Sophie Ellis-Bextor's 2001/2002 hit "Murder On The Dancefloor" is a hit again thanks to the movie Saltburn, which uses the song in a fantastic scene of the movie. Today, we look back at the classic.
"Murder On The Dancefloor" was originally released in the UK in early December of 2001, where it soared to #2 in the UK charts. It made a splash around the rest of the world in 2002 going Top 10 in 17 countries. In the USA, it went to #26 on the dance charts, and it was #39 on the dance singles sales, but radio wouldn't touch it because Sophie says "god damn" in the song, which was taboo back then. Maybe even now? Who knows.
The music video is a visual delight as the scene is a dance competition where Sophie starts taking out the better dancers in the competition. Dark humor at its best. Sophie looks absolutely amazing and gives a great performance in the music video. Watch it on our 2002 Poptastic Confessions YouTube Retro List ...
"Murder On The Dancefloor" was written by Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Gregg Alexander. It was produced by Gregg Alexander and Matt Rowe. It was the second single from Sophie's debut solo album Read My Lips. The song was her biggest seller, but she did have a song go higher in the charts: "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" with Spiller went to #1 in the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand in 2000.
In 2024, "Murder On The Dancefloor" really took off when the movie Saltburn went streaming on Prime Video. The song has gone back to #2 in the UK charts, and it is has finally broken the US Billboard Hot 100 debuting at #98 and peaking at #58.
Kudos to Sophie for the renewed success in a brilliant song. Poptastic Confessions wasn't around when it was first released, but have done retro playlists on Spotify, and Murder On The Dancefloor was #2 on our 2002 Poptastic Confessions Retro List on Spotify ..
We have featured plenty of Sophie's songs over the years. Check out these songs and where they placed on our year-end countdowns ...
"Can't Fight This Feeling" with Junior Caldera was #4 in 2010
"Not Giving Up On Us" with Amrin van Buuren was #15 in 2010
"Runaway Daydreamer" was #41 in 2014
"Love Is A Camera" #49 of 2014
"Come With Us" was #42 in 2016
"Crying At The Discotheque" was #26 in 2020
"Hypnotized" with Wuh Oh was #3 in 2022
"Everything Is Sweet" was #36 in 2023
"Lost In The Sunshine" was #45 in 2023
"Deep In Vogue" with Rhyme So was #53 of 2023
"Breaking The Circle" was #79 in 2023
Music Gets The Best Of Me,
—Albert Green
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