"Dance You Off" is a 2018 song by Swedish singer Benjamin Ingrosso.[1] The song won Melodifestivalen 2018, and made it to the final from the first semifinal. It was released in February 2018.[2] The song won Melodifestivalen and represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal.[3] The song was later included on Ingrosso's debut album, Identification.

"Dance You Off"
Single by Benjamin Ingrosso
from the album Identification
Released2 March 2018
GenrePop
LabelTEN
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • MAG
  • Schoorl
Benjamin Ingrosso singles chronology
"One More Time"
(2017)
"Dance You Off"
(2018)
"Tror du att han bryr sig"
(2018)
Music video
"Dance You Off" on YouTube
Eurovision Song Contest 2018 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
English
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
  • Schoorl
  • Ingrosso
  • K. Nita
  • Borrero
Finals performance
Semi-final result
2nd
Semi-final points
254
Final result
7th
Final points
274
Entry chronology
◄ "I Can't Go On" (2017)
"Too Late for Love" (2019) ►

Melodifestivalen

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Being Ingrosso's second participation in the Swedish Eurovision selection, "Dance You Off" participated in the first semi-final of the 2018 Melodifestivalen which was held in Karlstad's Löfbergs Arena on 3 February 2018. The song was performed last at the semi-final and it direct qualified to the final as it got the most votes in the semi-final. On 10 March, during the final at the Friends Arena in Solna, Ingrosso performed the song at the eleventh position of the running order. "Dance You Off" won the selection with 114 points from the international juries and 67 points from the public vote, receiving 181 points in total.[4]

Eurovision Song Contest

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"Dance You Off" was performed on 10 May 2018 in the second semi-final of Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, Portugal. The song made it to the Grand final, where it placed seventh with 274 points. It received the maximum 12 points from the juries of eight countries.[5][6]

Track listing

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Digital download[7]
No.TitleLength
1."Dance You Off"3:02
Digital download (LiTek remix)[8]
No.TitleLength
1."Dance You Off"3:21
Digital download (Galavant remix)[9]
No.TitleLength
1."Dance You Off"3:47

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (2018) Peak
position
France (SNEP)[10] 78
Greece Digital Singles (IFPI Greece)[11] 65
Iceland (RÚV)[12] 15
Latvia (EHR Top 40)[13] 7
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[14] 35
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[15] 69
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[16] 2
Scotland (OCC)[17] 80
UK Singles Downloads (OCC)[18] 61

Year-end charts

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Chart (2018) Position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[19] 35

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Sweden (GLF)[20] Platinum 8,000,000

Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "Benjamin Ingrosso sjunger om sin kärlekskris: "Mörkt"". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Benjamin Ingrosso – Dance You Off". www.svt.se. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Sweden:Benjamin Ingrosso wins Melodifestivalen 2018 with "Dance You Off"- wiwibloggs". Wiwibloggs. 10 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Sweden's Benjamin Ingrosso to 'dance you off' in Lisbon!". eurovision.tv. 10 March 2018.
  5. ^ Thomsen, Dante; Svensson, Ellinor (13 May 2018). "Benjamin Ingrossos lyxfest i natt: "Nu ska jag fira"". Expressen (in Swedish). Lisbon, Portugal. Retrieved 14 May 2018. Åtta 12-poängare från juryn – men bara 21 poäng av folket.
  6. ^ Nilsson, Anton (13 May 2018). "Israel vinner allt – Ingrosso sänktes totalt av tittarna". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 May 2018. Åtta länder gav tolvpoängare till Benjamin Ingrosso – Georgien, Lettland, Australien, Serbien, Cypern, Armenien, Tyskland och Slovenien.
  7. ^ "Dance You Off - Single by Benjamin Ingrosso". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Dance You Off (LiTek remix)- Single by Benjamin Ingrosso". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Dance You Off (Galavant remix)- Single by Benjamin Ingrosso". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  10. ^ "Benjamin Ingrosso – Dance You Off" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Official IFPI Charts-Digital Singles Chart" (in Greek). IFPI.gr. Archived from the original on 30 May 2018.
  12. ^ "TOPPLISTINN 26. MAI 2018". RÚV. Archived from the original on 8 March 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  13. ^ ""Latvijas Top 40". Latvijas Radio. 29 June 2018" (in Latvian).
  14. ^ "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  15. ^ "Top 100 Canciones – Semana 20: del 11.05.2018 al 17.05.2018" (PDF) (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  16. ^ "Benjamin Ingrosso – Dance You Off". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  17. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  18. ^ "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  19. ^ "Årslista Singlar – År 2018" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  20. ^ "Sverigetopplistan – Benjamin Ingrosso" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan.