Last Dance (song)

## Last Dance

* Third Singles and Close Track of Deluxe Edition
* Remix of the Third Singles and Close Track on Deluxe Edition

## Track Listing

### Previous

**"Last Dance"** is a song by Dua Lipa. It was released on February 8, 2016. Lipa wrote the song with Stephen "Koz" Kozmeniuk and Talay Riley, with Kozmeniuk handling the song's production. It served as the third single for Lipa's self-titled debut album, *Dua Lipa.*

## Compostion

**"Last Dance"** is a chillwave and synth-pop song featuring a "dance-heavy" and electronic production that some compared to that of Major Lazer and Justin Bieber. The song then builds up to an electronic segment of the song that puts Lipa's vocals in center focus. Lyrically, "Last Dance" finds Lipa "[e]xploring a particularly intense relationship that could crash and burn at a milliseconds notice". The song moves at 136 beats per minute.

## Critical reception

Robin Murray of Clash praised the single, writing that the single has "innate energy and a real pop intelligence." Bianca Gracie of Idolator wrote that the song "will immediately hit you at your waistline, thanks to the 20-year-old's sultry and bold vocals." She additionally called it a "future festival staple." Jessica Boyle of Pulse Media praised Lipa's "husky vocals."

## Music Video

The music video for "**Last Dance**", directed by Jon Brewer and Ian Blair, premiered on 18 March 2016. The video was filmed in California's rainforests in December 2015, and features Lipa running around a "technicoloured forest".

## Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of the deluxe edition of Dua Lipa.

### Recording

* Recorded at KasaKoz Studios, Toronto
* Vocals recorded at TaP Studio / Strongroom 7, London
* Mixed at BabelFish Studios
* Mastered at Metropolis Studios, London

### Personnel

* Dua Lipa – vocals, songwriting
* Stephen "Koz" Kozmeniuk – songwriting, production, keyboards, programming, backing vocals
* Matty Green – mixing
* Michael Sonier – engineering assistance
* Matt Vlahovich – additional keyboards
* Talay Riley – backing vocals, songwriting
* John Davis – mastering

## Lyrics

Fatal, this attraction, yeah we might just end up crashin'

But I'm ready if it happens with you

Meet me out in Cali when I'm far away from family

And I need someone to hold onto

You're the only thing I know

And I don't wanna let this go

Close to you are I feel, feel like I'm at home

Can't wait 'til we're alone

We were built to last

We were built like that

Baby take my hand

Tighten this romance

We could burn and crash

We could take a chance

Holdin' nothin' back

Like it's our last dance

Like it's our last dance

Like it's our last dance

My eyes wide open, fallin' in and out of focus

Pressure flowin' like a river in my head

Crying, you ain't with me and it's floodin' the whole city

While my soul's burnin' like a cigarette

You're the only thing I know

And I don't wanna let this go

Close to you are I feel, feel like I'm at home

Can't wait 'til we're alone

We were built to last

We were built like that

Baby take my hand

Tighten this romance

We could burn and crash

We could take a chance

Holdin' nothin' back

Like it's our last dance

Like it's our last dance

Like it's our last dance

Like it's our last dance

Like it's our last dance

Way too soon to feel so strong

Way too young to hurt so long, I'm hurtin'

Was it worth it?

Way too soon to feel so strong

Way too young to hurt so long, I'm hurtin'

Was it worth it?

Like it's our last dance

Like it's our last dance

Like it's our last dance

I'll fall in love

I'll fall in love

I'll fall in love

I'll fall in love

I'll fall in love

I'll fall in love

I'll fall in love