

"Just Dance" (featuring Flo Rida's singles) was released as the first single off d "Low" with 467,000 from the sam. The song ends with an echoing of the word "dance". An R&B influenced interlude is sung by Gaga, after which the chorus is repeated with Colby providing backup vocals and the marching beats. Colby O'Donis sings the interlude in the same range as Gaga. The chords are arranged in the progression ofĬ♯m-E-B-A. The song goes into the same tempo during the chorus with Gaga's vocals spanning from B3 to C♯. The song begins with a fast tempo following by the synth arrangement and Gaga uttering "RedOne". Gaga's vocal spans the two octaves of G3 to C5. The song is set in compound time with a moderate beat rate of 119 beats per minute. The song combines synths of clipped marching beats, sawing electronics and contains mild R&B infused beats. I wrote it instantly - like it flew out of my body." She explained in the same interview the meaning of the song as " If you've ever been so high that it's, like, scary, the only way you can deal with it is not deal with it, so you just kind of dance through the intoxication." She further explained that " It's about being drunk or high at a club and you dance through it, like you do in all stretches of life, when obstacles come, dance through it." Composition " I was taken very quickly out of my party lifestyle. The singer-songwriter also told HX Magazine: Very pristine, big huge room with giant speakers." And it was my first time being in a Hollywood studio. I wrote the song in about 10 minutes with RedOne. In an interview with The Miami Herald Gaga explained her inspiration for writing the song. It was a huge shock to Gaga this was her first megaproject and her first real moment!" - Akon to EW in 2018 But, I kept my background vocals on the song, because background vocals aren’t considered a “feature.” The song was done, finished, ready to go all the way until two days before we shot the video, and that’s when we got the notice that we couldn’t get clearance.

so I got Colby O’Donis to feature on it and do my verse. " I featured on the song originally, but Universal didn’t clear my vocals. After the song was created, they called Akon for a quick listening in the studio, and he was so impressed that he wanted to help Gaga, and wrote the verse sung by Colby O'Donis on the final version. She then met RedOne, who played her a beat, and she started singing "I've had a little too much", and wanted a record about being drunk. In January 2008, Gaga had a goodbye party with her lowerside friends of New York, the night before someone from the label was to picked her up from the bar, to the airplane.
