I'm Just Here for the Music

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"I'm Just Here for the Music"
Single by Paula Abdul
Released	May 5, 2009
Genre	Dance-pop electropop nu-disco
Length	3:13
Label	Filament Caroline
Songwriter(s)	Danielle Brisebois Wayne Rodrigues
Producer(s)	Oliver Leiber
Paula Abdul singles chronology
"Dance Like There's No Tomorrow" (2008) "I'm Just Here for the Music" (2009)

"I'm Just Here for the Music" is a song by American singer Paula Abdul. The single followed Abdul's 2008 comeback "Dance Like There's No Tomorrow", and was released on May 8, 2009 by Filament Entertainment Group, a label distributed by Caroline Distribution. The track was produced by Oliver Leiber, who helped to create Paula's debut album Forever Your Girl. The song sampled Indeep's 1982 single "Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life".

Song information[]

The song was written by Danielle Brisebois, Wayne Rodrigues and produced by Oliver Leiber, who had a role producing Abdul's debut album Forever Your Girl. The song uses an autotuner and electronic synthesizers over an uptempo electronic beat. The song was originally an unreleased song cut from Kylie Minogue's ninth album Body Language (2003). This is not the first time that Minogue and Abdul have exchanged tracks. In 2000, Minogue added the Abdul penned single "Spinning Around" to her 2000 album Light Years which was a worldwide hit single outside of the United States peaking at #1 in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Live performance[]

On May 6, 2009, Abdul took to the American Idol stage for the first time in the show's eight-year run to perform the track.^{[citation needed]}

Release[]

On May 5, 2009, Abdul debuted her new song "I'm Just Here For The Music" on the Ryan Seacrest Radio KIIS-FM show. On May 8, 2009, Abdul released "I'm Just Here For The Music" to the US iTunes Store.

Chart performance[]

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