Dance Again (Selena Gomez song)

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"Dance Again"
Song by Selena Gomez
from the album Rare
ReleasedJanuary 10, 2020 (2020-01-10)
Genre
Length2:50
Label Interscope
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Mattman & Robin
Music video
"Dance Again (Performance Video)" on YouTube

"Dance Again" is a song by American singer Selena Gomez from her third studio album Rare (2020), included as the second track on the standard version album and the ninth track on the deluxe version. [1]

Contents

Promotion

"Dance Again" was scheduled to be used to promote CBS Sports and Turner Sports' coverage of the 2020 NCAA tournament. [2] However, the song was never used, as the tournament was cancelled over concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] Gomez announced that a portion of the proceeds from "Dance Again" would go towards the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund. [4]

Composition

"Dance Again" is a dance, [5] electropop, [6] [7] electro, [8] and funk [9] [10] song with influences of disco. [11] In terms of music notation, it was composed in the key of D minor with a tempo of 112 beats per minute. [12]

Music video

The song received a video titled "Dance Again (Performance Video)" which was directed by Craig Murray and released on March 26, 2020. [13]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Rare. [14]

Recording locations

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for "Dance Again"
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [15] 96
CIS (TopHit) [16] 14
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [17] 14
Portugal (AFP) [18] 124
Russia Airplay (TopHit) [19] 13
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100) [20] 54
Ukraine Airplay (TopHit) [21] 84
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [22] 19

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Dance Again" in 2020
Chart (2020)Position
CIS (Tophit) [23] 174
Russia Airplay (Tophit) [24] 166

Release history

Release formats for "Dance Again"
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousJanuary 10, 2020
Interscope [25]
RussiaJanuary 21, 2020 Contemporary hit radio Universal [26]

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