"Dance for Me" is a song by American singer

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featuring American rapper

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from her Blige's fifth studio album, ''

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'' (2001). Produced by

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, the track was written by the artists alongside Bruce Miller with an additional writing credit going to

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for the sampling of the 1979 song "

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" by English rock band

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. The song released as the album's second single in select European territories on January 28, 2002. The single never received a release within the United States, where "

" was released as the album's second single. The music video was directed by Urban Ström. There are two versions of the music video released. One is the video for the radio edit of the song, the other video is for the Plutonium Remix. Both versions feature rapper Common.

Track listings

All versions of "Dance for Me" feature Common. UK CD1 # "Dance for Me" (radio edit) – 3:25 # "Dance for Me" (Plutonium rock mix) – 4:18 # "Dance for Me" (C-Swing Deliverance mix) – 4:56 UK CD2 # "Dance for Me" (radio edit) – 3:25 # "Dance for Me" (

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vocal mix) – 6:15 # "Dance for Me" (Sunship dub) – 4:25 UK 12-inch single :A1. "Dance for Me" (radio edit) – 3:25 :A2. "Dance for Me" (Plutonium rock mix) – 4:18 :B1. "Dance for Me" (C-Swing Deliverance mix) – 4:56 :B2. "Dance for Me" (Sunship vocal mix) – 6:15 European CD single # "Dance for Me" (radio edit) – 3:25 # "Dance for Me" (Plutonium radio edit) – 3:21 Australian CD single # "Dance for Me" (radio edit) – 3:25 # "Dance for Me" (Plutonium rock mix) – 4:18 # "Dance for Me" (G-Club mix) – 7:12 # "Dance for Me" (Sunship main mix) – 6:15

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References

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