/2024/04/vanessa-williams-to-release-new-single-legs-keep-dancing/|title=Vanessa Williams to Release New Single "Legs (Keep Dancing)"|date=April 26, 2024|website=TheUrbanMusicScene.com}} The title was inspired by the book The Legs Are the Last to Go by Diahann Carroll. In an interview for Entertainment Tonight, Williams said: "Diahann played my mother in a movie I produced, The Courage to Love, and has always been a huge inspiration for me," she noted. "I remember seeing her talking to Oprah about her autobiography. She spoke so beautifully and confidently about her age and power and the fact that beauty fades but your legs give you strength and are the last to go."{{Cite web|url=https://www.etonline.com/vanessa-williams-releases-legs-keep-dancing-music-video-and-social-media-cant-get-enough-224240|title=Vanessa Williams Releases Instantly Iconic 'Legs (Keep Dancing)'|website=Entertainment Tonight}}