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“Shut Up & Dance” by Walk the Moon
From the album Talking Is Hard (2014)
“Shut Up & Dance” by Walk the Moon appears on 26 radio countdowns from 19 stations between 2014 and 2026. It was first released in 2014 on the album Talking Is Hard. Its best result is #1 on the 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #64 alternative song of 2014, #3,117 alternative song of all time and #149 of the '10s.
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Walk the Moon's "Shut Up & Dance" started with a night out: singer Nicholas Petricca was at a Los Angeles nightclub when his girlfriend pulled him onto the floor, and the title came straight from that moment. It led off the singles from Talking Is Hard, the band's third studio album, released digitally on September 10, 2014, on RCA Records, and Petricca pictured it as a fist-in-the-air anthem for shaking off frustration and just having fun.
The whole band wrote it with songwriters Ben Berger and Ryan McMahon, who also co-produced, and Tim Pagnotta produced. Petricca sings lead and plays keyboards and percussion, Eli Maiman plays electric guitar, Kevin Ray plays bass and Sean Waugaman adds percussion, with Neal Avron on the mix. It's power pop with a new wave shimmer. It became the band's biggest hit, reaching 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping the Alternative Songs chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 93 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2014 | 103 |
| 2014 | 70 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2014 | 99 |
| 2014 | 48 | 96.5 The Buzz Kansas City, MO-KS | 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2014 | 96 |
| 2014 | 77 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2014 | 88 |
| 2014 | 4 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2014 | 51 |
| 2014 | 65 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2014 | 100 |
| 2015 | 3 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2015 | 99 |
| 2015 | 1 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2015 | 88 |
| 2015 | 6 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2015 | 50 |
| 2015 | 20 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2015 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 94 | 103.3 The Edge | 103.3 The Edge Top 103.3 Songs of the Decade | 103 |
| 2019 | 9 | ALT 98.7 | ALT 98.7 Top 98 ALT Songs of the Decade | 98 |
| 2019 | 483 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) | 500 |
| 2020 | 35 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 107 Songs of Last Decade (2010s) | 107 |
| 2020 | 75 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 of the 2010s | 102 |
| 2020 | 11 | The Buzz | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of the Decade | 99 |
| 2020 | 11 | X96 | X96's Top 100 Songs of the Last Decade | 100 |
| 2020 | 42 | DC101 | The DC101 Top 500 | 500 |
| 2022 | 350 | 101X | 101X 500 (2022) | 498 |
| 2022 | 207 | X96 | X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time | 500 |
| 2023 | 631 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 787 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2025 | 432 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 228 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2025 | 52 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
| 2026 | 398 | 101X | 101X 500 (2026) | 500 |
Also listed as: Shut Up And Dance; Shut Up and Dance.
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