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133. Robyn Dancing On My Own (2010)
from the album Body Talk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcNo07Xp8aQ

Key lyrics:
Im in the corner, watching you kiss her
Im right over here, why cant you see me?

Club songs are typically designed to be upbeat who wants to go out dancing and be sad about it? At the same time, the actual process of using a club to meet people can be a typically disappointing affair. Robyns Dancing On My Own captures that mixed experience. The music is pounding, a perfect dance track, yet Robyn finds herself watching an ex with a new lover. Like rubbernecking, she cant look away, no matter how much it hurts. In an act of sad defiance, she ends each chorus by dancing alone she can get through this, but boy is it tough.

The synthesizer on this track throbs the flurry of notes are contradicted by their repetition. The bridge is key to the experience. Though the surrounding pieces are much the same, the bridge itself drops out much of the instrumentation to emphasize Robyns sadness. When the drums break her free from this momentary despair, the song takes on a new form. Her distant brooding starts to read as self-love. Her idle watching which first read as self-destructive feels like a necessary act seeing this ex with someone new is key to moving on. Until she finds someone new, she can find solace in dancing alone. Dancing On My Own creates the perfect atmosphere for breaking out of those lonely moods.

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