Talking Is Hard
indie pop pop rock dance pop rock
"Shut Up and Dance" (stylized as "SHUT UP + DANCE") is a song by American rock band Walk the Moon for their second studio album Talking Is Hard (released in 2014). The song was written by band members and songwriters Ben Berger and Ryan McMahon. The song is based on an experience frontman Nicholas Petricca had at a Los Angeles nightclub. His girlfriend invited him to dance, inspiring the title. Petricca envisioned the song as an anthem for letting go of frustration and having fun. Read more on Last.fm.

They are several artists named "Walk the Moon"; 1) "Walk the Moon" is an indie rock band that formed in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2008. The band consists of Nicholas Petricca (vocals, keyboards), Eli Maiman (guitar, vocals) and Sean Waugaman (drums, vocals). The band has released four albums, "I Want! I Want!" (2010), "Walk the Moon" (2012), "Talking is Hard" (2014), and "What if Nothing" (2017). The band's single, "Anna Sun", peaked at #10 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart in 2012. The band's third single, "Shut Up and Dance" reached #1 on the Billboard Alternative charts in 2015. In 2017-18, the band had a second #1 hit on Alternative radio with "One Foot". http://www.walkthemoonband.com/ 2) A duo consisting of Alain Johannes and Natasha Shneider who released one self-titled album in 1987. The single “Daddy’s Coming Home” received some alternative radio and MTV airplay. In 1990, Johannes and Shneider formed Eleven. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.