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"If I Can't Dance"
"If I Can't Dance"
Promotional single by Sophie Ellis-Bextor
from the album Trip the Light Fantastic
Released	5 May 2008
Recorded	London, United Kingdom
Genre	Dance-pop; electropop; disco;
Length	3:26
Label	Fascination
Songwriter(s)	Sophie Ellis-Bextor; Dimitri Tikovoi;
Producer(s)	Dimitri Tikovoi; Brio Taliaferro; Jeremy Wheatley;
Audio
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"If I Can't Dance" is a song by British recording artist Sophie Ellis-Bextor for her third studio album, Trip the Light Fantastic (2007). It was written by Ellis-Bextor and Dimitri Tikovoi, while production was handled by Tikovi, with additional production by Brio Taliaferro and Jeremy Wheatley. It is a dance-pop, electropop and disco song and a reference to the famous paraphrase of Emma Goldman: "If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution".^[2]

The song was scheduled to be released as the fourth single from the album, which was confirmed by the singer herself; however, a full release did not eventuate. The song was also included on the soundtrack to the 2007 film St Trinian's and received mostly positive reviews from music critics, with many calling it a "delightfully self-aware cut which transport us to a world where the glitter ball never stops spinning."

Background and release

In an interview with Digital Spy in August 2007, Ellis-Bextor announced that "If I Can't Dance" was to be released as the fourth single from her album Trip the Light Fantastic in November 2007.^[3] She performed the song live for the first time in July 2007 on the BBC1 Saturday night game show, DanceX.^[3]^[4] Around this time, Sophie announced that she was unsure if she wished to release "If I Can't Dance", due to the popularity of "Love Is Here" amongst fans, and that after her performance on DanceX, fans had urged her to release "Love Is Here" instead. She then announced plans for releasing "If I Can't Dance" would stay, and that "Love Is Here" would become the fifth single instead.^[4] On 9 October 2007, Ellis-Bextor announced that plans to release "If I Can't Dance" and "Love Is Here" had been cancelled, and that her record label would release a new, unreleased song in their place. However, when the song was featured on the St Trinian's soundtrack, which was released on 10 December 2007, rumours spurred that the single would, in fact, be released.^[5]

In January 2008, Ellis-Bextor made a shock announcement that the Trip the Light Fantastic era was concluded, and soon after, plans for a Greatest Hits compilation expected for release in Autumn 2008 came to light.^[5] Rumours regarding the single's release again became rife when the track was confirmed for inclusion on the compilation, but Ellis-Bextor confirmed in February 2008 the track would not be released as a single.^[5] Regardless, on 5 May 2008, a single release of "If I Can't Dance" surprisingly appeared on the iTunes Store without any prior announcement or confirmation, complete with new artwork and backed with the B-side "Can't Have It All".^[1] Days later, the single was removed from the store, and since, fans have wondered if the single was listed by Fascination, due to its removal just days later. This also meant the single failed to chart anywhere.

Composition

"If I Can't Dance" (2007)

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"If I Can't Dance" was written by Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Dimitri Tikovoi, while production was handled by Tikovi, with additional production by Brio Taliaferro and Jeremy Wheatley.^[5] It draws from the dance-pop, electropop and disco genres.^[1] The song is a reference to the famous quote from Emma Goldman, "If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution".^[6] Goldman never said these exact words but she did convey this idea in an encounter with a young revolutionary that she mentions in her autobiography Living My Life.^[7] Lyrically, it finds Sophie tartly telling her stiff limbed lover, "Oh darling, don't be so unkind / The beat must never be denied".^[8]

Critical reception

The song received mostly positive reviews from music critics. Emily Mackay of Yahoo! Music wrote that "'If I Can't Dance', with its jerky, Girls Aloud-esque rhythmm, is sure-footed sparkler."^[8] Kitty Empire of The Observer called it "another delightfully self-aware cut which features our ice maiden twitching a buttock to some bloopy percolations",^[9] while Talia Kraines of BBC Music wrote that the song "transport[s] us to a world where the glitter ball never stops spinning."^[10] K. Ross Hoffman of Allmusic noted that it is a "Xenomania-esque stomp."^[6] Nick Levine of Digital Spy commented, "When she declares, halfway through the album, 'If I can't dance, I don't want any part of your revolution', you can't help but wonder, just for a moment, how on earth those pesky Frenchies of 1786 [sic]^[11] managed to storm the Bastille without Trip the Light Fantastic as a soundtrack."^[7]

Track listing

"If I Can't Dance" – 3:26
"Can't Have It All" – 4:11

Credits and personnel

Songwriting – Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Dimitri Tikovoi
Production – Dimitri Tikovoi
Additional production by Brio Taliaferro, Jeremy Wheatley
All instruments by Dimitri Tikovoi

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Trip the Light Fantastic, Fascination Records.^[12]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "If I Can't Dance by Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Reviews and Ratings - Rate Your Music". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
^ Shulman, Alix Kates. "Dances with Feminists Archived 17 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine". Women's Review of Books, Vol. IX, #3. December 1991. Available at the Emma Goldman Papers Archived 19 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 13 December 2007.
^ ^a ^b "Video: Sophie Ellis-Bextor speaks". Digital Spy. 2 August 2007. Archived from the original on 18 August 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2007.
^ ^a ^b "DanceX, show 3". DanceX. London, England. 28 July 2007. BBC.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sophie Ellis-Bextor >> Discography >> Trip the Light Fantastic". Sophie.Online.Net. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
^ ^a ^b Hoffman, K. Ross (21 May 2007). "Trip the Light Fantastic - Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Allmusic". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
^ ^a ^b Levine, Nick (23 May 2007). "Sophie Ellis-Bextor: 'Trip The Light Fantastic'". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
^ ^a ^b MacKay, Emily (24 May 2007). "Sophie Ellis Bextor - Trip The Light Fantastic - Yahoo! Music". Yahoo! Music. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
^ EMpire, Kitty (20 May 2007). "CD of the Week: Trip the Light Fantastic by Sophie Ellis Bextor | Music | The Observer". The Observer. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
^ Kraines, Talia (24 May 2007). "BBC - Music - Review of Sophie Ellis Bextor - Trip the Light Fantastic". BBC. Archived from the original on 13 February 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
^ The correct year was 1789.
^ Trip the Light Fantastic (liner notes). Sophie Ellis-Bextor. Fascination Records. 2007.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[rateyourmusic-1] "If I Can't Dance by Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Reviews and Ratings - Rate Your Music". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 11 August 2012.

[2] Shulman, Alix Kates. "Dances with Feminists Archived 17 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine". Women's Review of Books, Vol. IX, #3. December 1991. Available at the Emma Goldman Papers Archived 19 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 13 December 2007.

[ds-3] "Video: Sophie Ellis-Bextor speaks". Digital Spy. 2 August 2007. Archived from the original on 18 August 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2007.

[dancex-4] "DanceX, show 3". DanceX. London, England. 28 July 2007. BBC.

[sophieonline-5] "Sophie Ellis-Bextor >> Discography >> Trip the Light Fantastic". Sophie.Online.Net. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.

[allmusicreview-6] Hoffman, K. Ross (21 May 2007). "Trip the Light Fantastic - Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Allmusic". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2012.

[digitalspy-7] Levine, Nick (23 May 2007). "Sophie Ellis-Bextor: 'Trip The Light Fantastic'". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.

[yahoo-8] MacKay, Emily (24 May 2007). "Sophie Ellis Bextor - Trip The Light Fantastic - Yahoo! Music". Yahoo! Music. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2012.

[observer-9] EMpire, Kitty (20 May 2007). "CD of the Week: Trip the Light Fantastic by Sophie Ellis Bextor | Music | The Observer". The Observer. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2012.

[bbc-10] Kraines, Talia (24 May 2007). "BBC - Music - Review of Sophie Ellis Bextor - Trip the Light Fantastic". BBC. Archived from the original on 13 February 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2012.

[11] The correct year was 1789.

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+"'''If I Can't Dance'''" is a song by [[United Kingdom|British]] recording artist [[Sophie Ellis-Bextor]] for her third studio album, ''[[Trip the Light Fantastic (Sophie Ellis-Bextor album)|Trip the Light Fantastic]]'' (2007). It was written by Ellis-Bextor and [[Dimitri Tikovoi]], while production was handled by Tikovi, with additional production by Brio Taliaferro and Jeremy Wheatley. It is a [[dance-pop]], [[electropop]] and [[disco]] song and a reference to the famous paraphrase of [[Emma Goldman]]: "If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution".<ref>[[Alix Kates Shulman|Shulman, Alix Kates]]. "[http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/Goldman/Features/dances_shulman.html Dances with Feminists] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051217133141/http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/Goldman/Features/dances_shulman.html |date=17 December 2005 }}". ''Women's Review of Books'', Vol. IX, #3. December 1991. Available at the [http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Goldman/ Emma Goldman Papers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219053833/http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/goldman/ |date=19 February 2007 }}. Retrieved on 13 December 2007.</ref>
-The song was scheduled to be released as the fourth single from the album, which was confirmed by the singer herself. However, the song wasn't released and it was included on the [[St. Trinian's: The Soundtrack|soundtrack]] to the 2007 film [[St Trinian's (film)|St Trinian's]]. The song received mostly positive reviews from music critics, with many of whom calling it a "delightfully self-aware cut which transport us to a world where the glitter ball never stops spinning."
+The song was scheduled to be released as the fourth single from the album, which was confirmed by the singer herself; however, a full release did not eventuate. The song was also included on the [[St. Trinian's: The Soundtrack|soundtrack]] to the 2007 film ''[[St Trinian's (film)|St Trinian's]]'' and received mostly positive reviews from music critics, with many calling it a "delightfully self-aware cut which transport us to a world where the glitter ball never stops spinning."
 ==Background and release==
-In an interview with [[Digital Spy]] in August 2007, Ellis-Bextor announced that "If I Can't Dance" was to be released as the fourth single from her album ''Trip The Light Fantastic'' in November 2007.<ref name=ds>{{citenews|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a69173/video-sophie-ellis-bextor.html|title=Video: Sophie Ellis-Bextor speaks|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|date=2 August 2007|accessdate=2007-02-08}}</ref> She performed the song live for the first time in September 2007 on the BBC1 Saturday night game show, ''[[DanceX]]''.<ref name=ds/><ref name=dancex>{{cite episode|title=DanceX, show 3| series = [[DanceX]]| network = [[BBC]]| city = [[London]], [[England]]| airdate = 2007-07-28}}</ref> Around this time, Sophie announced that she was unsure if she wished to release "If I Can't Dance", due to the popularity of "Love Is Here" amongst fans, and that after her performance on [[DanceX]], fans had urged her to release "Love Is Here" instead. She then announced plans for releasing "If I Can't Dance" would stay, and that "Love Is Here" would become the fifth single instead. <ref name=dancex/> On 9 October 2007, Ellis-Bextor announced that plans to release "If I Can't Dance" and "Love Is Here" had been cancelled, and that her record label would release a new, unreleased song in their place. However, when the song was featured on the ''[[St Trinian's (film)|St Trinian's]]'' soundtrack, which was released on 10 December 2007, rumours spurred that the single would, in fact, be released.<ref name=sophieonline>{{cite web|title=Sophie Ellis-Bextor >> Discography >> Trip the Light Fantastic|url=http://www.sophie-online.net/en/projects/disco/ttlf.php|work=Sophie.Online.Net|accessdate=11 August 2012}}</ref>
+In an interview with [[Digital Spy]] in August 2007, Ellis-Bextor announced that "If I Can't Dance" was to be released as the fourth single from her album ''Trip the Light Fantastic'' in November 2007.<ref name=ds>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a69173/video-sophie-ellis-bextor.html|title=Video: Sophie Ellis-Bextor speaks|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|date=2 August 2007|accessdate=2007-02-08|archive-date=18 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818060647/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a69173/video-sophie-ellis-bextor.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She performed the song live for the first time in July 2007 on the BBC1 Saturday night game show, ''[[DanceX]]''.<ref name=ds/><ref name=dancex>{{cite episode|title=DanceX, show 3| series = [[DanceX]]| network = [[BBC]]| location = [[London]], [[England]]| airdate = 2007-07-28}}</ref> Around this time, Sophie announced that she was unsure if she wished to release "If I Can't Dance", due to the popularity of "Love Is Here" amongst fans, and that after her performance on ''DanceX'', fans had urged her to release "Love Is Here" instead. She then announced plans for releasing "If I Can't Dance" would stay, and that "Love Is Here" would become the fifth single instead.<ref name=dancex/> On 9 October 2007, Ellis-Bextor announced that plans to release "If I Can't Dance" and "Love Is Here" had been cancelled, and that her record label would release a new, unreleased song in their place. However, when the song was featured on the ''[[St Trinian's (film)|St Trinian's]]'' soundtrack, which was released on 10 December 2007, rumours spurred that the single would, in fact, be released.<ref name=sophieonline>{{cite web|title=Sophie Ellis-Bextor >> Discography >> Trip the Light Fantastic|url=http://www.sophie-online.net/en/projects/disco/ttlf.php|work=Sophie.Online.Net|accessdate=11 August 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226231841/http://www.sophie-online.net/en/projects/disco/ttlf.php|archivedate=26 February 2012}}</ref>
-In January 2008, Ellis Bextor made a shock announcement that the ''Trip The Light Fantastic'' era was concluded, and soon after, plans for a ''Greatest Hits'' compilation that was expected for release in Autumn 2008 came to light.<ref name=sophieonline/> However, rumours became rive once again when the track was confirmed for inclusion on the compilation. However, Ellis-Bextor once again confirmed in February 2008 the track would not be released as a single.<ref name=sophieonline/> Rumours were soon put to rest, however, on 5 May 2008, a single release of "If I Can't Dance" surprisingly appeared on the iTunes store without any prior announcement or confirmation, complete with new artwork and backed with the B-side "Can't Have It All".<ref name=rateyourmusic>{{cite web|title=If I Can't Dance by Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Reviews and Ratings - Rate Your Music|url=http://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/sophie_ellis_bextor/if_i_cant_dance/|work=Rate Your Music|accessdate=11 August 2012}}</ref> Days later, the single was removed from the store, and since, fans have wondered if the single was listed by Fascination, due to its removal just days later. This also meant the single failed to chart anywhere.
+In January 2008, Ellis-Bextor made a shock announcement that the ''Trip the Light Fantastic'' era was concluded, and soon after, plans for a ''Greatest Hits'' compilation expected for release in Autumn 2008 came to light.<ref name=sophieonline/> Rumours regarding the single's release again became rife when the track was confirmed for inclusion on the compilation, but Ellis-Bextor confirmed in February 2008 the track would not be released as a single.<ref name=sophieonline/> Regardless, on 5 May 2008, a single release of "If I Can't Dance" surprisingly appeared on the [[iTunes Store]] without any prior announcement or confirmation, complete with new artwork and backed with the B-side "Can't Have It All".<ref name=rateyourmusic>{{cite web|title=If I Can't Dance by Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Reviews and Ratings - Rate Your Music|url=http://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/sophie_ellis_bextor/if_i_cant_dance/|work=Rate Your Music|accessdate=11 August 2012}}</ref> Days later, the single was removed from the store, and since, fans have wondered if the single was listed by Fascination, due to its removal just days later. This also meant the single failed to chart anywhere.
-== Composition ==
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-"If I Can't Dance" was written by Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Dimitri Tikovoi, while production was handled by Tikovi, with additional production by Brio Taliaferro and Jeremy Wheatley.<ref name=sophieonline/> It draws from [[dance pop]], [[electropop]] and [[disco]] genres.<ref name=rateyourmusic/> The song is a reference to the famous quote from [[Emma Goldman]], "If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution".<ref name=allmusicreview>{{cite news|last=Hoffman|first=K. Ross|title=Trip the Light Fantastic - Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Allmusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/trip-the-light-fantastic-mw0000780709|accessdate=6 August 2012|newspaper=[[Allmusic]]|date=21 May 2007}}</ref> Goldman never said these exact words but she did convey this idea in an encounter with a young revolutionary that she mentions in her autobiography ''[[Living My Life]]''.<ref name=digitalspy>{{cite news|last=Levine|first=Nick|title=Sophie Ellis-Bextor: 'Trip The Light Fantastic'|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/albumreviews/a58175/sophie-ellis-bextor-trip-the-light-fantastic.html|accessdate=6 August 2012|newspaper=[[Digital Spy]]|date=23 May 2007}}</ref> Lyrically, it finds Sophie tartly telling her stiff limbed lover, "Oh darling, don't be so unkind / The beat must never be denied".<ref name=yahoo>{{cite news|last=MacKay|first=Emily|title=Sophie Ellis Bextor - Trip The Light Fantastic - Yahoo! Music|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20110722141434/http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/070524/33/21a40.html|accessdate=6 August 2012|newspaper=[[Yahoo! Music]]|date=24 May 2007}}</ref>
+"If I Can't Dance" was written by Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Dimitri Tikovoi, while production was handled by Tikovi, with additional production by Brio Taliaferro and Jeremy Wheatley.<ref name=sophieonline/> It draws from the [[dance-pop]], [[electropop]] and [[disco]] genres.<ref name=rateyourmusic/> The song is a reference to the famous quote from [[Emma Goldman]], "If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution".<ref name=allmusicreview>{{cite news|last=Hoffman|first=K. Ross|title=Trip the Light Fantastic - Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Allmusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/trip-the-light-fantastic-mw0000780709|accessdate=6 August 2012|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|date=21 May 2007|archive-date=14 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514114501/https://www.allmusic.com/album/trip-the-light-fantastic-mw0000780709|url-status=live}}</ref> Goldman never said these exact words but she did convey this idea in an encounter with a young revolutionary that she mentions in her autobiography ''[[Living My Life]]''.<ref name=digitalspy>{{cite news|last=Levine|first=Nick|title=Sophie Ellis-Bextor: 'Trip The Light Fantastic'|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/albumreviews/a58175/sophie-ellis-bextor-trip-the-light-fantastic.html|accessdate=6 August 2012|newspaper=[[Digital Spy]]|date=23 May 2007|archive-date=13 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813041048/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/albumreviews/a58175/sophie-ellis-bextor-trip-the-light-fantastic.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Lyrically, it finds Sophie tartly telling her stiff limbed lover, "Oh darling, don't be so unkind / The beat must never be denied".<ref name=yahoo>{{cite news|last=MacKay |first=Emily |title=Sophie Ellis Bextor - Trip The Light Fantastic - Yahoo! Music |url=http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/070524/33/21a40.html |accessdate=6 August 2012 |newspaper=[[Yahoo! Music]] |date=24 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722141434/http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/070524/33/21a40.html |archivedate=22 July 2011 }}</ref>
-== Critical reception ==
+==Critical reception==
-The song received mostly positive reviews from music critics. Emily Mackay of [[Yahoo! Music]] wrote that "'If I Can't Dance', with its jerky, [[Girls Aloud]]-esque rhythmm, is sure-footed sparkler."<ref name=yahoo/> Kitty Empire of [[The Observer]] called it "another delightfully self-aware cut which features our ice maiden twitching a buttock to some bloopy percolations",<ref name=observer>{{cite news|last=EMpire|first=Kitty|title=CD of the Week: Trip the Light Fantastic by Sophie Ellis Bextor &#124; Music &#124; The Observer|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/may/20/popandrock.features1|accessdate=6 August 2012|newspaper=[[The Observer]]|date=20 May 2007}}</ref> while Talia Kraines of [[BBC Music]] wrote that the song "transport us to a world where the glitter ball never stops spinning."<ref name=bbc>{{cite news|last=Kraines|first=Talia|title=BBC - Music - Review of Sophie Ellis Bextor - Trip the Light Fantastic|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/6wvr|accessdate=6 August 2012|newspaper=[[BBC]]|date=24 May 2007}}</ref> K. Ross Hoffman of [[Allmusic]] noted that it is a "[[Xenomania]]-esque stomp."<ref name=allmusicreview/> Nick Levine of [[Digital Spy]] commented, "When she declares, halfway through the album, ‘If I can’t dance, I don’t want any part of your revolution’, you can’t help but wonder, just for a moment, how on earth those pesky Frenchies of 1786 managed to storm the Bastille without Trip The Light Fantastic as a soundtrack."<ref name=digitalspy/>
+The song received mostly positive reviews from music critics. Emily Mackay of [[Yahoo! Music]] wrote that "'If I Can't Dance', with its jerky, [[Girls Aloud]]-esque rhythmm, is sure-footed sparkler."<ref name=yahoo/> Kitty Empire of ''[[The Observer]]'' called it "another delightfully self-aware cut which features our ice maiden twitching a buttock to some bloopy percolations",<ref name=observer>{{cite news|last=EMpire|first=Kitty|title=CD of the Week: Trip the Light Fantastic by Sophie Ellis Bextor &#124; Music &#124; The Observer|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/may/20/popandrock.features1|accessdate=6 August 2012|newspaper=[[The Observer]]|date=20 May 2007|archive-date=16 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216021552/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/may/20/popandrock.features1|url-status=live}}</ref> while Talia Kraines of [[BBC Music]] wrote that the song "transport[s] us to a world where the glitter ball never stops spinning."<ref name=bbc>{{cite news|last=Kraines|first=Talia|title=BBC - Music - Review of Sophie Ellis Bextor - Trip the Light Fantastic|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/6wvr|accessdate=6 August 2012|newspaper=[[BBC]]|date=24 May 2007|archive-date=13 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213091823/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/6wvr|url-status=live}}</ref> K. Ross Hoffman of [[Allmusic]] noted that it is a "[[Xenomania]]-esque stomp."<ref name=allmusicreview/> Nick Levine of [[Digital Spy]] commented, "When she declares, halfway through the album, 'If I can't dance, I don't want any part of your revolution', you can't help but wonder, just for a moment, how on earth those pesky Frenchies of 1786 [sic]<ref>The correct year was 1789.</ref> managed to storm the Bastille without ''Trip the Light Fantastic'' as a soundtrack."<ref name=digitalspy/>
-==Tracklisting==
+==Track listing==
-# "If I Can't Dance" - 3:26
+# "If I Can't Dance" – 3:26
-# "Can't Have It All" - 4:11
+# "Can't Have It All" – 4:11
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 *All [[Musical instrument|instrument]]s by Dimitri Tikovoi
-Credits adapted from the liner notes of Trip the Light Fantastic, Fascination Records.<ref name="Album notes">{{Cite music release notes |Name=[[Trip the Light Fantastic (Sophie Ellis-Bextor album)|Trip the Light Fantastic]]|Type=album |Artist=[[Sophie Ellis-Bextor]] |Year=2007|Format=liner notes |Publisher=[[Fascination Records]].}}</ref>
+Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Trip the Light Fantastic'', Fascination Records.<ref name="Album notes">{{cite AV media notes |title=[[Trip the Light Fantastic (Sophie Ellis-Bextor album)|Trip the Light Fantastic]]|others=[[Sophie Ellis-Bextor]] |date=2007|type=liner notes |publisher=[[Fascination Records]].}}</ref>
-== References ==
+==References==
 {{Reflist}}
 {{Sophie Ellis-Bextor}}
+{{authority control}}
 [[Category:2008 songs]]
 [[Category:Sophie Ellis-Bextor songs]]
 [[Category:Songs written by Sophie Ellis-Bextor]]
+[[Category:Songs written by Dimitri Tikovoi]]
+[[Category:Fascination Records singles]]
-[[es:If I Can't Dance]]
+[[Category:2007 songs]]
-[[it:If I Can't Dance]]
+[[Category:Electropop songs]]
+[[Category:Political songs]]

v t e Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Discography Songs
Albums	Read My Lips Shoot from the Hip Trip the Light Fantastic Make a Scene Wanderlust Familia Hana
Live albums	Kitchen Disco – Live at the London Palladium
Compilations	The Song Diaries Songs from the Kitchen Disco
Singles	"Take Me Home" "Murder on the Dancefloor" "Get Over You" / "Move This Mountain" "Music Gets the Best of Me" "Mixed Up World" "I Won't Change You" "Catch You" "Me and My Imagination" "Today the Sun's on Us" "If I Can't Dance" "Bittersweet" "Off & On" "Starlight" "Young Blood" "Runaway Daydreamer" "Love Is a Camera" "The Deer & the Wolf" "Hypnotized" "Freedom of the Night"
Featured singles	"Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" "Circles (Just My Good Time)" "Heartbreak (Make Me a Dancer)" "Can't Fight This Feeling" "Not Giving Up on Love"
Tours	Read My Lips Tour
Related articles	Theaudience Janet Ellis Robin Bextor Richard Jones Watch My Lips