Sophie Ellis-Bextor Songs - Murder on the Dancefloor Lyrics

Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder on the Dancefloor

Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder on the Dancefloor Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Read My Lips
Released: 2001

Murder on the Dancefloor Lyrics

It´s Murder on the Dancefloor
But you better not kill the groove
Dj, gonna burn this goddamn house right down
Oh, I know I know I know I know I know I know
About your kind
And so and so and so and so and so
I´ll have to play
If you think you´re getting away
I will prove you wrong
I´ll take you all the way
Boy, just come along
Hear me when I say
Hey, It´s murder on the dancefloor
But you better not kill the groove
It´s murder on the dancefloor
But you better not steal the moves
Dj, gonna burn this goddamn house right down
Oh I know I know I know I know I know I know
About your kind
And so and so and so and so and so and so
You´ll just have to pray
Don´t think you´ll get away
I will prove you wrong
I´ll lead you all astray
Stay another song
I´ll blow you all away
Hey, It´s murder on the dancefloor
But you better not kill the groove
Murder on the dancefloor
But you better not steal the moves
DJ, gonna turn this house around somehow
Murder on the dancefloor
But you better not kill the groove
Hey, hey
Murder on the dancefloor
But you better not steal the moves
Dj, gonna burn this goddamn house right down

Writer/s: ELLIS-BEXTOR, SOPHIE MICHELL / ALEXANDER, GREGG
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Murder on the Dancefloor

This song about underhanded dance competition tactics was penned by Ellis-Bextor with the American singer-songwriter Gregg Alexander (under the pseudonym Alex Ander). Alexander, who was the mastermind behind the New Radicals ("You Get What You Give") won a Grammy for co-writing "The Game of Love" for Santana in 2003.

The song became Ellis-Bextor's greatest hit internationally. It was the most-played song of 2002 in all of Europe and also went platinum in Australia, where it peaked at #3, staying in the Top Fifty for twenty weeks.

The music video takes place at a dance contest, which contestant Ellis-Bextor is desperate to win. Canadian-born actor Colin Stinton, who played Neal Daniels in The Bourne Ultimatum, features as the main judge. Sophie Muller, who helmed the singer's previous video for "Take Me Home," directed the clip.

This was used in the Eastenders episode where the Queen Vic burned down. Just before the fire started Ellis-Bextor could be heard singing "Gonna burn this goddamn house right down." She commented on her website: "I used to watch lots of Eastenders and I remember when I heard my first band Theaudience, being played in the show - it was a bit of an 'I've made it' moment!"