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"Something to Dance For"
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Single by Zendaya
from the album Shake It Up: Live 2 Dance
Released March 6, 2012 (2012-03-06)
Recorded 2011
Genre Electropop
Length 2:43
Label Walt Disney
Songwriter(s) Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis, Benjamin Dherbecourt, Chen Neeman
Producer(s) Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis, Benjamin Dherbecourt, Chen Neeman
Zendaya singles chronology
"Watch Me"
(2011)
"Something to Dance For"
(2012)
"Fashion Is My Kryptonite"
(2012)

"Something to Dance For" is a song sung by Zendaya for the soundtrack Shake It Up: Live 2 Dance The song was written and produced by Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis, Benjamin Dherbecourt, and Chen Neeman and released as single on March 6, 2012.

Background

The song was composed by the quator of songwriters and producers Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis, Benjamin Dherbecourt and Chen Neeman, known to form the same partnership to compose songs like "And The Crowd Goes" by Chris Brochu, for the soundtrack of Lemonade Mouth, "So Far, So Great" and "What to Do" by Demi Lovato for the album Here We Go Again and for the soundtrack Sonny with a Chance, "Shake It Up" by Selena Gomez, for the soundtrack Shake It Up: Break It Down. On December 3, 2011, a video in low quality was planned for a future episode of Shake It Up for the 2012 season, began to spread through the internet, which brought a small preview of the song a little over a minute. On March 6, finally, the song was officially released as single on iTunes.

Music video

The video was released on March 9, 2012. It was a mash-up video with "TTYLXOX" which the girls start off to request for each other's song and then Zendaya starts to sing and dance with her group of people, then "TTYLXOX" plays with Bella Thorne dancing and singing with her group, and then finally the songs mash up with both Zendaya and Bella Thorne singing their songs and dancing together.

Track listings

  • U.S. / Digital download
  1. "Something to Dance For" – 3:19
  • U.S. / Mash-Up download
  1. "Something to Dance For / TTYLXOX - Mash Up" (with Bella Thorne)

Charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles 24
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