2008

Dance Like There's No Tomorrow

Randy Jackson's Music Club

Overview

Image from the song's debut on KIIS FM.

"Dance Like There's No Tomorrow" is a dance-pop song by Paula Abdul and the lead single off Randy Jackson’s first studio album titled Randy Jackson's Music Club, Vol. 1.  It is Paula Abdul's first single release in twelve years- her last was "Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up" in 1996.

The song was written by Lil' Eddie, Shae Patrick Skinner and Eritza Laues. It was produced by DEEKAY and Randy Jackson. Additional vocal production was done by Oliver Leiber, one of the producers on the hit album, "Forever Your Girl."

"Dance Like There's No Tomorrow" debuted on On Air with Ryan Seacrest on January 18, 2008 and was sent to U.S. radio stations the same day.

On January 22 the digital single was released to the iTunes Store and other digital download services.

Randy Jackson's Music Club, Vol. 1. was released on March 11, 2008. Although Jackson himself did not sing on Music Club, he did produce the entire album.

Image from the music video.

The music video was shot on January 21, 2008. Access Hollywood revealed that Simon Cowell and Ryan Seacrest would make cameos in the video and that Abdul choreographed all her own dance moves. Abdul co-directed the music video with Scott Speer.

A second version of the video was released with one minor edit: the American Idol cast was removed. Choreographer/dancer Tyce Diorio, who also danced with Paula on her "Under My Spell Tour" was the main choreographer for the music video.

The music video officially premiered on American Idol on February 21, 2008. On February 25, 2008, following the debut of the music video on American Idol, the song peaked at number 11 on US iTunes.  The music video has received over 2.5 million views on YouTube.

Abdul and Jackson were scheduled to host the VIP stage featuring the world premiere of the music video for "Dance Like There's No Tomorrow" at the 2007 Gridlock LA New Years Eve event at the Paramount Pictures Studio Lot in Hollywood, but their appearance was canceled as the video had not yet been filmed.

"Super Bowl Pre-Show" performance.

Paula Abdul pre-taped a performance of "Dance Like There's No Tomorrow" that aired during the pre-game show for Super Bowl XLII.

Abdul performed a live dance routine with several back-up dancers while Jackson played bass guitar with the band including Oliver Leiber (“Forever Your Girl”, “Opposites Attract”.)

On February 3, 2008 during Abdul's Super Bowl XLII performance there were clips of the music video shown in the background.

As of March 6th 2008, the track topped the official iTunes Top 100 Videos chart. The song peaked at #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and peaked at #48 on the U.S. Billboard Pop 100 chart.

"Dance Like There's No Tomorrow" also charted at number 21 on the U.S. Digital Songs in March 2008, while in April it reached position 29 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary.

As a result of the success from “Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow”, Paula signed on to Filament Entertainment Group to record and released her next single, “I’m Just Here For The Music.”

Music Video

Official Promotional Video

Track Lists and Formats

Digital Single:

1. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (3:00)

Digital Remix:

1. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Oakenfold Radio Edit) 3:07

US 12" Promo Vinyl Record PRO-DM-0244 :

A1. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Oakenfold Radio Edit)
A2. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Oakenfold Instrumental)
B1. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Soul Seekerz Club Mix)
B2. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Soul Seekerz Dirty Dub)

US CD Promo PRO-DM-0239:

1. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Oakenfold Radio Edit)
2. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Oakenfold 12" Mix)
3. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Oakenfold Instrumental)
4. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Soul Seekerz Club Mix)
5. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Soul Seekerz Dirty Dub)
6. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Album Version)

US CDr Promo PRO-DM-0229:

1. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (3:00)

US CDr Promo PRO-DM-0230:

1. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow - Album Version (3:00)

Denmark CDr Maxi-Single Promo:

1. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Oakenfold Radio Edit)
2. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Oakenfold 12" Mix)
3. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Oakenfold Instrumental)
4. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Soul Seekerz Club Mix)
5. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Soul Seekerz Dirty Dub)
6. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Album Version)

US CDr Single Promo (PRO-DM-0248):

1. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Oakenfold Radio Edit)
2. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Oakenfold 12" Mix)
3. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Oakenfold Dub)
4. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Oakenfold Instrumental)
5. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Soul Seekerz Club Mix)
6. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Soul Seekerz Dirty Dub)
7. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Trevor Simpson Vocal Mix)
8. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Trevor Simpson Dub Mix)
9. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow (Album Version)

Randy Jackson's Music Club - Volume 1 (DRM-30277):

1. Dance Like There's No Tomorrow - by Paula Abdul
2. Just Walk On By - performed by Joss Stone
3. What Am I So Afraid Of? - performed by Keke Wyatt, Trisha Covington and Kiley Dean
4. Like A - performed by Crunk Squad featuring Ghostface Killah
5. Who's Gonna Love You Now - performed by Kelli Love
6. Wang Dang Doodle - performed by Sam Moore, Keb' Mo', Angie Stone and Frédéric Yonnet
7. Something to Believe In - performed by Jason Mraz, Van Hunt and Jon McLaughlin
8. Home - performed by John Rich & Anthony Hamilton
9. My R&B - performed by Barbi Esco
10. Real Love - performed by Katharine McPhee and Elliott Yamin
11. Willing to Try - performed by Richie Sambora, Travis Tritt and Lucy Woodward
12. I Understand - performed by BeBe Winans, Kim Burrell, Rance Allen, Mariah Carey and Hezekiah Walker & The Love Fellowship Tabernacle Church Choir
13. We're an American Band - performed by Aly & AJ
14. When I Fall in Love - performed by Brian McKnight

Leak:

An official “Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow (Konvict Remix featuring Akon)” (3:55) leaked online but was not made commercially available.

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Live Super Bowl Performance

Official FOX Super Bowl Pre-Game Show

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02-17-08 - Dance Like There's No Tomorrow - Billboard Review
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Lyrics

FOX Mini-Site

Behind the Scenes

Behind the Scenes of the Music Video

Promo Ad

Single Credits

Written by: Johannes “Josh” Joergensen, Dicky “OBI” Klein, Edwin “Lil’ Eddie” Serrano Jr, Shae Patrick Skinner & Eritza E. Laues

Produced and Arranged by: OBI and Josh for DEEKAY & The Chairmen of the Boards, Oliver Leiber and Randy Jackson

Published by DEEKAY Music (APS), Admin by Kobalt Music Ltd. / EMI April Music (BMI) / ABIDEBYTHELAUS/ EMI April Music (BMI) / Shae Patrick Skinner Publishing Designee

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