Copy link. Robyn - Dancing On My Own (Live From The Trocadero) - YouTube "[86] Rolling Stone named it the twenty-sixth best song of 2010, writing: "The Swedish diva spots her beloved with another girl – then turns her sadness into sparkling pop, perfect for solo freakouts. Let’s make a dance floor. The cover was noted for its "soft focus" and piano rock/pop-soul leanings, with critical reception being polarized and chart reception being very strong in the UK and Australia, followed by sleeper hit longevity in Europe and the United States. [19][20][21] Following the example of the "inherently sad, gay disco anthems" she loved, including Billy Idol's "Dancing With Myself" (1980),[22] Ultravox's "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (1984), and tracks by Sylvester, Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder,[23] the song's storyline eventually came to her, picturing "the god-awful feeling of a woman who is watching her ex get with someone new at a club". Pitchfork's Ryan Dombal appreciated it showed "the scuffs on her scepter" in comparison to her other promo singles, awarding it their infamous "Best New Music" label the day of release, and the outlet's Tom Breihan during its promotion would deem it her "Euro-pop masterpiece. Recorded live at the Fox Theatre in Oakland, California on February 26, 2019. Ten years later, "Dancing On My Own" has stood the test of time. '"[80] The Guardian's Michael Hann stated that song's "pulsing synths and electronic percussion manage to sound both jackbooted and ineffably melancholy. [58], "Dancing On My Own" has been described as a heartbreak anthem, with emotional lyrics compared to the themes of her previous singles, "With Every Heartbeat" and "Be Mine! Robyn, Dancing On My Own, audience takeover, live at the Fox Theater (Oakland), 2/26/2019 (HD) Watch later. The song was nominated at the 53rd Grammy Awards in the category Best Dance Recording,[88] but lost to "Only Girl (In the World)" by Rihanna. Late in the summer the track had stayed in UK's Top 40 for over 10 weeks, and on 1 September 2016, it was revealed it was the most bought song of the summer in the country. Broadcast your events with reliable, high-quality live streaming. "[57] The words convey "not only darkness" but a sense of "empowerment" for a "new start," Berger detailed to Billboard's Christine Werthman: " 'I'm sad, but I'm alright somehow.' "[60] The Guardian's Peter Robinson noted "Dancing On My Own" offers "no hope that things may get better. We'll dance with you, lady! With "Dancing on My Own," "Missing U" and "Call Your Girlfriend," Robyn continues to thrill her fans on 'Honey' tour dates. She is best known for her critically acclaimed electropop music, her impressive live shows and the hits "With Every Heartbeat" (#1 UK) and "Dancing On My Own" (#8 UK, #1 Sweden). Stream ROBYN "Dancing On My Own" by Hit Music from desktop or your mobile device. The song was released as Body Talk Pt. "[32][33][26] Soon after completion of the song, Robyn became "conflicted" about having her collaborators and friends hear it. Record and instantly share video messages from your browser. [144] In March 2018, Calum revisited the reaction from the critics and fans with Daniel Welsh on HuffPost UK's Build Series LDN, noting his "shock" at "how well it did, and also the criticism I faced", balancing those saying "‘You’ve ruined her song, it’s her song, how dare you!’" with a person that had "just written to me and said that they’ve come out to their family because of my interpretation", and clarifying he "didn't change the pronouns of the song" because he wanted the interpretation to always come from a "gay man's perspective". 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[66], Decida said in the preview her dancing was going to be about "bringing out" some kind of "pissed off [...] energy",[65] and later told Billboard that "angry" choreography was inspired by "her own experiences as a teenager" channeling "Rosie Perez’s dance sequence in the opening credits to Do the Right Thing (1989)." 10 – Helsinki, Finland @ Flow Festival 2019Aug. Screen Recorder. [99] The two did not rehearse the performance until the morning of the show, and Robyn said, "I met him for, like, five minutes, and then we were playing. [43] Both electronic versions keep a tempo of 117 beats per minute in common time,[44] which NPR's Sam Sanders implies was arranged deliberately as it was "situated [...] pretty close to what scientists say is the preferred walking tempo for humans". "[139] Max Martin's manager said that Martin thought "Dancing On My Own" was "one of the best pop songs ever made," and years later at a dinner he told her that he continued to have a "lot" of female artists come into his studio, "...put your album on the table," and say, "I wanna make this!" [28], With this third demo, entitled "Right Over Here", compared by Robyn and critics to Glasvegas' "Geraldine" (2008)[29][30] and later heard in part in 2018 at the Red Bull Music Academy in New York,[31] Robyn and Patrik had finally settled on a blueprint for the final track. The gross irony Calum turned to the exact kind of "franchise masterminds" Robyn "admirably" left behind in 2004 to avoid "diluting her vision for chart success" was not lost on Hall, who argued the "tried-and-tested blueprint of comprehensive backstories, stripped-back piano covers and little musical experimentation" from those that "intrinsically understood the commercial mechanisms of the music industry [...] didn't guarantee longevity," concluding that "the success of Scott’s pared-back rendition only served to highlight the devastating brilliance of Robyn’s timeless original. "Weeks" were spent "texting each other...on lines" with "a couple of days [spent] on each" that filled a "handful of notebooks" by the end, with one entirely "scrapped", as "every single word needed to feel right. "[11] Conceptualizing club culture, Robyn created narratives for past patrons she'd seen from situations she'd witnessed, including their "expectations" for the night to "meet that person", reach a "good high", or experience "some kind of emotion", whether "destructive", "empower[ed]", "inspired", "sad" or "fun", recalling stories from Olof on his time as a doorman describing how they'd act when "insecure" or "drunk", then reminiscing on her time in New York City in 1997 promoting Robyn is Here as a "lonely misfit teenager shoulder-shimmying alone in a gloomy corner" on Club Vinyl's "last ever"[12] Saturday night and Sunday afternoon, 'The Shelter', and the "near mythological" 'Body&SOUL', respectively. Critically, Calum's cover received polarizing reception, with many music journalists comparing it negatively to Robyn's original. [24], "With an idea of a chorus in her mind," Robyn wanted to work further with Åhlund but couldn't stop "toying" with the song on her own, eventually reaching out to prior collaborator Patrik Berger for a "different perspective". It has since then been certified platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry in Denmark for selling over 30,000 units. ... Home Music Live Reviews. "Dancing On My Own" became Robyn's first number one in her native country following its live premiere on Swedish TV show Sommarkrysset and also reached the top ten in Denmark, Norway and the United Kingdom later that month. Make social videos in an instant: use custom templates to tell the right story for your business. In the subsequent months and years, the track became a moderate sleeper hit in Europe and the U.S., including by mid-2018 reaching 550M streams and becoming certified platinum in at least four countries. Comment by kartovo. Robyn is the stage name of the Swedish pop singer-songwriter Robin Miriam Carlsson (born 12 June 1979 in Stockholm, Sweden). I'm so tired of writing over electronic beats and tracks.'" Robyn says she's proud of Dancing On My Own because it features elements of "many different worlds" she loves including: "Prince songs, 80s rock ballads and … A "faraway, plinking"[51] "sad piano motif" accompanies the song's "middle 8", the "one moment in the track when you’re allowed to pause", then "[at 2:45]...the pause is broken by 16 snare hits, all at maximum volume, with no crescendo or dynamic," followed by a return to the choral refrain that closes out the song. "Dancing on My Own" is a song by Swedish singer Robyn, taken from her fifth studio album, Body Talk Pt. [137], Released at what Harper's Bazaar's Natalie Maher deemed "the height of the pop renaissance" of the late 2000s/early 2010s, several columnists thought it took a decade for the song's influence to be appreciated critically due to the sharp contrast with its initial commercial reception, a result of several factors including its tone and theme. 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[52] USC musicologist Nate Sloan highlighted the six seconds of silence deliberately placed in the album version between each line in the verses, feeling that "Robyn wants you to live in that space – to give you time to insert all of your emotions and stories and feelings into the seconds between the lines". So that's funny. Unbelievably stunning. "Dancing On My Own" was produced by Patrik Berger and co-produced by Robyn, with the two of them sharing writing credits. "[57] The Guardian staff described it as a "breakup song with a wildly transgressive edge...of going to the club to watch her partner with their new girlfriend", theorizing if there was a "secret erotic thrill behind the pain" expressed in the song. [192][193], American folk singer Willie Watson, former founding member of Americana and bluegrass band Old Crow Medicine Show, released a folk version of the song in May 2020, dedicating it in a live stream performance of the song from his own studio to everyone "dancing on their own" amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Broadcast performances and inclusion on various media promoted all versions of her song into the decade, but Robyn's original album version in particular featured most prominently on Saturday Night Live, the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Concert, Mark Ronson's Love Lockdown: Video Mixtape, 2018 film Teen Spirit, 2019 film Long Shot, 2021 film Swan Song, reality TV show RuPaul's Drag Race (2009-present), teen-drama series Gossip Girl (2007-2012) and comedy-drama series Girls (2012-2017) and Orange is the New Black (2013-2019). Pretty amazing moment. [132] Gorilla vs. Bear ranked it 12th,[133] Crack Magazine 13th,[134] NBHAP 15th,[135] Uproxx 18th[136] and Harper's Bazaar 22nd. ROBYN "Dancing On My Own" by Hit Music published on 2010-10-18T14:54:54Z. Obsessively trying to come up with the right words to not "sugar-coat the experience" of all of the "messy moments of rejection," they both wanted "uncomfortably honest" lyrics designed to have each phrase read like a "little poem". Or the one where dozens of Robyn concertgoers wait on a subway platform after a show in New York: bundled up, crammed shoulder to shoulder, singing "Dancing on My Own," together. So make sure you're there when she performs songs like "Missing U" and "Honey" alongside classics like "With Every Heartbeat" and "Dancing on My Own," live at a venue near you. A "lot of time" was spent subsequently on "the individual components of the song: the drums, the bass and the pounding staccato it starts with". 9 – Oslo, Norway @ Øya Festival 2019Aug. In January 2009 Robyn won a Swedish Grammis award for Best Live Act 2008. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. The song was written and produced by Robyn and Patrik Berger, and was inspired by disco anthems by Ultravox, Sylvester and Donna Summer. [50] That is followed by the use of a "kick drum" on beats "1 and 3" and a "snare" on beats "1 and 4", both of which last through the entire song, accented with "eight repeated, robotic, hihat quavers halfway through [beginning at 1:57], [...] little clave tinkles in the verses [1:36] and the odd crash cymbal". Check out the Robyn Tour schedule below to learn more about upcoming performances, and score your tickets right away. [142][143] Héloïse Letissier of Christine & the Queens, who presented Robyn with the award for Songwriter of the Decade, said that "as a songwriter I can only marvel at a song like 'Dancing On My Own' ...it's a gem of pop. 3:10. "[84], At the end of the year multiple publications ranked the song on their best-of lists. "[81] Pitchfork named it the fourth best of 2010, saying that it "demonstrate[s] she is the Rocky Balboa of pop music. Another choreographed moment, Decida's "making out with yourself dance", of Robyn turning "her back to the camera" and feigning intimacy with another person by "wrapping her arms around herself" served as a "moment of levity" from her "serious-faced" attempts to get her ex's attention, and she would continue to use the move in subsequent live performances of the song. 1 (2010), the first in her Body Talk series. [212] Co-directed by Josh Killacky and David Moore, and edited by Alex Ditommaso, the video depicts a man pursuing a woman who is no longer his lover. "[71] Leslie Simon of MTV Buzzworthy named it a "Video You Need To Know" and wrote, "Amid a sea of strobe lights and PDA-stricken couples, Robyn seems cautiously fed up with dancing solo. Robyn is a star. Robyn does her own camera work while lip-syncing her song and dancing in front of mirrors. Patrik had prepared for weeks before their first session at his Stockholm studio with a "slew of electronic beats and tracks for Robyn to write over". [92], The song peaked at number twenty-two on the European Hot 100 Singles chart, becoming her highest peaking song on the chart. [48] Its focus is on its "jackhammer, relentless"[49] "iconic throbbing bass backbone" synth, made using the Korg Mono/Poly (MP-4) analog synthesizer. 1 (2010). [147][148] Robyn said she "felt connected to the gay audience because there’s an element to the culture that you have had to think about or make up your mind about what it is to be an outsider..."[149] By the late 2010s out singer/songwriter Sam Smith expressed that they thought the track made Robyn "a huge part of the LGBTQ community because we get to dance our pain away. [54] The song's second version, designed for radio and first heard accompanying its music video when it premiered on 21 May 2010, was released as a bonus track to Body Talk Pt. Lyrically, Robyn and Patrik were "super picky" and took even longer. The song later earned a nomination for Best Dance Recording at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards and was awarded "Best Song" at the Grammisgalan in Sweden. "[100] In 2010–2011, Robyn performed the song on other American television shows such as Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,[101] The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,[102] The Ellen DeGeneres Show[103] Jimmy Kimmel Live! [68] The first setting is in a darkened club where Robyn is standing still then walking and/or dancing amongst the crowd in the center of the dancefloor and the second shows her dancing in a dark hallway on the edge of the dancefloor near stacks of chairs and other building storage. 28 – Vancouver, BC @ Pacific ColiseumMarch 1 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount TheatreMarch 5 – Minneapolis, MN @ Palace TheatreMarch 6 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera TheatreMarch 8 – New York, NY@ Madison Square Garden March 9 – Washington, DC @ The AnthemMarch 11 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues March 13 – Montreal, QC @ MTELUSMarch 14 – Toronto, ON @ RebelApril 3 – Munch, Germany @ TonHalleApril 5 – Cologne, Germany @ PalladiumApril 6 – Berlin, Germany @ Ufo Im VelodromApril 8 – Hamburg, Germany @ Mehr! [145], Becoming what NME's Eli Hunt described as the "queen of the misfits,"[146] Robyn has been described as a gay icon because of the popularity of "Dancing On My Own", itself described as a gay anthem. 1's lead single on 1 June 2010, in Sweden and the United States. "[77][78] Nick Levine of Digital Spy gave the song five out of five stars and wrote that "'Dancing On My Own' is a misty-eyed electro-disco tune that's every bit as emotive as 'With Every Heartbeat' and 'Be Mine' [...] If your bottom lip's not quivering like the bassline by the time the second chorus hits, you've taken waaay too many mood stabilisers. [5] "Tired of the broken heart",[6] Robyn returned to writing about "sad love", a theme that remained prevalent in her work because it was universal yet continued to give her fresh ideas. "[198] Different music videos were commissioned and released for Calum's cover as well as the Tiesto remix. [202], On the other hand, Digital Journal found it "crisp and haunting,"[203] Metro Weekly praised the "powerful confessional,"[204] the track was nominated for a 2017 Brit Award for Best Single,[205] and Robyn herself told BBC Newsbeat that Calum and his voice "interpreted [it] in a way that made the song come alive again...[I'm] super happy for him to have the success...[and] pleased people got to know the song a little bit more," noting there'd been so many covers because it's a "good song". [93] "Dancing On My Own" also reached number three on the UK Dance Chart. [90] The song became Robyn's first number one on the chart, as well as her seventh top-ten hit. After "taking a step back from what she'd created", working through "a lot of therapy" where she "worked on [...] and healed" herself, then felt the "song was talking back to her" when "thousands of fans" sang it back to her on her 2019 tour when she "cut the song just before the chorus", she realized the song had "moved on from its beginnings" and was no longer "conflicted" about "playing it live", feeling the song "had moved on from its beginnings and 'became something that took on meaning for a lot of people in different ways'". Similarly, the publication's Alex Macpherson was annoyed with her "tiresome need to constantly bring" her "'heartbreak' to the discotheque," and its writer Alfred Soto deemed the song "mothworn melodrama", incredulous as to how it helped her get "rediscovered" by "indie kids" even though "her American handlers treat her like she’s Amerie. Robyn’s immortal club hit ‘Dancing On My Own’ has taken on new meaning during our current state of quarantine, so the Swedish pop singer started the #onmyown TikTok challenge. [45], The "brutal", "direct", and "minimal" album version, the first version of the song released, leaked on approximately 19 April,[46] then was released as a digital single the next day,[47] followed by its official release on 1 June 2010 as Body Talk Pt. "[87] The song landed at number six on MTV's Best Songs of 2010, with James Montgomery writing: "as soon as 'Dancing' gets to that hair-raising build – a breathless rush of drums and adrenaline – you're no longer thinking about what Robyn's saying, really." The chorus came first quickly, followed by the chords and parts of the melody. [199] Dazed's Jake Hall damned the cover with faint praise in a lengthy editorial, feeling that despite his "undeniabl[y] pure, talented, amazing voice", the cover "stripp[ed] the song of its initial context," deeming it a "formulaic piano ballad" which "lost the duality which made the original so incredible." Commercially, it was popular throughout Europe, going viral on streaming services, particularly in the UK. [185][186], Singer/songwriter Kelly Clarkson covered the downtempo acoustic version on 28 February 2019 in Dallas, Texas, on her Meaning of Life Tour. [191] Denver-based indie rock band Marcus Church released a cover on 19 June 2020, described by Westword's Tom Murphy as "jangle rock/power pop" by "The Cars" if they were "influenced by C86" and praised as a "fine reflection of Robyn's...powerful delicacy" with a "gentle hesitancy" towards her "nostalgia" given the time of its release, with all proceeds benefiting the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. [131] "Never touching the Hot 100" as Pitchfork's Ryan Dombal noted[138] Fawbert saw it taking "another nine-and-a-half years" to reveal its impact over the course of the decade after "slowly unleashing its tentacles and hooking itself around the music world." In January 2011, the American music magazine The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop annual critics' poll ranked "Dancing On My Own" at number three to find the best music of 2010. "[200] The Guardian's Alexis Petridis similarly felt his cover "gormlessly sandblasted away the original’s emotional complexity – a very realistic mix of despair, steely determination and euphoria – in favour of mournful bloke-at-a-piano emoting"[201] and Pitchfork's Jayson Greene also found it "dubious" and "weepy" in comparison to Robyn's. “Dancing On My Own,” which Robyn wrote and produced with Patrik Berger, was released June 1, 2010 as the lead single from her fifth studio album Body Talk Pt.