“Stompa” by Serena Ryder

"Stompa" was the lead single from Harmony, Serena Ryder's sixth studio album, arriving in Canada in September 2012 and in the United States the following February. Ryder wrote it with Jerrod Bettis, who produced it, played bass, guitar, keyboards and piano, and sang backing vocals, with Joe Zook adding extra production.

It's a sermon on music as the cure for most of what ails you, urging listeners to clap their hands and stomp their feet, and Ryder has said she meant it to get people out of their own heads and remind them that everybody is struggling with something. The Montreal Gazette found it infectious and nearly ready for Broadway, and the Hamilton Spectator was impressed that one song could fit four different radio formats, from modern rock to adult contemporary. A French-language version followed on Canadian iTunes in February 2013.

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