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, released on 21 June 2004 by BMG/Gotham Records. It is an album which found Webster working with a different style of music, a range of

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was added. It peaked at number forty-six on the

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. Webster provided her cover versions of various tracks, which include, "

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, " Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves and " Be Mine" by Wild Orchid. The front cover was shot at Webster's secondary school, The McDonald College, and includes several of her ballerina friends in the shot. They included Katherine Harper, the then

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, with whom Nikki had worked with as part of the Student Prefect team to help raise a record amount for the Exodus Foundation. Other Dancers used include Serena Chalker (Prefect and Dux, 2004), Amanda Platcher, Sara Czarnotta (Vice Captain, 2004), Samantha Jennings and Ann Conolly. The American comedy film, ''

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'' (2016), included Webster's version of "ABC". However, it was not released with the official soundtrack for the film.

Track listing

#" Let's Dance" (Axel Breitung,

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, Johnnie Roberts) – 3:41 #"The Beat of Life" (Georgie Dennis, Rickey Hanley, Sean Creasey) – 3:47 #"

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, Sean Hosein, Dane Deviller) – 3:21 #"Don't Give Up" (

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, Nikki Webster) – 3:45 #"Be Mine" (Hosein, Deviller,

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, Stefanie Ridel) – 3:25 #"This Is How We Do It" (Dennis, Michael Harwood, Nick Keynes, Jon O'Mahoney) – 3:00 #" Walking on Sunshine" ( Kimberley Raw) – 4:04

Personnel

*Guitars (all tracks except "Let's Dance") – Stuart Fraser *Guitars on "Let's Dance" and "Walking on Sunshine" – Brett Garsed *Keyboards, programming and percussion – Chong Lim *Harmonica and saxophone on "My Boy Lollipop" – Steve Williams *All backing vocals – Nikki Nichols *Additional backing vocals on "Dancing in the Street" – Lindsay Field *Additional vocals on "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" – Mark Williams *Tap dancing on "Let's Dance" –

and Kaylie Yee *Vocal director on "Let's Dance", "Dancing in the Street", "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" and "Walking on Sunshine" – Danielle Gaha *Cover shoot for "Let's Dance" – Katherine Harper, Amanda Platcher, Serena Chalker, Sara Czarnotta, Samantha Jennings, Ann Conolly

Charts

References

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