I'm Just Here for the Music

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"I'm Just Here for the Music"
Single by Paula Abdul
ReleasedMay 5, 2009
GenreElectronic
Length3:13
Label
  • Filament
  • Caroline
Songwriter(s)
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

Caroline Distribution. The track was produced by Oliver Leiber, who produced Abdul’s debut album Forever Your Girl
.

Background and release

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. Abdul debuted the song on the Ryan Seacrest Radio KIIS-FM show. 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.[1]

Live performance

In May 2009, Abdul performed the song on American Idol.[2]

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 87

References

  1. ^ "Paula Abdul remakes, improves on Kylie's 'Here for the Music'". EW.com. 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  2. ^ Rolling Stone (2009-05-05). "Paula Abdul Debuts "Here for the Music," Preps "Idol" Performance". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  3. ^ "Paula Abdul Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 12, 2019.