"Dirty Dancing" is the third overall single from

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's 2008 album, '' The Block''. It was produced by RedOne. The lead vocals were sung by

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and

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Song information

"Dirty Dancing" was only released in

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on December 19, 2008, as the second single from the album in that market. However, the song has charted in

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and on the European Hot 100. It became '' The Blocks most successful single in

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Critical reception

British tabloid

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described the song as "more sophisticated than the blaring, synth-heavy pop of their classic years". In its review of '' The Block'', Sputnik Music said: "to the wafer-thin sexual metaphors of ‘Dirty Dancing’". Slant Magazine said: "they show their age by pretending it's still 1987 on "Dirty Dancing" ("Ooh, it's so crazy/She's like Baby/I'm like Swayze")". In its review of ''The Block'', ''

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'' stated that "in songs like "Dirty Dancing" they… well, they merely sound like a boy band, and pay for the simple incongruity of it all" Now Magazine comments on the song: "Throwback references date their fan base, though, with songs like Dirty Dancing (“She’s like Baby, I’m like Swayze”)". British

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''Lisburn Today'' described it as "sexy". In its review of ''The Block'', '' Billboard'' declared: "They also turn an homage to "Dirty Dancing" into a bump and grind that is far, far from the innocence of the Patrick Swayze original, or the New Kids music, for that matter".

Promotion

New Kids On The Block sang an excerpt from the song at 2008

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as well as Good Morning America.

Music video

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background, the video, directed by

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, intersperses scenes from the German film "The 1½ Knights - In Search of the Ravishing Princess Herzelinde" (German title: "1½ Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde"), in which he appears, with footage of the band performing the song in front of a mostly all-female audience.

Track listing

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Chart performance

The song debuted at #92 on the

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and peaked at #23. On the Canadian Hot 100 it also debuted at #92 and is now at #31 and on the Hot Canadian Digital Singles Chart debuted at #72 and then rose to #59. It debuted at #100 on the Canadian Airplay Chart and it peaked at #72. The single debuted at #82 on the European Hot 100. In its second week, it rose to #76. The song remained on chart for four weeks. In

, the song debuted at #65 and after having fallen a week later, rose to #71 in its third week on the chart. "Dirty Dancing" has gathered 17,577,000 audience impressions and 3,354 total spins in the

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to date, without being officially released. "Dirty Dancing" reached the #1 position on the

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in Toronto on February 21, 2009. "Dirty Dancing" has been on the CHUM Chart 12 weeks before reaching #1.Chum Chart
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Charts

References

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