SAM SMITH - DANCING WITH A STRANGER
FEAT. NORMANI
I Don't Wanna Be Alone Tonight ('Lone Tonight)
It's Pretty Clear That I'm Not Over You (Over You, Over You)
I'm Still Thinking 'Bout The Things You Do (Things You Do)
So I Don't Want To Be Alone Tonight, Alone Tonight, Alone Tonight
Can You Light The Fire? (Light The Fire, Light The Fire)
I Need Somebody Who Can Take Control (Take Control)
I Know Exactly What I Need To Do
'Cause I Don't Wanna Be Alone Tonight, Alone Tonight, Alone Tonight
Look What You Made Me Do, I'm With Somebody New
Ooh, Baby, Baby, I'm Dancing With A Stranger
Look What You Made Me Do, I'm With Somebody New
Ooh, Baby, Baby, I'm Dancing With A Stranger
Dancing With A Stranger
I Wasn't Even Going Out Tonight (Out Tonight)
But, Boy, I Need To Get You Off Of My Mind (Off Of My Mind)
I Know Exactly What I Have To Do
I Don't Wanna Be Alone Tonight, Alone Tonight, Alone Tonight
Look What You Made Me Do, I'm With Somebody New
Ooh, Baby, Baby, I'm Dancing With A Stranger
Look What You Made Me Do, I'm With Somebody New
Ooh, Baby, Baby, I'm Dancing With A Stranger
Dancing With A Stranger
Dancing With A Stranger
Dancing, Yeah, Ooh
Look What You Made Me Do, I'm With Somebody New (Ooh)
Ooh, Baby, Baby, I'm Dancing With A Stranger
Look What You Made Me Do, I'm With Somebody New
Ooh, Baby, Baby, I'm Dancing With A Stranger
I'm Dancing, I'm Dancing (Ooh)
I'm Dancing, I'm Dancing (Dancing With A Stranger)
I'm Dancing, I'm Dancing (Dancing With A Stranger)
I'm Dancing, I'm Dancing (Dancing With A Stranger)
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Sam Smith, Jimmy Napes, Mikkel S Eriksen, Tor E Hermansen, Normani Kordei Hamilton
Producer(s): Stargate, Jimmy Napes
This R & B influenced pop number finds Sam Smith hooking up with Normani. The collaboration came about totally by chance. The British singer was writing with Stargate and Jimmy Napes in a Los Angeles studio while the former Fifth Harmony member was recording in the next room over. The two decided to join forces.
The sultry song is about hooking with someone new on the dance floor in the wake of heartbreak. Sam Smith wrote the track during his 2018 The Thrill of it All tour.
Sam Smith and Normani performed the song live together for the first time during 93.3 FLZ's Jingle Ball 2019 at Amalie Arena on December 1, 2019 in Tampa, Florida.
Sam Smith came out as non-binary in 2019. Writing "Dancing With A Stranger" helped trigger Smith's gender transition.
Smith explained to Billboard that he had just gone through a breakup and the last thing he wanted to do was write a sad song. The singer had been listening to sexy music that made he feel better, so he wanted to pen a song about going to clubs and kissing people.
This landed the Song of the Year honor at the BMI London Awards 2020. BMI gives the prize each year to the most-performed song in the United States by a UK or European songwriter.
Songwriters Jordan Vincent, Christopher Miranda and Rosco Banlaoi brought legal action against Smith, Normani and their respective teams, claiming "Dancing With A Stranger" copied their 2017 song of the same title.