"I'm Just Here for the Music" is a song by American singer Paula Abdul. The single followed Abdul's 2008 comeback "

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", and was released on May 8, 2009 by Filament Entertainment Group, a label distributed by

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. The track was produced by Oliver Leiber, who produced Abdul’s debut album ''

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Background and release

The song was written by

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, Wayne Rodrigues and produced by Oliver Leiber, who had a role producing Abdul's debut album ''

''. Abdul debuted the song on the Ryan Seacrest Radio KIIS-FM show. The song uses an autotuner and electronic synthesizers over an uptempo electronic beat. The song was originally an unreleased song cut from Kylie Minogue's ninth album ''

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'' (2003). This is not the first time that Minogue and Abdul have exchanged tracks. In 2000, Minogue added the Abdul penned single "

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" to her 2000 album ''

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Live performance

In May 2009, Abdul performed the song on

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Charts

References

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