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title: Shut Up and Dance (Walk the Moon song) text: Shut Up and Dance (Walk the Moon song) "Shut Up and Dance" (stylized as "SHUT UP + DANCE") is a song by American rock band Walk the Moon for their second studio album "Talking Is Hard" (2014). It was written by the band members and songwriters Ben Berger and Ryan McMahon. The song is based on an experience lead singer Nicholas Petricca had at a Los Angeles nightclub. His girlfriend invited him to dance, inspiring the title. Petricca envisioned the song as an anthem for letting go of frustration and having fun. The song was digitally released as the lead title: Shut Up and Dance (Walk the Moon song) text: Tour on July 24 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Walk the Moon performed the song at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards pre-show on August 30, 2015, where the band had played on a circular, multicolored stage prior to the show's start. The band also performed the song at the 2016 NBA All-Star Game on February 13, 2016 in Toronto, Canada. The music video, a 1980s club-themed movie-style music video, was released on YouTube on October 23, 2014. It stars professional dancer Lauren Taft alongside Petricca. Credits adapted from the liner notes of "Talking Is Hard". Locations Personnel Shut Up and Dance title: Shut Up and Dance (Walk the Moon song) text: has performed "Shut Up and Dance" on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon", "Late Night with Seth Meyers", "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and "Good Morning America". The song originated between vocalist Nicholas Petricca and guitarist Eli Maiman, who first developed the verse and found something infectious about it. The following weekend, Petricca went to a party named Funky Soul Saturday at The Echo in Echo Park, Los Angeles, while feeling frustrated with the writing process. The song is largely based on that night. Petricca recalled, "We were at the bar, and it was taking forever to get title: Sin With Sebastian text: Sin With Sebastian Sebastian Roth, known by his stage name as Sin With Sebastian, is a German musician/singer/songwriter. Sin With Sebastian came to prominence in 1995 with the Europe-wide hit, "Shut Up (and Sleep with Me)", which made it up to number-one in Spain, Austria, Finland, Mexico, and Top 10 in most European countries . In addition, it reached number 26 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Dance Club Play chart No.44 in the UK Singles Chart. The single and following album, "Golden Boy", were co-produced by Inga Humpe and Sebastian Roth. Sin with Sebastian released three singles and one album title: Shut Up and Dance (Walk the Moon song) text: a drink. I was frustrated because there was great music playing and I wanted to be out there." His girlfriend, in "a backless dress and some beat up sneaks", abruptly invited him to dance with her, inspiring the song's title. Petricca later went home to work on the song and incorporated his experiences into the song's lyrics. After creating the song's main refrain, he began picturing himself in high school: an "incredibly uncomfortable, awkward adolescent dude," he imagined the song as "an anthem for the dork who is 100 percent me." In an interview with "American Songwriter", he summarized the