"Porn Star Dancing" | ||||
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Single by My Darkest Days featuring Chad Kroeger, Ludacris and Zakk Wylde | ||||
from the album My Darkest Days | ||||
Released | June 21, 2010 | |||
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Length | 3:55 | |||
Label | 604 | |||
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"Porn Star Dancing" is the debut single by the Canadian rock band My Darkest Days from their self-titled debut album released on September 21,2010. The single itself was released on June 21,2010,preceding the release of the album by three months. The song spent 26 weeks on Billboard 's Rock Songs chart where,on December 11,2010,it peaked at number seven. [1] It performed better on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart,where it spent two weeks at number one. Chad Kroeger of Nickelback sings a verse in the "Porn Star Dancing" video,which was filmed at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas,as does American rapper Ludacris,and Black Label Society frontman Zakk Wylde does a guitar solo. The music video was directed by Brendan Cochrane. Ludacris was originally featured only in the Canadian release of the video;however,due to the popularity of the track,it was subsequently adopted as the mainstream video and radio release.
It was featured in the 2013 episode of Blue Bloods called "Devil's Breath" (season 3,episode 21).
Chart (2010) | Peak position |
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Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [2] | 40 |
Canada CHR/Top 40 ( Billboard ) [3] | 39 |
Canada Rock ( Billboard ) [4] | 3 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [5] | 90 |
US Hot Rock &Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [6] | 7 |
Chart (2011) | Position |
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US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard) [7] | 42 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada) [8] | 3×Platinum | 240,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [9] | Gold | 500,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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