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

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I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album
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Remix album by Kesha
Released March 18, 2011 (2011-03-18)
Genre
Length 48:00
Label RCA
Kesha chronology
Cannibal
(2010)Cannibal2010		 I Am the Dance Commander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix Album
(2011)		 Warrior
(2012)Warrior2012

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

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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.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[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. Title Writer(s) Remixer(s) Length
1. "Blow" (Cirkut Remix) Kesha Sebert, Lukasz Gottwald, Benjamin Levin, Klas Åhlund, Max Martin, Allan Grigg Cirkut 4:05
2. "The Sleazy Remix" (featuring André 3000) K. Sebert, Gottwald, Levin, Shondrae Crawford, Åhlund, André Benjamin Dr. Luke, Benny Blanco, Bangladesh 3:48
3. "Tik Tok" (Untold Remix) K. Sebert, Gottwald, Levin Untold 5:00
4. "Fuck Him He's a DJ"   K. Sebert, Lukasz Gottwald, Tom Neville, Olivia Nervo, Miriam Nervo Tom Neville 3:44
5. "Animal" (Switch Remix) K. Sebert, Gottwald, Greg Kurstin, Pebe Sebert Switch, Sticky K 4:26
6. "Your Love Is My Drug" (Dave Audé Club Remix) K. Sebert, P. Sebert, Joshua Coleman Dave Audé 7:29
7. "We R Who We R" (Fred Falke Club Remix) K. Sebert, Gottwald, Levin, Coleman, Jacob Kasher Hindlin Fred Falke 6:56
8. "Take It Off" (Billboard Remix) K. Sebert, Gottwald, Claude Kelly Billboard 3:38
9. "Tik Tok" (Chuck Buckett's Veruca Salt Remix) K. Sebert, Gottwald, Levin Chuck Buckett 4:53
10. "Blah Blah Blah" (DJ Skeet Skeet Radio Remix) (featuring 3OH!3) K. Sebert, Levin, Neon Hitch, Sean Foreman DJ Skeet Skeet 4:02

Tracklist 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 Remixes."

Personnel

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

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