D-D-Don't Stop the Beat
Encyclopedia
D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat is the 2003 album by Danish
pop
group Junior Senior
, their first album to be released internationally. It is most widely known for the song "Move Your Feet
", their first and most successful single. The United States
release of the album received the Parental Advisory
rating on its release.
The album received positive reviews from music critics upon release. Based on 18 reviews, Metacritic
calculated an average
score of 79 for D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat, with the summary, "This party album from the Danish band Junior Senior has garnered attention throughout Europe with its mix of garage rock, pop and disco."
" was the most played song on Danish radio and made the charts in thirteen countries including Australia
, France
and Denmark
. The follow-up EP "Rhythm Bandits" was much less successful, but briefly appeared on the charts in the United Kingdom
and Australia. The third single, "Shake Your Coconuts
", can be found on the Looney Tunes: Back in Action
soundtrack
and as background menu music in the video game Worms 3D
.
D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat was rated among the best albums of the year by Rolling Stone
, NME
, Entertainment Weekly
and Blender
. San Francisco's Sunday Chronicle named "Move Your Feet" as the single of the year, declaring it "the best song ever".
The song "White Trash" was used an advert for Popworld
a UK television show. The dance that accompanied it achieved some cult status and was mimicked many times on YouTube
.
The song "Good Girl, Bad Boy" can be heard in the film She's the Man
when Viola arrives at the private school masquerading as her brother.
The song "C'mon" can be heard in the 2002 video game The Getaway
when Sparky tortures a Chinese man with an electric wire.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
group Junior Senior
Junior Senior
Junior Senior was a pop musical duo from Denmark. The duo consisted of Jesper "Junior" Mortensen and Jeppe "Senior" Laursen ....
, their first album to be released internationally. It is most widely known for the song "Move Your Feet
Move Your Feet
"Move Your Feet" is a song by Danish pop duo Junior Senior. The song, recorded in 2002, was Junior Senior's biggest hit, reaching #3 in the United Kingdom and #20 in Australia, and played at dance clubs the world over. The song appears on the album D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat along with a live...
", their first and most successful single. The United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
release of the album received the Parental Advisory
Parental Advisory
Parental Advisory is a message affixed by the Recording Industry Association of America to audio and recordings in the United States containing excessive use of profane language and/or sexual references. Albums began to be labeled for "explicit lyrics" in 1985, after pressure from the Parents...
rating on its release.
The album received positive reviews from music critics upon release. Based on 18 reviews, Metacritic
Metacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
calculated an average
Weighted mean
The weighted mean is similar to an arithmetic mean , where instead of each of the data points contributing equally to the final average, some data points contribute more than others...
score of 79 for D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat, with the summary, "This party album from the Danish band Junior Senior has garnered attention throughout Europe with its mix of garage rock, pop and disco."
Release history
At one point "Move Your FeetMove Your Feet
"Move Your Feet" is a song by Danish pop duo Junior Senior. The song, recorded in 2002, was Junior Senior's biggest hit, reaching #3 in the United Kingdom and #20 in Australia, and played at dance clubs the world over. The song appears on the album D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat along with a live...
" was the most played song on Danish radio and made the charts in thirteen countries including Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. The follow-up EP "Rhythm Bandits" was much less successful, but briefly appeared on the charts in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and Australia. The third single, "Shake Your Coconuts
Shake Your Coconuts
"Shake Your Coconuts" is a song by Danish pop duo Junior Senior. The song was recorded in 2003 as the third single from their debut album D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat....
", can be found on the Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Looney Tunes: Back in Action is a 2003 American live action/animated adventure comedy film directed by Joe Dante and starring Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Timothy Dalton, and Steve Martin. The film is essentially a feature-length Looney Tunes cartoon, with all the wackiness and surrealism typical...
soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
and as background menu music in the video game Worms 3D
Worms 3D
The game has received generally good reviews. A negative point by most reviewers was the 3D camera system, that often places behind the objects in landscape with the worm being hidden in front of those.-External links:* * ]]...
.
D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat was rated among the best albums of the year by Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
, NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
, Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
and Blender
Blender (magazine)
Blender was an American music magazine that billed itself as "the ultimate guide to music and more". It was also known for sometimes steamy pictorials of celebrities....
. San Francisco's Sunday Chronicle named "Move Your Feet" as the single of the year, declaring it "the best song ever".
The song "White Trash" was used an advert for Popworld
Popworld
Popworld was a British television programme that was broadcast on Channel 4, offering pop news, trivia, gossip, interviews and music videos, as well as musical performances from the most recent top artists....
a UK television show. The dance that accompanied it achieved some cult status and was mimicked many times on YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
.
The song "Good Girl, Bad Boy" can be heard in the film She's the Man
She's the Man
She's the Man is a 2006 American romantic comedy film directed by Andy Fickman, based on Twelfth Night, a play by William Shakespeare. The film stars Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum, Laura Ramsey and Vinnie Jones....
when Viola arrives at the private school masquerading as her brother.
The song "C'mon" can be heard in the 2002 video game The Getaway
The Getaway (video game)
The Getaway is a video game series focused on gang life and the police in the city of London. The series was created by Brendan McNamara and is developed by Team Soho for the PlayStation 2...
when Sparky tortures a Chinese man with an electric wire.
Track listing
All tracks by Jesper Mortensen except were noted- "Go Junior, Go Senior" (Jeppe, Junior) – 2:56
- "Rhythm Bandits" – 2:48
- "Move Your FeetMove Your Feet"Move Your Feet" is a song by Danish pop duo Junior Senior. The song, recorded in 2002, was Junior Senior's biggest hit, reaching #3 in the United Kingdom and #20 in Australia, and played at dance clubs the world over. The song appears on the album D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat along with a live...
" – 3:01 - "Chicks and Dicks" – 2:32
- "Shake Your CoconutsShake Your Coconuts"Shake Your Coconuts" is a song by Danish pop duo Junior Senior. The song was recorded in 2003 as the third single from their debut album D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat....
" (Jeppe, Junior) – 2:26 - "Boy Meets Girl" – 3:46
- "C'mon" – 3:11
- "Good Girl, Bad Boy" – 2:37
- "Shake Me, Baby" – 3:38
- "Dynamite" – 2:56
- "White Trash" – 3:01
- "(Shake Your) Coconuts" (movie edit) – 2:40
- "Move Your Feet" (live) – 4:04
Personnel
- Patrik Bartosch – organ
- Ditte Bringøe – vocals
- Morten Bue – mastering
- Delta Lab Strings – strings
- Eggstone – engineer, mixing
- Henry Hall – harmonica
- Neja Hertzum – background vocals
- Signe Marie Jacobsen – background vocals
- Lulu Jensen – background vocals
- Helena Josefsson – vocals
- Mette Juel – background vocals
- Anna Køster – background vocals
- Allan Lauridsen – drums
- Jeppe "Senior" Laursen – handclapping
- Filip Den Etniske Hendrix Nikolîc – bass
- Jesper Reginal – engineer, editing, mixing
- Per Sunding – engineer, mixing
- Fabian Svensson – photography
- Thomas Troelsen – bass, drums, keyboards, vocals, background vocals, producer, engineer, mixing, guest appearance
- Lars I Lommen Vognstrup – vocals, background vocals
- Sara Wölck – background vocals
- Yebo – synthesizer