"Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)" | ||||
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Single by Bob Sinclar and Cutee B featuring Dollarman, Big Ali and Makedah | ||||
from the album Western Dream | ||||
Released | 21 August 2006 | |||
Genre | Hip house | |||
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Label | Yellow Productions | |||
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"Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)" is a song by French DJ and record producer Bob Sinclar, co-produced by regular partner Cutee B and featuring Dollarman, Big Ali, and Makedah on vocals. The song uses samples of the 1990 hit "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" by C+C Music Factory and was released as the third major single off Sinclar's album Western Dream , on 21 August 2006. It became Sinclar's most popular single on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number three. The song also reached number one in Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia) and number six on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart.
The music video features David Beaudoin, the same boy from the "Love Generation" and "World, Hold On" videos, as well as two young girls. Throughout the video, these actors parody many famous popular songs, artist, and otherwise notable pop culture references. In order, the references are as follows: [1] Tom Cruise during the dance scene in Risky Business , Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" music video, AC/DC, Eminem, Bob Marley, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sean Paul, The Beatles' performance on The Ed Sullivan Show, Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me a River" music video, John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever , and Michael Jackson's Thriller music video. Bob Sinclar appears during the music video as a neighbor next door who comes to the house's door step to complain about the loud music being played by the boy in the house.
12-inch maxi-single (Yellow Productions)
5-inch maxi-single (541)
8-track CD single (Tommy Boy Entertainment, LLC)
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Belgium (BEA) [57] | Gold | 25,000* |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [58] | Gold | 4,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [59] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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Belgium | 21 August 2006 | Digital download EP |
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France | 22 August 2006 | Digital download | Yellow Productions | [61] |
United States | Tommy Boy | [62] | ||
Australia | 20 September 2006 | Digital download EP | Hussle | [63] |
25 September 2006 | CD | [64] | ||
United Kingdom | Digital download | Defected | [65] | |
2 October 2006 | CD | [66] |
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