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CAN'T STOP THE FEELING! (from DreamWorks Animation's "TROLLS")

2016Released
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Justin Timberlake put on his dancing shoes to pen this feel-good tune with Max Martin. It was the first time Timberlake had teamed up with the Swedish hitmaker since his 'N Sync days in the early 2000s. The "Suit & Tie" singer's first new solo song in almost three years, it was released on May 6, 2016.

There are two verses in this song, but it's mostly a big chorus party. After a 7-second intro, the first verse tees up what's coming, as Timberlake warns: I got this feeling inside my bones It goes electric, wavey when I turn it on The first pre-chorus comes in at the :25 mark ("I got that sunshine in my pocket...") and lasts about 30 seconds with a musical shift as Justin goes into the "And under the lights when everything goes" section. Since this section is so substantial, it needs a transition into the actual chorus, so that's why we hear the "just imagine" line echo in both channels before it kicks in with "Nothing I can see but you when you dance, dance, dance." His falsetto vocals add some texture and help smooth out the transition to the second (and last) verse, as he's really heating up: Don't need no reason, don't need control I fly so high, no ceiling, when I'm in my zone The rest of the song is pre-chorus and chorus elements, including a bridge that breaks it down to the bassline and snaps with some classic JT interjections ("yeah," "uh"). The outro is essentially the last parts of the chorus extended.

The song was written for the animated movie Trolls. Timberlake also provides the voice of a grumpy-looking grey-blue troll called Branch in the Dreamworks film and is the executive producer of its soundtrack. Speaking on SiriusXM's The Morning Mash Up show, Timberlake explained the process of writing songs for a soundtrack is more regimented than his solo work. "When I'm making a record for myself, I don't know, I feel like I have to take advantage of the fact that it's done when I love every song," he said, Timberlake added that the Trolls sessions inspired him and "definitely bled over into writing a bunch of other things."

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113BPM

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This Compilation (P) 2016 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

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