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"Let's Dance"
Single by Five
from the album Kingsize
B-side	"Sometimes" "Millennium Megamix"
Released	13 August 2001 (2001-08-13)
Genre	Dance-pop
Length	3:38
Label	RCA BMG
Songwriter(s)	Richard Stannard Julian Gallagher Ash Howes Martin Harrington Richard Breen Jason Brown Sean Conlon
Producer(s)	Richard "Biff" Stannard Julian Gallagher
Five singles chronology
"We Will Rock You" (2000) "Let's Dance" (2001) "Closer to Me" (2001)

"Let's Dance" is the first single from English boy band Five's third studio album, Kingsize (2001). The song was written by Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Ash Howes, Martin Harrington, Abz Love, Jason "J" Brown, and Sean Conlon and produced by Stannard and Gallagher. Released on 13 August 2001, "Let's Dance" charted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Five's third and final number-one single, and was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). The song also peaked at number two on the Irish Singles Chart and became a top-10 in hit in Australia, Flanders, Greece, and Romania.

Music video

The official music video was directed by Max and Dania. The music video used a life sized cardboard image of Conlon, since he was not present at the time of filming having actually left the band. The video was also the last music video that the band recorded before their break-up, as the video for "Closer to Me" was a compilation of old video footage, and the video for "Rock the Party" was animated.

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the Kingsize album booklet.

Studio

• Mixed at Biffco Studios (Dublin, Ireland)

Personnel

• Richard "Biff" Stannard – writing (as Richard Stannard), backing vocals, production
• Julian Gallagher – writing, guitars, production
• Ash Howes – writing, keyboards, programming, recording, mixing
• Martin Harrington – writing, keyboards, programming, recording
• Abz Love – writing (as Richard Breen)
• Jason Brown – writing
• Sean Conlon – writing
• Andy Caine – backing vocals
• Steve Lewinson – bass
• Simon Hale – keyboards
• Alvin Sweeney – recording

Charts

Certifications and sales

Release history

References

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• 2000 songs
• 2001 singles
• Bertelsmann Music Group singles
• Five (band) songs
• Number-one singles in Scotland
• RCA Records singles
• Song recordings produced by Richard Stannard (songwriter)
• Songs about dancing
• Songs written by Abz Love
• Songs written by Jason "J" Brown
• Songs written by Julian Gallagher
• Songs written by Martin Harrington
• Songs written by Richard Stannard (songwriter)
• Songs written by Sean Conlon
• UK singles chart number-one singles