"I wrote this song when I was busking, and about the pressure that I felt to always be entertaining people on the street. When interviewed by DJ Smallzy in July 2019 on Australian radio station Nova FM, Tones explained that Dance Monkey's lyrics are about the relationship she had with her audience when she was busking (street performing) on the streets of Australia: It was also the Grand Prize winner of the 2019 International Songwriting Competition. It won Best Pop Release at the ARIA Music Awards of 2019, Song of the Year at the APRA Music Awards of 2020 and Independent Song of the Year at the AIR Awards of 2020. The song has received a number of awards. The song is was also the first song by a female artist to reach 3 billion streams. On Spotify, as of March 2024, the song is the most streamed by a female artist and the eighth-most overall, with over 3 billion streams. When it hit number four in the US, it became the first top-five hit solely written by a woman in over eight years. It also broke the record for the most weeks spent at the top of the UK Singles Chart by a female artist with 11 weeks at the top. The song broke the record for the most weeks at number one on the Australian singles chart at 24 non-consecutive weeks. "Dance Monkey" topped the official singles charts in over 38 countries and peaked within the top ten of many others, including the United States. The song was produced and mixed by Konstantin Kersting.
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