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Shut Up and Dance

Music by Walk the Moon

Originally Performed by Walk the Moon

"Shut Up and Dance" is a song by American rock band Walk the Moon for their second studio album Talking Is Hard. It was written by the band members and songwriters Ben Berger and Ryan McMahon. The song is based on an experience frontman 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 single from Talking Is Hard on September 10, 2014.

The song became the band's biggest hit single to date, peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming a number-one hit on the magazine's Alternative Songs chart and the Hot Adult Contemporary chart.[3] Outside the United States, the song topped the charts in Poland, peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, Canada, Germany, Israel, the Republic of Ireland, and the United Kingdom, the top twenty of the charts in New Zealand and Sweden and the top thirty of the charts in the Netherlands. The band 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.

Release Date: 2014

Shut Up and Dance

The Current

Soloist: Steve Pribis Arrangement: Sam Linden Originally Performed by Walk the Moon Video Recorded and Edited by Arin Sang-urai Audio Recorded and Mixed by Andrew John Kim

Shut Up and Dance

A Cappella groups will love performing this 2015 chart-topper from the American alt-rock band Walk the Moon. With a fantastic 80s vibe and an irresistible hook, your audiences will love this energetic song!

Voicing: SATB

Shut Up and Dance

Walk The Moon

Sometimes you just have to seize the moment! That is the message of this 2015 chart-topper from the American alt-rock band Walk The Moon. With a fantastic 80s vibe and an irresistible hook, your pop/show choirs will love to sing and dance to this energetic song!

Voicing: SATB

Shut Up and Dance

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Voicing: SAB

Shut Up and Dance

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Voicing: 2-Part

Songbooks, Arrangements and/or Media

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Jerry Estes : Pop Songs for Young Men's Chorus II

Now available, the second in a series, this collection for men's chorus spans the decades and is designed to give you lots of value with songs your choir will love to perform! Includes: Count on Me (Bruno Mars), Happy Together (The Turtles), Shut Up and Dance (Walk the Moon), The Way You Do the Things You Do (The Temptations), What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong).

Songlist: Count On Me, Shut Up And Dance, Happy Together, The Way You Do The Things You Do, What A Wonderful World

Straight No Chaser : The New Old Fashioned

First getting together at Indiana University a dozen years ago, their Christmas song medley blending "12 Days of Christmas" with Toto's "Africa" went massively viral on YouTube and brought these ten men happily back together. Their tours sell out, they have a massive fan base, more than 20 million YouTube hits, five successful albums, "With A Twist" released this spring, and their latest, "The New Old Fashioned" is impressive: 13 tracks, mostly finely-arranged, wonderfully harmonized covers, with strong leads from Jerome Collins and Walter Chaser, every one a hit. Some of our favorites are a pair of medleys, "Dock of the Bay/Proud Mary" and "On The Road Again/I Play The Road", Radiohead's "Creep," Bob Dylan's "Make You Feel My Love," Don Nottingham's "Lost" and a very funny "The Movie Medley," with parody lyrics by Tyler Trepp and Seggie Isho. It's great to see SNC, already pure entertainers in their college days, deservedly rise to shine with a cappella's elite groups!

Songlist: Marvin Gaye, (Sittin' On) The Dock of The Bay, Proud Mary, Creep, Beggin' / Counting Stars, Take Me To Church, Can't Feel My Face, Make You Feel My Love, All About That Bass (No Tenors), One The Road Again / I Play The Road, Red, Shut Up And Dance, Lost, The Movie Medley

Vocalosity : Vocalosity

So new we have not reviewed it yet.

Songlist: Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', Tightrope, Locked Out of Heaven, Thinking Out Loud, Hallelujah, Whole Lotta Love, Beatbox Break, Sing Sing Sing, True Colors, Shut Up and Dance, See You Again, Fever, Fix You

Individual Folios

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Tom Anderson : Shut Up and Dance

With lyrics based on a real-life experience, this high-energy chart topper from the band Walk the Moon quickly became a hit in ten countries. The rhythmic vibe and fun hook make it fun to sing for all voice parts.

Arranger: Tom Anderson | Composer: Nicholas Petricca

Mac Huff : Shut Up and Dance

Arranger: Mac Huff | Composer: Walk the Moon Performed By: Walk The Moon

Andy Beck : Shut Up and Dance

Inspired by performers like Pat Benatar and Rick Springfield, this Billboard Hot 100 hit cemented Walk the Moon's pop culture status. The high-energy, feel-good dance beat will have everyone out of their seats! "She said, 'Shut up and dance with me!'"

Arranger: Andy Beck | Composer: Walk the Moon

Deke Sharon : Shut Up and Dance

Arranger: Deke Sharon | Composer: Walk the Moon

Wayne Grimmer : Shut Up and Dance

This 1980s-inspired anthem for letting go of self-doubt and frustration is all about giving yourself (and your audience) permission to have fun! This arrangement stays true to the original and contains lots of accessible rhythmic layers to help you keep the groove solid and locked-in.

Arranger: Wayne Grimmer | Composer: Walk the Moon Performed By: Walk The Moon