"Take You Dancing" is a song by American singer Jason Derulo. It was released as a single on July 21, 2020, by Atlantic Records, a sister of his previous home label Warner Records. The song was written by Teemu Brunila, Derulo, Emanuel "Eman" Kiriakou, Sarah Solovay and Shawn Charles. Some reviewers remarked that the song is reminiscent of Charlie Puth’s “Attention” (2017).
On January 28, 2021, it was added as DLC for the video game Fuser.
At the APRA Music Awards of 2022, the song was nominated for Most Performed International Work.
In February 2024, the song was included on Derulo's fifth studio album Nu King.
Background Talking about the song, Derulo said, "In these times, we all need a song that's going to uplift us. Hopefully Take You Dancing can be a light in these trying days."
Personnel Credits adapted from Tidal. Emanuel "Eman" Kiriakou – producer, bass, editor, engineer, guitar, keyboards, programmer, writer Teemu Brunila – producer, bass, editor, engineer, guitar, keyboards, programmer, recorded by, writer Chris Gehringer – masterer Serban Ghenea – mixer Ben Hogarth – recorded by Jason Derulo – vocals, writer Sarah Solovay – writer, vocals Shawn Charles – writer
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2020–2021) Peakposition Colombia Anglo (Monitor Latino) 14 Croatia (HRT) 4 Estonia (Eesti Tipp-40) 24 Greece (IFPI) 16 Iceland (Tónlistinn) 2 Israel (Media Forest) 5 Lithuania (AGATA) 11 Mexico Airplay (Billboard) 3 Romania (Airplay 100) 1 San Marino (SMRRTV Top 50) 12 Slovenia (SloTop50) 2 + 2025 weekly chart performance for "Take You Dancing" Chart (2025) Peakposition Venezuela Airplay (Record Report) 114
Year-end charts Chart (2020) Position Australia (ARIA) 89 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) 50 Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) 85 CIS (TopHit) 30 Germany (Official German Charts) 65 Hungary (Dance Top 40) 63 Hungary (Single Top 40) 36 Hungary (Stream Top 40) 35 Iceland (Tónlistinn) 37 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 46 Netherlands (Single Top 100) 79 Poland (ZPAV) 34 Romania (Airplay 100) 49 Russia Airplay (TopHit) 55 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) 55 UK Singles (OCC) 92 Ukraine Airplay (TopHit) 68 Chart (2021) Position Australia (ARIA) 96 Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) 95 Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia) 92 CIS (TopHit) 14 Global 200 (Billboard) 172 Hungary (Dance Top 40) 17 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40) 1 Hungary (Single Top 40) 47 Hungary (Stream Top 40) 51 Poland (ZPAV) 95 Portugal (AFP) 148 Russia Airplay (TopHit) 44 Ukraine Airplay (TopHit) 9
+ 2022 year-end chart performance for "Take You Dancing" Chart (2022) Position Hungary (Rádiós Top 40) 21 Ukraine Airplay (TopHit) 42
+ 2023 year-end chart performance for "Take You Dancing" Chart (2023) PositionHungary (Rádiós Top 40) 72 Ukraine Airplay (TopHit) 128
Certifications
Release history Region Date Format Label Various July 22, 2020 Atlantic Records United States October 20, 2020 Contemporary hit radio November 30, 2020 Adult contemporary radio
See also List of Airplay 100 number ones of the 2020s
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