, ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁her ▁voice ▁role , ▁R ih anna ▁created ▁a ▁concept ▁album ▁for ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁March ▁ 2 3 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁It ▁was ▁later ▁revealed ▁that ▁the ▁film ' s ▁sound track ▁would ▁also ▁include ▁songs ▁recorded ▁by ▁Char li ▁X C X , ▁K ies za ▁and ▁Jenn ifer ▁L ope z . ▁" Dan cing ▁in ▁the ▁Dark " ▁was ▁written ▁by ▁Tor ▁Erik ▁Herm ansen , ▁Mik kel ▁St or le er ▁E ri ks en , ▁E ster ▁Dean , ▁Ma ure en ▁Anne ▁Mc Donald ▁and ▁R ih anna . ▁The ▁production ▁was ▁done ▁by ▁Herm ansen ▁and ▁E ri ks en ▁under ▁their ▁production ▁name ▁St arg ate . ▁Dean ▁has ▁previously ▁co - p enn ed ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁songs ▁for ▁R ih anna ▁including , ▁" S & M " ▁( 2 0 1 1 ) ▁and ▁" R ude ▁Boy " ▁( 2 0 1 0 ), ▁both ▁of ▁which ▁were ▁produced ▁by ▁St arg ate . ▁The ▁vocals ▁were ▁recorded ▁by ▁Mar cos ▁T ov ar ▁and ▁K uk ▁Har rell , ▁while ▁the ▁later ▁also ▁did ▁their ▁production . ▁Phil ▁Tan ▁mixed ▁the ▁song ▁at ▁the ▁Nin ja ▁Beat ▁Club ▁in ▁Atlanta , ▁Georgia ▁while ▁Daniel a ▁River a ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁track ' s ▁engineer . ▁ ▁Com position ▁▁ ▁" Dan cing ▁in ▁the ▁Dark " ▁is ▁a ▁R & B ▁song ▁with ▁a ▁length ▁of ▁three ▁minutes ▁and