“Dance” is the third single off Sixty Summers, Julia Stone’s third studio album. Its music video, which was directed by australian director Jessie Hill — a longtime collaborator to Angus & Julia Stone and their solo projects —, features Susan Sarandon and Danny Glover. Talking to Vogue Portugal,...
[Verse 1]
Well, I guess this is our losing hand
I always knew you were a gambling man
And some ties are too strong to break
But after tonight we'll shoot the moon and then we'll walk away
[Pre-Chorus]
It's so hard to love you
It's so hard to love you
It's so hard to love
You
[Chorus]
Why don't we dance?
Only one thing left to do
You got that hold on me, I got that hold on you
Why don't we dance?
Only one thing left to do
You got that hold on me, I got that hold on you
[Verse 2]
The streelight turned on, drive real fast lover
We're fools on the run, and we're running from each other
Stop the car and tell me what you need
You see, what you need is diffеrent but what you want is me
[Pre-Chorus]
It's so hard to love you
It's so hard to lovе you
It's so hard to love
You
[Chorus]
Why don't we dance?
Only one thing left to do
You got that hold on me, I got that hold on you
Why don't we dance?
Only one thing left to do
You got that hold on me, I got that hold on you
[Verse 3]
There's a thousand different ways to be losing sleep
I'm always counting on you when you were counting on me
And all I wanted to do was dream of that night in the bar
We were the last ones there, nothing would keep us apart
[Bridge]
And somebody turned out the lights and you touched my arm
Then you said to me
[Chorus]
Why don't we dance?
Only one thing left to do
You got that hold on me, I got that hold on you
Why don't we dance?
Only one thing left to do
(You've got that hold on me)
You got that hold on me, I got that hold on you
Why don't we dance?
(There's only one thing left to do)
You got that hold on me, I got that hold on you
(Why don't we dance?)
You got that hold on me, (I've got that hold on you)
[Outro]
You've got that hold on me
I've got that hold
On you
Dance was written by Doveman & Julia Stone.
Dance was produced by Julia Stone & Doveman & St. Vincent.
Julia Stone released Dance on Thu Oct 29 2020.
The song was sung both in French and English —
I don’t speak French. We’ve played a lot of shows in France over the years and I learnt quite early on doing shows that when you do a song or a poem or even something to say to the crowd in their language, it’s really nice and it’s really connective for...
One of the things we talked about early on was that often in music videos—my music videos included—you’re always telling the story of youthful love and falling in first love. There’s this real romance around love and youth, and we liked the idea of telling the importance of love when you’re in your...
Yes, there is a Spanish version:
And a French one:
It’s that feeling of really deep connection and knowing that it’s not going to work out but having nothing left to say, nothing left to do about it, so let’s just dance and enjoy the dance whilst it’s here. The music video ended up being a different message entirely, but the song itself has that beh...