I'm Just Here for the Music

"I'm Just Here for the Music"
Single by Paula Abdul
Released	May 5, 2009 (Radio) May 8, 2009 (Digital download)
Format	Digital download compact disc
Genre	Dance-pop electropop nu-disco
Length	3:13
Label	Filament Caroline
Writer(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. Incidentally, the song entered the Billboard Hot 100 twenty years, to the week, after "Forever Your Girl" was #1 on that chart. 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. Minogue's original version can be heard on the YouTube network. This is not the first time that Minogue and Adbul 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 respectively. Abdul also covered the Kylie track Boombox which appeared on Minogue's compilation of the same name, though Abduls version of Boombox remains unreleased, it can be heard in snippet form on the YouTube network.

American Idol 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. Before appearing that night she stated that “I wasn’t sure if I was going to do it, because timing is of the essence. I put everything together Saturday, rehearsed on Sunday. … I feel really good about it. There’s a lot to see in less than three minutes.” The performance received positive reviews. The Daily Mail Online commented, "Paula Abdul is a brave woman" and "with expert choreographers, top-notch backing singers and billowing smoke in just the right places, she pulled the whole thing off brilliantly in a glittery basque."^[1]

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, Paula released "I'm Just Here For The Music" to the US iTunes Store.

Chart performance

Chart (2009)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	87
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	63

References

1. "Now judge me, says Paula Abdul as she performs her new single in front on American Idol stage | Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2012-02-24.