"Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)" is a song by French music producer and DJ

Bob Sinclar Christophe Le Friant (; born 10 May 1969), better known by his stage name Bob Sinclar (), is a French record producer, DJ and remixer. He is the owner of the record label Yellow Productions. Musical career A native of Paris, Le Friant began DJ ...

, co-produced by regular partner

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and featuring

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, and Makedah on vocals. The song uses recreated parts of the 1990 hit "

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" by

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and was released as the third major single off the album ''

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'', on 21 August 2006. It became Sinclar's most popular single on the

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, peaking at number three. The song also reached number one in Belgium (

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and

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) and number six on the Australian

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Music video

The music video features David Beaudoin, the same boy from the " Love Generation" and " World, Hold On" videos, as well as two young girls. Throughout the video, these actors parody many famous popular songs, artist, and otherwise notable pop culture references. In order, the references are as follows:

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during the dance scene in ''

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'', Nirvana's ''

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'' music video,

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, The Beatles' performance on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'', Justin Timberlake's '' Cry Me a River'' music video,

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in ''

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'' and Michael Jackson's '' Thriller'' music video. Bob Sinclar appears in the middle of the music video as a neighbor next door who comes to the house's door step to complain about the loud music being played by the boy in the house.

Track listings and format

12-inch maxi-single (Yellow Productions) # "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)" lub Mix5:02 # "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)"

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4:28 5-inch maxi-single (541) # "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)"

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3:16 # "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)" lub Mix5:02 # "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)"

4:28 8-track CD single (Tommy Boy Entertainment, LLC) # "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)"

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Charts

Weekly charts

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Certifications

Release history

References

{{Authority control Bob Sinclar songs 2006 singles 2006 songs Songs written by Bob Sinclar Tommy Boy Records singles Ultratop 50 Singles (Flanders) number-one singles Ultratop 50 Singles (Wallonia) number-one singles Yellow Productions singles