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Dancing with a Stranger is a Contemporary R&B and Disco act. Their sound grew out of Sam Smith and Normani. Those roots explain a lot about how Dancing with a Stranger arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Let You Love Me and Nothing Breaks Like a Heart, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kelly Clarkson, Jonas Brothers, Barry Manilow and 5 Seconds of Summer, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 8 connections around Dancing with a Stranger, reaching back through Sam Smith and forward to Kelly Clarkson. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Dancing with a Stranger" is a song by English singer Sam Smith and American singer Normani. It was written by the two, alongside producers Stargate and Jimmy Napes. "Dancing with a Stranger" was released as a single by Capitol Records on 11 January 2019. It appears on Smith's third studio album Love Goes (2020). The accompanying music video was directed by Vaughan Arnell.
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Dancing with a Stranger grew out of Sam Smith and Normani, shares an orbit with Let You Love Me and Nothing Breaks Like a Heart, went on to shape Kelly Clarkson, Jonas Brothers, Barry Manilow and 5 Seconds of Summer. 8 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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