I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album

I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album
Remix album by Kesha
Released March 18, 2011 (2011-03-18)
Genre
Length 48:00
Label RCA
Kesha chronology
Cannibal
(2010)		 I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album
(2011)		 Warrior
(2012)

I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album is the first remix album by American recording artist Kesha, released on March 18, 2011. Announced on February 23, 2011, the album contains nine remixes, including featured appearances from André 3000 and 3OH!3, and one previously unreleased track, "Fuck Him He's a DJ". According to Kesha, the album's release is intended to be a play on her party girl image; her image is commonly perceived as being drunk when in actuality her lifestyle is about enjoying life and having fun no matter what the circumstances. The album is composed of electronic and dance-pop songs.

Background and development

DJ Switch (pictured) was the producer responsible for the remix of "Animal".

I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album is the first remix album by Kesha, released by RCA Records on March 18, 2011. The album's release was announced on February 23, 2011, along with the album's title, track listing, and cover.[1][2] The album's track listing consists of remixed songs and new guest features from Kesha's first album, Animal, and her first extended play (EP), Cannibal. In January 2011, Kesha sent her track "Sleazy" to rapper André 3000, in hopes that he would collaborate with her; they later spoke on the phone and André agreed to appear on the track.[3] The remix of "Animal" by DJ Switch was released online by Entertainment Weekly on February 24, 2011.[4]

According to Kesha, the album's release is intended to be an attempt to spin her "party girl" image, which she explained, "People always think I’m a party girl and that sometimes has a negative connotation but really the party for me is not about being fucked up, [...] It’s about enjoying life and having fun no matter what the circumstances are. I consider myself not a party girl but a dance commander." The song "Fuck Him He's a DJ", is the album's only song not derived from her first two studio albums; the song was previously unavailable for purchase prior to the remix' release. Kesha explained the reason for its inclusion on the album stating, "I love DJs and I love that song, [...] When I do it in my live show I play guitar. It’s been a fan favorite for a long time but no one could buy it anywhere. I thought it was high time to make it available to my fans."[5]

Composition

I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album is an electronic album that draws influence from the dance-pop genre.[6] "The Sleazy Remix" features rapper André 3000, who raps over the song's "bouncy thump" beat talking about a young child dealing with his deadbeat father, "We start out so cute in our baby pictures/ That mama shot for our daddy so that he wouldn't forget you/ He forgot anyway, but hey, one day he'll remember/ If not, he's human, I'm human, you human, we'll forgive him."[7] André then transitions into a rap about his relationship with Kesha before she takes over the rest of the song.[7] Switch's remix of "Animal" features "squealing electronic flourishes" similar to his contribution to British rapper M.I.A.'s "Steppin' Up", turning the originally upbeat track into an "eerie, echoey lament".[4]

Touring

On her first headlining tour, Get Sleazy Tour, she played the song "Fuck Him He's a DJ". On her second headlining tour, Warrior Tour, she played a snippet of the Blow Cirkut Remix.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[6]

David Jeffries from Allmusic was positive in his review of I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album.[6] Jeffries wrote that although the album was made up of previously heard tracks from her first two albums, this remix album was completely different. "Your Love Is My Drug" and "Blow" were highlighted in the review being called the "anchor[s] [to] this generally frenzied collection."[6] Jeffries concluded his review talking about "Fuck Him He's a DJ" writing the track "finds its official home here, strutting and sinning defiantly, reassuring Kesha fans that the kids are all spite."[6]

In the United States, I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album entered the Billboard 200 at position thirty-six, selling 14,000 units in its first week of release.[8] In the same week, the album was listed at position thirteen on the Digital Albums chart and at number one on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums chart.[9][10] In Australia, on the issue date titled April 3, 2011, the album entered the charts at position forty-six.[11]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Remixer(s) Length
1. "Blow" (Cirkut Remix)Kesha Sebert, Lukasz Gottwald, Benjamin Levin, Klas Åhlund, Max Martin, Allan GriggCirkut 4:05
2. "The Sleazy Remix" (featuring André 3000)K. Sebert, Gottwald, Levin, Shondrae Crawford, Åhlund, André BenjaminDr. Luke, Benny Blanco, Bangladesh 3:48
3. "Tik Tok" (Untold Remix)K. Sebert, Gottwald, LevinUntold 5:00
4. "Fuck Him He's a DJ"  K. Sebert, Lukasz Gottwald, Tom Neville, Olivia Nervo, Miriam NervoTom Neville 3:44
5. "Animal" (Switch Remix)K. Sebert, Gottwald, Greg Kurstin, Pebe SebertSwitch, Sticky K 4:26
6. "Your Love Is My Drug" (Dave Audé Club Remix)K. Sebert, P. Sebert, Joshua ColemanDave Audé 7:29
7. "We R Who We R" (Fred Falke Club Remix)K. Sebert, Gottwald, Levin, Coleman, Jacob Kasher HindlinFred Falke 6:56
8. "Take It Off" (Billboard Remix)K. Sebert, Gottwald, Claude KellyBillboard 3:38
9. "Tik Tok" (Chuck Buckett's Veruca Salt Remix)K. Sebert, Gottwald, LevinChuck Buckett 4:53
10. "Blah Blah Blah" (DJ Skeet Skeet Radio Remix) (featuring 3OH!3)K. Sebert, Levin, Neon Hitch, Sean ForemanDJ Skeet Skeet 4:02

Track list as per the I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album audio CD.[12]

A clean/censored version of the album is available at Wal Mart; it omits the track "Fuck Him He's a DJ". The album was released in Japan under the title of "Animal + Cannibal: The Remix Album."

Personnel

  • Benny Blanco – producer
  • Billboard – remixing
  • Anita Marisa Boproducer
  • DJ Cirkut – remixing
  • DJ Skeet Skeet – additional production, remixing
  • Dr. Luke – executive producer, producer
  • Dream Machine – remix producer
  • Christian Dwiggins – mixing
  • Dave Dwiggins – mixing
  • Fred Falke – additional production, instrumentation
  • Sarai Fiszelld – make-up
  • Sean Foreman – composer
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Erwin Gorostiza – creative director
  • Lukasz Gottwald – composer
  • Allan Grigg – composer
  • Rani Hancock – A&R
  • John Hanes – mixing
  • Jacob Kasher Hindlin – composer
  • Neon Hitch – composer
  • Claude Kelly – composer
  • Kool Kojak – producer
  • Greg Kurstin – composer, producer
  • Benjamin Levin – composer
  • Marjan Malakpour – stylist
  • Max Martin – composer, producer
  • Ramsell Martinez – hair stylist
  • Miriam Nervo – composer, vocal producer, background vocals
  • Olivia Nervo – composer, vocal producer, background vocals
  • Tom Neville – arranger, composer, engineer, instrumentation, producer
  • Tim Roberts – mixing assistant
  • Kesha Sebert – composer
  • Pebe Sebert – composer
  • Skinny – creative consultant
  • Sticky K – additional production, remixing
  • Switch – additional production, remixing
  • Untold – Additional production, remixing
  • Emily Wright – engineer

Credits adapted from the liner notes of I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album, Dynamite Cop Music/Where Da Kasz at BMI.[14]

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[11] 46
Canadian Albums Chart[15] 37
South Korean Albums Chart[16] 84
US Billboard 200[8] 36
US Dance/Electronic Albums[17] 1

Release history

List of release dates, showing country, formats released, and record label
Country Release date Format(s) Label
Australia[12] March 18, 2011 Digital download Sony Music
Germany[18]
Ireland[19]
Sweden[20][21] CD, digital download
New Zealand[22] March 21, 2011 Digital download
Canada[23][24] March 22, 2011 CD, digital download
United States[25][26] RCA
South Korea[27] March 23, 2011 Sony Music

References

  1. ↑ Herrera, Monica (2011-02-23). "Ke$ha to Drop 'Dance Commander' Remix Album March 22". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
  2. ↑ Vena, Jocelyn (2011-02-23). "Ke$ha To Release Dance Remix Album In March I Am the Dance Commander + I Commander You to Dance: The Remix Album hits stores March 22". MTV News. MTV Networks (Viacom). Retrieved 2011-02-23.
  3. ↑ "André 3000 Admires Ke$ha's Flow". Rap-Up.com. 2011-02-04. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
  4. 1 2 Lynch, Joseph Brannigan (2011-02-24). "Ke$ha's 'Animal (Switch Remix)' – EXCLUSIVE". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
  5. ↑ "Ke$ha talks I Am The Dance Commander EP, Fuck Him He's a DJ, remixes". Beatweek Magazine. 2011-03-22. Retrieved 2011-03-22.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Jeffries, David. "I Am the Dance Commander & I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
  7. 1 2 Ziegbe, Mawuse (2011-01-14). "Andre 3000 Pops Up On Ke$ha's 'Sleazy' Remix Outkast MC freshens up the pop star's Cannibal cut with rare feature". MTV News. MTV Networks (Viacom). Retrieved 2011-02-24.
  8. 1 2 Kaufman, Gil (2011-03-30). "Chris Brown Lands First Billboard 200 #1 Debut With F.A.M.E. Jennifer Hudson's sophomore effort, I Remember Me, bows at #2 on the albums chart". MTV News. MTV Networks (Viacom). Retrieved 2011-03-30.
  9. ↑ "Digital Album Chart (April 9, 2011)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
  10. ↑ "Dance/Electronics Chart (April 9, 2011)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
  11. 1 2 "australian-charts.com – Ke$ha – I Am The Dance Commander + I Command You To Dance: The Remix Album". ARIA Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
  12. 1 2 "I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album". iTunes Store Australia. Apple Inc. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
  13. ↑ "Amazon: Animal + Cannibal — The Remix Album (Japan Edition)". Amazon. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
  14. ↑ I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album (liner notes). Kesha. RCA Records. 2011.
  15. ↑ "Top 100 Albums in Canada – 31 March 2011". Jam!. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on 2011-03-31. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
  16. ↑ "검색결과 – Ke$ha" [Search Results – Ke$ha]. Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved April 5, 2011.
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  20. ↑ "I Am The Dance Commander + I Comman (Album) – Ke$ha" (in Swedish). CDON. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
  21. ↑ "I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album" (in Swedish). iTunes Store Sweden. Apple Inc. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
  22. ↑ "I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album". iTunes Store New Zealand. Apple Inc. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
  23. ↑ "Remix Album". Amazon.ca. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
  24. ↑ "I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album". iTunes Store Canada. Apple Inc. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
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  27. ↑ "I Am The Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album (US Explicit Version)". Sony Star (in Korean). Sony Music Entertainment Korea Inc. Retrieved 2010-04-05.

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