"I'm Just Here for the Music" is a Dance-pop

Dance-pop

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/Disco

Disco

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 song by American singer Paula Abdul

Paula Abdul

Paula Julie Abdul is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality.In the 1980s, Abdul rose from cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers to highly sought-after choreographer at the height of the music video era before scoring a string of pop music-R&B hits...

. The single follows Abdul's 2008

2008 in music

2008 was a huge year in music history with the emergence of pop superstars Lady Gaga and Katy Perry into the mainstream. Also, this is the year that is widely agreed upon by critics as the start of the fall of hip hop from the mainstream and the rise of Synthpop into the mainstream due to acts such...

 comeback "Dance Like There's No Tomorrow

Dance Like There's No Tomorrow

"Dance Like There's No Tomorrow" is a dance-pop song by American singer Paula Abdul, and American musician Randy Jackson. It is Abdul's first single release in nearly twelve years. The single was produced by DEEKAY and Randy Jackson and appears on his album Randy Jackson's Music Club, Vol...

". The track was produced by Oliver Lieber, who helped to create Paula's debut album Forever Your Girl

Forever Your Girl

Forever Your Girl is the debut album from singer Paula Abdul. It was released on June 13, 1988 and took 64 weeks from its release to hit number one on the Billboard 200 album sales chart, the longest an album has been on the market before hitting number one. The album was eventually certified seven...

. The song samples Indeep

Indeep

Indeep was a 1980s New York-based R&B/New Wave group, best known for its post-disco song "Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life."-Career:The group was led by its songwriter-musician Michael Cleveland, and it was known for employing a strong disco-esque bass line and early hip hop lyrics backed by two...

's 1982

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 single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life".

Song information

The song was written by Danielle Brisebois

Danielle Brisebois

Danielle Anne Brisebois is an American actress, producer, songwriter and singer. In the 1990s she recorded two solo albums, Arrive All Over You and Portable Life, and was a member of the New Radicals...

, Wayne Rodrigues and produced by Oliver Lieber, who had a role producing Abdul's debut album Forever Your Girl

Forever Your Girl

Forever Your Girl is the debut album from singer Paula Abdul. It was released on June 13, 1988 and took 64 weeks from its release to hit number one on the Billboard 200 album sales chart, the longest an album has been on the market before hitting number one. The album was eventually certified seven...

. Incidentally, the song entered the Hot 100 twenty years, to the week, after "Forever Your Girl" was #1 on the singles chart. The song uses an autotuner and electronic synthesizers over a uptempo electronic beat. The song was originally an unreleased song cut from Kylie Minogue

Kylie Minogue

Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...

's ninth album Body Language

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American Idol Performance

On May 6, 2009, Paula took to the American Idol stage for the first time in the show's eight year run to perform the track. Before appearing that night she stated that “I wasn’t sure if I was going to do it, because timing is of the essence. I put everything together Saturday, rehearsed on Sunday. … I feel really good about it. There’s a lot to see in less than three minutes.” The performance received positive reviews. The Daily Mail

Daily Mail

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 Online commented, "Paula Abdul is a brave woman" and "with expert choreographers, top-notch backing singers and billowing smoke in just the right places, she pulled the whole thing off brilliantly in a glittery basque."

Release

On May 5, 2009, Paula debuted her new song "I'm Just Here For The Music" on the Ryan Seacrest Radio KIIS-FM show. On May 8, 2009, Paula released "I'm Just Here For The Music" to the US iTunes Store.

Chart performance

Chart (2009)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	87
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Pop 100 The Pop 100 was a songs chart that debuted in February 2005 and was released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States until its discontinuation in 2009...	63