Shut Up and Dance (Walk the Moon song)

"Shut Up and Dance"
Single by Walk the Moon
from the album Talking Is Hard
Released	September 10, 2014 (2014-09-10)
Studio	Rancho Pagzilla (North Hollywood, California)
Genre	New wave pop rock power pop synth-rock alternative rock
Length	3:17
Label	RCA
Songwriter(s)	Ben Berger Eli Maiman Ryan McMahon Nicholas Petricca Kevin Ray Sean Waugaman
Producer(s)	Tim Pagnotta
Walk the Moon singles chronology
"Tightrope" (2012) "Shut Up and Dance" (2014) "Different Colors" (2015)
Music video
"Shut Up and Dance" on YouTube

"Shut Up and Dance" (stylized as "SHUT UP + DANCE") is a song by American pop rock band Walk the Moon from their third studio album Talking Is Hard (2014).^[1] 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 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.^[2] Outside of the United States, "Shut Up and Dance" 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 20 of the charts in New Zealand and Sweden, and the top 30 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.