Peak
2
Weeks
52
Score
10,274
Chart Year
2020
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position2
Peak DateMar 21, 2020
Weeks at Peak1
Weeks Charted52
Weeks in Top 4046
Weeks in Top 1020
Weeks at #21
Weeks at #10
Scoring
Summary Calc4,758
Weekly Calc5,516
Total Score10,274
Rankings
Year Ranking#4
Decade Ranking#35
Billboard Year#5
Top 5000#102
Details
- Album
- Future Nostalgia
- Label
- Warner Music
- Genre
- Nu-Disco
- Duration
- 3:00
- Composer(s)
- Dua Lipa;Caroline Ailin;Emily Warren;Ian Kirkpatrick
- Entered Chart
- Nov 16, 2019
- Peak Date
- Mar 21, 2020
- Released
- Unknown
- Recorded
- Unknown
- Catalog #
- Warner
Music Video
The music video for "Don't Start Now" was filmed on 14 October 2019 in Brooklyn.[55] It was directed by Nabil Elderkin, who had previously worked with Lipa during her 2019 campaign for Yves Saint Laurent's Libre fragrance.[128][129] The video was produced by Eric Brown with Operator Media serving as the production company.[130] Elderkin found inspiration for the treatment by skating around London while listening to the song. He used darker lighting and moods in a balance he felt complimented "Don't Start Now". Various concepts and edits were explored before Lipa and her management signed off on the final cut. Lipa decided at the last minute to use the final scene at the start of the video.[131] The music video premiered on YouTube on 1 November 2019.[132][133] Dua Lipa dancing in a crowded nightclub. A high-angle shot of the neon colour-schemed nightclub scene The video opens with a point-of-view shot of Lipa leaving a nightclub and throwing the camera onto the pavement. The clip blacks out briefly before rewinding to a scene from five hours earlier.[134] In it, Lipa enters a pub and removes her orange Raf Simons jacket to perform on stage in a yellow Versace bra top and Marni jeans.[135] The video then cuts to a crowded nightclub where Lipa dances under a disco ball and spotlight.[134][135] In the next scene, she dances at a 19th-century-themed masquerade ball, and notices eyes on paintings coming to life. She runs down a staircase to return to the nightclub, and is later shown washing her face in the bathroom there and strutting its hallway. The video ends with a cumulative montage of the evening's events.[134][136] Amy Francombe of The Face said Elderkin's signature directing style "shines through" in the neon colour schemes and high-angle shots.[131] Writing for Paper, Brendan Wetmore described the video as "something straight out of the POV TikTok genre and put onto Vevo".[137] In her review for Vogue, Rachel Hahn called it "a fine showcase for Lipa's expert post-breakup style".[135] Nylon's Allison Stubblebine compared the crowded nightclub scene to one in Harry Styles' music video for "Lights Up".[138] For the video, Elderkin was nominated for Best Direction at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, while the visual itself was nominated for Best Music Video at the 2020 Urban Music Awards.[
Notes
This disco-inspired track finds Dua Lipa full of positivity following a breakup: Walk away You know how Don't start caring About me now The jealous ex just can't stand the fact that the singer is over their relationship. Dua Lipa tells him he's better off staying away rather than seeing her dancing with somebody else. "It's about moving on," Lipa told Radio.com. "It's about finding confidence in that and not letting anyone get in the way of your happiness. I think it's always important to remember that your happiness should come first." The song was released on October 31, 2019 as the lead single from Dua Lipa's second studio album. The adrenaline-fueled, dance floor anthem is a new sound for the singer. "I chose to put this song out first so I could close one chapter of my life and start another," she explained. "Into a new era with a new sound!" Dua Lipa penned "Don't Start Now" with songwriters Emily Warren and Caroline Ailin, plus producer Ian Kirkpatrick. This was the same crew she made "New Rules" with. Aren't you the guy who tried to Hurt me with the word "goodbye"? Though it took some time to survive you The post-breakup motivational anthem nods lyrically to Gloria Gaynor's 1978 dance hit "I Will Survive." (Gaynor sings, "Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye?") There are also similarities in the sound: both songs use disco-inflected strings. When the coronavirus forced most of the world into quarantine in 2020, memes emerged using this song's lyrics to echo recommendations from the CDC: Don't show up Don't come out The Future Nostalgia album was released on March 27, 2020, when the outbreak had taken hold, but the song was issued as a single before coronavirus was detected. Speaking on Live with Kelly and Ryan Wednesday, Dua Lipa spoke about how the song shifted from a motivational breakup tune to an anthem for the social-distancing era. "I definitely didn't plan for my music to be so fitting for a time like this," she said. "I definitely, while making it, imagined being able to go out and dance and party, but, um, you know - kitchen dancing. And if it's rules to live by at a time like that now then I'm happy for it." "Don't Start Now" spent 25 weeks in the Top 10 of the UK singles chart, the longest run ever for a song by a British female solo artist. Lipa performed this on the Grammy Awards in 2021, where it was nominated for Song Of The Year. It lost to "I Can't Breathe" by H.E.R., but Future Nostalgia won for Best Pop Vocal Album.
If you don't wanna see me dancing with somebody
If you wanna believe that anything could stop me
If you don't wanna see me
Did a full 180, crazy
Thinking 'bout the way I was
Did the heartbreak change me? Maybe
But look at where I ended up
I'm all good already
So moved on, it's scary
I'm not where you left me at all, so
If you don't wanna see me dancing with somebody
If you wanna believe that anything could stop me
(Hey, hey, hey)
Don't show up, don't come out
Don't start caring about me now
Walk away, you know how
Don't start caring about me now
Aren't you the guy who tried to
Hurt me with the word "goodbye"?
Though it took some time to survive you
I'm better on the other side
I'm all good already
So moved on, it's scary
I'm not where you left me at all, so
If you don't wanna see me dancing with somebody
If you wanna believe that anything could stop me (whoa)
Don't show up, don't come out
Don't start caring about me now
Walk away, you know how
Don't start caring about me now ('bout me now)
Oh, oh
Don't come out, out, out
Don't show up, up, up
Don't start now (oh)
Oh, oh
Don't come out, out
I'm not where you left me at all, so
If you don't wanna see me dancing with somebody
If you wanna believe that anything could stop me
Don't show up (don't show up), don't come out (don't come out)
Don't start caring about me now ('bout me now)
Walk away (walk away), you know how (you know how)
Don't start caring about me now (so)
Oh, oh
Don't come out, out, out
Don't show up, up, up
Walk away, walk away (so)
Oh, oh
Don't come out, out
Don't show up, up, up
Walk away, walk away, oh
Just when you thought it was over, haha, yeah
Walk away, walk away, ohChart History (52 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nov 16, 2019 | 30 | 96 |
| 2 | Nov 23, 2019 | 46 | 80 |
| 3 | Nov 30, 2019 | 42 | 84 |
| 4 | Dec 7, 2019 | 37 | 89 |
| 5 | Dec 14, 2019 | 42 | 84 |
| 6 | Dec 21, 2019 | 42 | 84 |
| 7 | Dec 28, 2019 | 42 | 84 |
| 8 | Jan 4, 2020 | 52 | 74 |
| 9 | Jan 11, 2020 | 21 | 105 |
| 10 | Jan 18, 2020 | 14 | 112 |
| 11 | Jan 25, 2020 | 14 | 112 |
| 12 | Feb 1, 2020 | 15 | 111 |
| 13 | Feb 8, 2020 | 9 | 117 |
| 14 | Feb 15, 2020 | 9 | 117 |
| 15 | Feb 22, 2020 | 6 | 120 |
| 16 | Feb 29, 2020 | 5 | 121 |
| 17 | Mar 7, 2020 | 5 | 121 |
| 18 | Mar 14, 2020 | 3 | 123 |
| 19 | Mar 21, 2020 | 2 | 124 |
| 20 | Mar 28, 2020 | 3 | 123 |
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