I Don't Dance

"I Don't Dance"
Single by Lucas Grabeel and Corbin Bleu
from the album High School Musical 2
Released	August 14, 2007 (2007-08-14)
Format	Digital Download, CD
Recorded	2006–2007
Genre	Dance-pop, hip hop, R&B
Length	3:37
Label	Walt Disney
Writer(s)	Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil, Giancarlo Binando
Producer	Matthew Gerrard
High School Musical singles chronology
"Fabulous" (2007) "I Don't Dance" (2007) "Now or Never" (2008)

"I Don't Dance" is a song performed by actor/singers Lucas Grabeel and Corbin Bleu in the television movie High School Musical 2, released in 2007. It is one of seven songs from the soundtrack High School Musical 2 to reach the Billboard Hot 100.^[1] It was also named as the official theme song for the 2007 Little League World Series.^[2]

Scene in High School Musical 2

In the film, High School Musical 2, the song is performed on a baseball field. Actor Corbin Bleu was beaned on three different occasions while filming the scene. On the challenges of filming the scene, Bleu stated "It's bad enough that you're mixing acting with dancing and singing all at once. But then you throw sports into it and it's incredibly difficult — especially for me."^[3]

Reviews

The Village Voice's Tom Breihan called the song "the movie's best dance-number" and commented how the routine managed to "include rapping and swing-dancing, which sort of blew [his] mind."^[4] Reviewer Erin Nolan referred to the song as "insanely catchy."^[5] Not all reviews were positive though. The reviewer for the Charlotte Observer called the tune "excruciating,"^[6] The New York Times felt that the "HSM2 was the shallowest movie he had ever seen" was "a superb idea, as it plays off both the Latinization of the major leagues (by letting a little salsa into the hip-hop) and the spectacular pitcher-batter operetta showdowns of recent seasons," but that the camera work let the scene down noting that "viewers never get a sustained look at the choreography ... and for that reason it’s hard to appreciate specific dancers or their clever configuration."^[7]

Promotional video

The promotional video for the song blends scenes from the movie's dance sequence with clips of notable Major league baseball players including Ryan Howard, Cole Hamels, Jimmy Rollins, Jake Peavy, Justin Verlander, Craig Biggio, David Eckstein, So Taguchi, Bronson Arroyo, C. C. Sabathia, Nick Swisher, Jeff Francoeur, Brian McCann, B.J. Upton, Bill Hall, J. J. Hardy, Luis Gonzalez, Takashi Saito, Torii Hunter, Shane Victorino, and Nomar Garciaparra.^[2] The video was shown in Major and Minor League ballparks throughout the country during the summer of 2007, and it was showcased on The Baseball Youth Road Trip, a summer tour presented by the Major League Baseball Players Association stopping at youth baseball tournaments and Minor League Baseball parks. The I Don't Dance music video shown at over sixty youth baseball events during the Road Trip, culminating at the Little League World Series, where it served as the theme song for the games.^[2]

Formats and tracklistings

A promotional CD single for the song was released in Portugal but without an English version of "I Don't Dance" and a music video was also made.^[8] The music video can be seen on High School Musical 2 2-Disc Deluxe Dance Edition DVD.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Eu Não Danço (Expensive Soul feat. Bianca)"	03:30
2.	"Eu Não Danço (Music video, computer track)"	03:35 (Music video version)

Chart performance

It made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 74 in the chart for September 1, 2007.^[9]

Charts

Chart (2008)[10]	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	95
Canadian Hot 100	81
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[11]	70
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	50

References

1. ^ Bronson, Fred (2007-08-23). "Chart Beat". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20070929143429/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/bonus_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003630131. Retrieved 2007-08-24. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} MLBPA (August 2, 2007), "Who says big leaguers don't dance?", MLBPA News, http://mlbplayers.mlb.com/pa/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070802&content_id=2125248&vkey=mlbpa_news&fext=.jsp 
3. ^ Barney, Chuck (August 17, 2007), "Can Disney hit the high notes again with sequel?", News-Record (Greensboro, NC), http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070817/NRSTAFF/308170044 
4. ^ Breihan, Tom (August 21, 2007), "Things I Learned Watching High School Musical 2", The Village Voice, http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/statusainthood/archives/2007/08/things_i_learne_15.php 
5. ^ Nolan, Erin (August 19, 2007), "We’re All In This Together: High School Musical 2 Shatters Records", TV Blend, http://www.cinemablend.com/television/We-re-All-In-This-Together-High-School-Musical-2-Shatters-Records-5877.html 
6. ^ "`Musical,' take 2: Perkier than ever!" (– ^{Scholar search}), Charlotte Observer, August 19, 2007, http://www.charlotte.com/arts/story/242535.html ^{[dead link]}
7. ^ Heffernan, Virginia (August 17, 2007), "Life as High School, This Time on Vacation", The New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/17/arts/television/17musi.html?em&ex=1187496000&en=729ab47902658a15&ei=5087%0A 
8. ^ http://hsmfans.blogs.sapo.pt/15805.html
9. ^ "Top Music Charts". Billboard.com. 2007-09-01. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20070929225454/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3085952&cdi=9368035&cid=09/01/2007. Retrieved 2007-08-24. 
10. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Singles&model.vnuArtistId=816809&model.vnuAlbumId=1097976
11. ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/pop-songs#/artist/corbin-bleu/chart-history/816809