Dancing (Elisa song)

"Dancing"
Promotional single by Elisa
from the album Then Comes the Sun
Released	September 20, 2002 (Italy) December 2007 (United States)
Genre	Pop soul
Length	5:36
Label	Sugar
Songwriter	Elisa
Elisa singles chronology
"Time" (2002) "Dancing" (2002) "Almeno tu nell'universo" (2003)
Elisa USsingles chronology
"Dancing" (2007) "Rainbow" (2008)

"Dancing" ^[1] is a song by Italian singer Elisa, released on September 20, 2002 as a promotional single from her third studio album Then Comes the Sun . Upon the release of her compilation album Dancing , the song was officially released as a single on December 2007 in United States and Canada.

The song was part of the soundtrack of Casomai (2002) directed by Alessandro D'Alatri, alongside Heaven Out of Hell, both being nominated Nastro d'Argento for Best Original Song. ^[2]

Composition

The song, written and composed by Elisa herself, was written after the singer dance with the person described in the lyrics. ^[3] In an interview with Enrico Silvestrin in 2014, the singer-songwriter stated that "Dancing" was influenced by her listening to Jeff Buckley. ^[4]

Release and commercial success in North America

The song was released as a promotional single from her third studio album Then Comes the Sun for Italian radio ariplay. After the song was performed on the second and third season of United States' televisison show So You Think You Can Dance between 2006 and 2007, the song was sold over 80 000 copies on ITunes in the United States. Elisa's record label Sugar Music release a compilation album with the same name of the song, which was releas as the official lead single. ^{[5] [6]}

Track listings

• US EP

1. "Dancing" – 5:36
2. "Dancing" (live from London iTunes Festival) – 5:36
3. "Rock Your Soul" – 5:03

Use in the media

• In 2006, the song was used as the solo music for Jessica Fernandez on the hit show So You Think You Can Dance when she placed in the bottom three.
• In 2007, it was again used in So You Think You Can Dance, ^[7] first by Jaimie Goodwin as her audition song in New York and second on the Top 20 show danced to by Lacey Schwimmer and Kameron Bink and choreographed by Mia Michaels, both in the third season.
• In 2008, Kelli Baker used it as her audition song in Utah for the fourth season of So You Think You Can Dance.
• In the 2012 dance film Step Up Revolution , a scene includes the protagonist Emily (Kathryn McCormick) dancing to this song to audition for a contemporary dance company headed by Olivia Brown (Mia Michaels).

Chart performance

Chart (2008-2012)	Peak position
Canadian Digital Singles [8]	54
Italy (FIMI) [9]	33
US Billboard Hot Singles Recurrents	25

References

1. "Dancing" Video on YouTube
2. "Elisa candidata nella categoria 'miglior canzone' ai Nastri D'Argento 2002". Rockol (in Italian). 20 June 2002. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
3. "Intervista ad Elisa". Libero Quotidiano (in Italian). Retrieved 15 October 2025.
4. Enrico Silvestrin (2014-06-11). Home Sessions Ep4 - Elisa [HD] - full episode . Retrieved 2025-10-15– via YouTube.
5. Areddia, Ketty (2 July 2008). "Il sogno americano di Elisa corre su ITunes con «Dancing» - Corriere della Sera". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 15 October 2025.
6. "Gli Usa incoronano Elisa". Tgcom24 (in Italian). 22 December 2008. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
7. "Dancing" Video So You Think You Can Dance
8. "Elisa Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More".
9. "Classifiche – Top Digital – Classifica settimanale WK 39 del 2012". Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (in Italian). Retrieved 26 April 2015.