Dance with Me (Kelly Clarkson song)

Produced by Greg Kurstin, it was the first song written by Dan Rockett after collaborating with Polow da Don in his tenure as a studio runner and an audio engineer at Interscope Records.

"Dance with Me" has received a generally positive response from music critics, who lauded Clarkson's vocal performance and the complimented the song as an energetic tune.

[3][4] One of the six songs originally intended for Chapter One, Clarkson ultimately decided to hold the track over for a follow-up project, deeming it as being too progressive to be included in a compilation set.

[8] Clarkson, who uses music as a form of emotional expressions, fell in love with the song and remarked, "At the end of the day, everyone dancing in that club has their own life going on and their own ups and downs.

[5] While in The Dallas Morning News's Guide Live section, music critic Hunter Hauk wrote that "Dance with Me"'s carefree lyrics fall right in line with its dance-pop sound.

[15] In the 20th season of the American competition series Dancing with the Stars, contestants Noah Galloway, Sharna Burgess, Robert Herjavec, and Kym Johnson performed a Cha-cha-cha dance-off to the song, where the former two emerged as the round's victors and latter two being eliminated from the program.