Dance 4 U

## Audio

"**Dance 4 U**" is a song by English singer and songwriter Charli XCX. It serves as the fourth track from her mixtape *Super Ultra*.

## Background

This song uses the instrumental of Sinjin Hawke's "Love Is on Your Side".

The track starts with a clip of a Justin Bieber interview where the interviewer asks the (then 16 year old) boy what he does to "seduce girls", in which he responds by saying he's never tried so seduce someone. On the outro, Charli does a play with words, singing "just in" while the backing vocals say "bieber".

On a note Charli wrote when she released the mixtape, she mentions the inspiration for the song: "[It] was inspired by the opening scene of Planet Terror, where Rose McGowan does the pole dance. I think that’s a really sad and desperate scene. It makes me cry when I watch it."

## Theme

On the song, Charli is in love with this person, but doesn't have much experience. She sings about how the person wants her to dance for him, and even though she's not good at dancing she does that for them. The Justin Bieber clip intro comes as a contrapoint, both her on the song and Justin don't have experience in "seducing" people.

## Lyrics

[Intro: Interview with Justin Bieber]

Reporter: If you were gonna sing something to a girl to try and seduce her, what would you sing, and will you sing it for us?

Justin Bieber: Seduce her?!

Reporter: Yup!

Justin Bieber: Uhh, I don't know, um... I've never tried to seduce a girl yet...

[Verse 1]

Under your magic

Under your magic in the night

I twist and turn

But I can never put up a fight

You are like diamonds

You are like diamonds in the night

Ask me a question

You know I'll do anything, I'm hittin' the tides (dance)

[Pre-Chorus]

Just stay

Just stay awake

Just lay

Just lay for me

[Chorus]

You know I can't dance

You know I can't dance

You know I can't dance, but you want me to

You know I can't dance

You know I can't dance

You know I can't dance for you, ain't what I do

You know I can't dance

You know I can't dance

You know I can't dance, but you want me to

You know I can't dance

You know I can't dance

You know I can't dance, but I'll dance for you

[Verse 2]

Body electric

Lost in our hyper fantasy

I really feel it

I'm moving both my arms, yeah, it's happening

Lost all my feelings

I don't really care who's watchin' me

We're on a level

If they don't like what we do, well, they can just leave

[Pre-Chorus]

You stay

You stay awake

You lay

You lay for me

[Chorus]

You know I can't dance

You know I can't dance

You know I can't dance, but you want me to

You know I can't dance

You know I can't dance

You know I can't dance for you, ain't what I do

You know I can't dance

You know I can't dance

You know I can't dance, but you want me to

You know I can't dance

You know I can't dance

You know I can't dance, but I'll dance for you

[Outro]

Justin (Bieber), Justin (Bieber), Justin (Bieber)

Justin (Bieber), Justin (Bieber), Justin (Bieber)

Justin (Bieber), Justin (Bieber), Justin (Bieber)

Justin (Bieber), Justin (Bieber), just in place

## References

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1. ↑ https://www.stereogum.com/1194652/download-charli-xcx-super-ultra-mixtape/mp3s/