"Dance with Me"
Single by Justice Crew featuring Flo Rida
Released29 March 2011 (2011-03-29)
RecordedLos Angeles, California
GenrePop[1]
Length3:46
LabelSony Music
Songwriter(s)Christopher Rojas, Larry Nacht, Tramar Dillard, Winston Thomas, Danny Schofield, Aaron Carter[2]
Justice Crew singles chronology
"Friday to Sunday"
(2010) 		"Dance with Me"
(2011) 		"Sexy and You Know It"
(2011)
Flo Rida singles chronology
"Who Dat Girl"
(2011) 		"Dance with Me"
(2011) 		"Where Them Girls At"
(2011)

"Dance with Me" is a song by Australian hip hop dance and pop group, Justice Crew, featuring American rapper Flo Rida. The song marks the first released by Justice Crew since Anastasios left the group. It was released digitally on 29 March 2011, as their third overall single. "Dance with Me" peaked at number 44 on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). An accompanying music video was directed by Matt Alonzo, and features Justice Crew in a warehouse having a dance-battle with all-female dance crew, Beat Freaks.

Background

Justice Crew recorded "Dance with Me" with American rapper Flo Rida in Los Angeles, California.[3] On working with Justice Crew, Rida said in an interview with The Daily Telegraph, "It was a pleasure working with Justice Crew, the song is crazy. I definitely look forward to working with them again in the future."[3] "Dance with Me" was originally recorded by Aaron Carter in 2009.[4] The single cover was revealed on 18 March 2011, and showed Justice Crew wearing black clothes, and posing in front of a background of flames.[5] "Dance with Me" was released digitally on 29 March 2011, before being serviced to Australian contemporary hit radio on 1 April.[1][6]

Chart performance

"Dance with Me" debuted and peaked at number 44 on the ARIA Singles Chart on 2 May 2011.[7] The following week, it fell four spots down to number 48.[7] The song was considerably more successful on the ARIA Urban Singles Chart, where it peaked at number 13.[8] "Dance with Me" was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), for selling 35,000 digital copies.[9]

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by Matt Alonzo and was filmed in Los Angeles.[1][10] A fifty-two second trailer of the video was premiered on YouTube on 18 March 2011, and showed Justice Crew in a warehouse with appearances by Flo Rida and all-female dance crew, Beat Freaks, from MTV's America's Best Dance Crew.[5] The complete video premiered on Vevo on 4 April.[11]

The video opens in a warehouse, with Flo Rida rapping his verse to the song while Justice Crew dance in the background. The video then shows Justice Crew wearing black clothes and standing in the rain, while Paul and John sing their verses. In between this scene, a dance-battle between Justice Crew and Battle Freaks begins, and reoccurs throughout the whole video. As Len begins his verse, Justice Crew then appear in front of a background of flames doing various routines. The video then continues when Justice Crew and Beat Freaks end up dancing together. After more dancing from Justice Crew in various scenes, the video then ends with them wearing no shirts.

Promotion

Justice Crew performed "Dance with Me" on Chris Brown's Australian F.A.M.E. Tour in April 2011.[citation needed] In May 2011, Swisse Vitamins used the song for their television commercial.[12] Justice Crew appeared in the commercial doing various dance routines on different coloured backdrops.[12]

Track listing

  1. "Dance with Me" featuring Flo Rida (Radio Edit) –3:46
  2. "Friday to Sunday" (DJ KCB's Dutch Mix) – 4:40

Charts and certification

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Australia[6][13] 29 March 2011 Digital download Sony Music Australia
8 April 2011

References

  1. ^ a b c "Justice Crew Ft. Flo Rida – Dance With Me – Issue 830". The Music Network. 1 April 2011. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Work Search - Justice Crew". Australasian Performing Right Association. Archived from the original on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Talented Crew had to go with the Flo". The Daily Telegraph. 1 April 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Talented Crew had to go with the Flo". Ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com. 21 September 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  5. ^ a b "auspOp.net: Justice Crew Teaser". Auspop. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  6. ^ a b "Dance With Me (feat. Flo Rida) – Single". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. 29 March 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  7. ^ a b c "Justice Crew feat. Flo Rida – Dance With Me". ARIA Charts. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  8. ^ a b "Top 40 Urban Albums & Singles Chart - 23/5/2011". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  9. ^ a b "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2011 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  10. ^ "(NEW VIDEO) Justice Crew Ft. Flo Rida "Dance With Me" Trailer". MattAlonzo.com. 18 March 2011. Archived from the original on 24 April 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  11. ^ Justice Crew – Dance With Me. Vevo. 4 April 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  12. ^ a b "Justice Crew star in new Swisse Vitamins TV Commercial". JusticeCrew.com. Archived from the original on 19 June 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  13. ^ a b "Dance With Me – Single". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. 8 April 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  14. ^ "ARIA Top 50 Australian Artists Singles 2011". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
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