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"Lose Yourself to Dance" is a disco and funk song in the key of B ♭ minor with a tempo of 100 BPM. [1] [2] Daft Punk expressed that the song was the result of a desire to create dance music with live drummers. [3] [4] Thomas Bangalter elaborated that they wished to redefine dance music as "something lighter or something more [primal]", and that the song is meant to evoke the sense of being unified and connected on the dance floor. [5]

Pharrell Williams sings lead vocals on "Lose Yourself to Dance". Williams stated that the song "makes me feel like walking down the street in the middle of the night in London and it's 1984, 1985. I don't hear '70s in that at all." He also believed that David Bowie could theoretically have sung the song. [5] Additional vocals are performed by Daft Punk using vocoders, [6] which Nick DeCosemo of Mixmag felt resembled their 2001 song "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger". [7]

Instrumentalists who perform on "Lose Yourself to Dance" include Nile Rodgers on guitar, Nathan East on bass guitar, and John "J.R." Robinson on drums. [8] Its "heavy beats" are said to resemble American rock singer Billy Squier's 1980 song "The Big Beat". [7] Jeremy Abbott of Mixmag felt that, "Big multi-layered claps and thrashing cymbals also play a big part in driving the song forward." [9]

In promotion of the 10th anniversary edition of the album, a video series called Memory Tapes was released throughout 2023. [10] In Williams's episode, he revealed he did not expect his vocals to be on the finished versions of either song. The episode contains footage of Williams's reaction to the completed "Get Lucky" and "Lose Yourself to Dance" tracks for the first time. [11]

One of the bonus tracks on the 10th anniversary edition is a demo without Rodgers called "LYTD (Vocoder Tests)". [12]

Promotion

Pharrell Williams performed lead vocals for "Lose Yourself to Dance". N.E.R.D @ Pori Jazz 2010 - Pharrell Williams 1.jpg
Pharrell Williams performed lead vocals for "Lose Yourself to Dance".

In the third episode of the promotional web series The Collaborators, Nile Rodgers performed a portion of "Lose Yourself to Dance", which was referred to only as "the song of the summer" by the interviewer. [13] The title was later revealed through Columbia Records's official Vine account as part of a video relaying a series of images. [14] A four-minute edit of the song was distributed to mainstream and rhythmic radio stations in the United States on 13 August 2013. [15] [16]

Music video

Rodgers stated that video footage had been shot for "Lose Yourself to Dance" at the same time that "Get Lucky" footage was being filmed. [17] A trailer for "Lose Yourself to Dance" debuted at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, featuring Daft Punk, Rodgers and Williams, who also presented the award for "Best Female Video" at the ceremony. [18] The song-length version of the video was released on Daft Punk's official Vevo channel on 16 September 2013. Produced by Daft Arts, the music video was shot on 70mm film and was directed by Daft Punk, Warren Fu, Paul Hahn and Cédric Hervet. [19] [20]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Random Access Memories liner notes. [8]

Track listing

Promotional CD
  1. "Lose Yourself to Dance" (radio edit) – 4:09
  2. "Lose Yourself to Dance" (album version) – 5:53

"Lose Yourself to Dance"
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Single by Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams
from the album Random Access Memories
Released13 August 2013
Recorded2012
Genre
Length
  • 5:53 (album version)
  • 4:09 (radio edit)
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Thomas Bangalter
  • Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo
Daft Punk singles chronology
"Get Lucky"
(2013)		"Lose Yourself to Dance"
(2013)		"Doin' It Right"
(2013)
Pharrell Williams singles chronology
"Get Like Me"
(2013)		"Lose Yourself to Dance"
(2013)		"Happy"
(2013)

Chart performance

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [46] Platinum80,000‡
Italy (FIMI) [47] Gold15,000‡
Mexico (AMPROFON) [48] Gold30,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [49] Silver200,000‡
United States (RIAA) [50] Platinum1,000,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United States13 August 2013 Mainstream radio [15] Columbia
Rhythmic radio [16]
Italy30 August 2013Mainstream radio [51] Sony

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