Dance No More
2026 song by Harry Styles
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"Dance No More" is a song by English singer and songwriter Harry Styles, released on 6 March 2026, as the tenth track on his fourth studio album Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. (2026). Styles wrote the song alongside Thomas "Kid Harpoon" Hull, who was the song's producer. It has been seen as a fan favourite of the album and has been highlighted in reviews. The song was released as the third single from the album with an accompanying music video on 7 May 2026.
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| from the album Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally | ||||
| Released | 12 June 2026 | |||
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| Length | 3:14 | |||
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| Producer | Kid Harpoon | |||
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| "Dance No More" on YouTube | ||||
Composition and lyrics
"Dance No More" features lyrics such as "DJs don't dance no more" and "We wanna dance with all our friends."[3] The line "Be a good girl, go get it, Fox" refers to Kid Harpoon's son Fox.[3] As Styles stated in an interview with Zane Lowe:
I remember going out the first time in Berlin and standing in the middle of the dance floor and feeling so unbelievably free and safe, that I kind of just had my hands in the air and my eyes closed, so that I felt these tears streaming down my face. It was this moment of, like, 'I feel so alive right now.'
— Harry Styles, in Zane Lowe, Interview with Zane Lowe, [4]
Release and reception
"Dance No More" was released as the tenth track on Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally on 6 March 2026.[5] The song was released as the third single from the album on 7 May 2026, with an accompanying music video.[6][7] On 12 June 2026, it was sent to Italian radio airplay by Sony Music.[8]
Writing for Clash, Robin Murray called it simply a "brilliant call-and-response number".[9] In a review for Variety, Jem Aswad noted that it was an "outlier in the batch. With a funky groove, '80s synthesizer stabs, party noises", noting that "it has a loose, fun, carefree vibe found nowhere else on the album. It’s a prime early candidate for Song of the Summer 2026 — and, perfectly on brand for this album".[10] Paste magazine noted that it "features rhythm interludes similar to 'Uptown Funk'".[11] BBC Music correspondent Mark Savage notes that "the delightfully barmy 'Dance No More' bounds along on an irresistible groove as the singer leads a chant of 'respect your mother'."[12] Stereogum critic Chris DeVilli calls it a "vacuum-sealed disco-funk jam".[2]
Music video
Live performances
On 14 March 2026, Styles performed "Dance No More" on Saturday Night Live, along with "Coming Up Roses".[15]
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from Pitchfork.[5]
Locations
- RAK Studios (London)
- Hansa Studios (Berlin)
Musicians
- Harry Styles – vocals, music, lyricist
- Tom Skinner – drums, backing vocals
- Yaffra – synthesizers, backing vocals
- House Gospel Choir – choir
- Stella Blackmon – backing vocals
- Luis Viner – backing vocals
Technical
- Kid Harpoon – backing vocals, music, lyricist, producer
- Brian Rajaratnam – engineer
- Liam Hebb – backing vocals, engineer
- Kian Moghaddamzadeh – assistant engineer
- Tommy Bosustow – assistant engineer
- Alfie Scott – assistant engineer
Charts
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Release history
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label | Ref. |
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| Various | 7 May 2026 | Streaming | [6] | |
| Italy | 12 June 2026 | Radio airplay | Sony Music Italy | [8] |