Sophie Ellis-Bextor sings ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ for Paris Victims
Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
Samir Hussein/WireImageSophie Ellis-Bextor performed the song “Murder on the Dancefloor” after paying tribute to the 90 victims who died in a 2015 coordinated terrorist attack in Paris, France.
“It didn’t feel right for me to just waltz into a song called ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ without noticing the history and paying tribute to it,” the 44-year-old singer said of the attack at the Bataclan theater where she performed. , per SkyNews.
Ellis-Bextor explained that her 2001 song, which saw a major resurgence in popularity after being featured in the November 2023 song, Salt burnhas no ‘evil in his heart’.
“The whole point of that song, just like this venue, is to bring joy and music to the dance floor,” she continued. “So in tribute to that spirit – and in tribute to everyone who has ever danced here at the Bataclan – this is ‘Murder on the Dancefloor.’”
Ellis-Bextor’s tour stop included a performance at the famous Paris venue, now remembered as the site where 90 people were killed in a mass shooting in November 2015, as part of a series to attack about the city that evening. The terrorist group shot at the venue and took hostages during an Eagles of Death Metal concert attended by 1,500 people, leading to a standoff with police.
“Murder on the Dancefloor” has become Ellis-Bextor’s biggest international hit, despite being more than twenty years old. The song was included on her 2001 debut solo album, Read my lipsand it has taken TikTok by storm after playing a key role in it Barry Keoghan‘s nude dance sequence to close Salt burn.
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Although she was excited to see her song in the film, she admitted that it turned out to be “different” than she imagined.
“It’s different to see it as a starting point… I mean, Barry really went for it. And it’s like the whole song!” she said to People in December 2023. “I didn’t know exactly how it would play out in terms of the role it would play in the film until I saw it at the screening, but I absolutely loved it. I think it’s such a smart, funny, smart movie. I have really enjoyed it.”
Ellis-Bextor fully embraces the revival of “Murder on the Dancefloor,” calling the experience of performing it again and again “magical.”
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“I’ve never had a complicated relationship with the song. I have been singing it with great pleasure for twenty years, so it feels very magical and festive,” she told the BBC. Sydney Morning Herald in February. “When I first wrote my first album, my friends picked this as a single, so it always reminds me of my friends, and we like to dance to it.”