{"id":83319,"date":"2023-08-18T09:22:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T07:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=83319"},"modified":"2023-08-18T09:50:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T07:50:32","slug":"new-single-why-cant-we-dance-by-onoleigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/08\/new-single-why-cant-we-dance-by-onoleigh\/","title":{"rendered":"New Single &#8216;Why Can&#8217;t We Dance&#8217; By Onoleigh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The fierce, up-tempo song is a roaring dance floor anthem, the perfect summer anthem about wanting to have a good time, embracing the rush of a feel-good time instead of falling in love.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nashville-based singer-songwriter Onoleigh has collaborated with some of the biggest names in the industry, including co-writing songs with John Oates (Hall &amp; Oates), Nathan Chapman (Taylor Swift), and working with Producer Brandon Hood (Sam Hunt and Rascal Flatts). In the past, she has opened for Rodney Atkins, Jordan Davis &amp; Tyler Rich, Randy Houser, and more. With 260K+ Spotify streams and 13K+ views on YouTube, she is currently set to share the stage with Chris Janson this summer on tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a remarkable ability to harness compassion and empathy as a result of her previos experience in social work as a guidance counselor, Onoleigh&#8217;s songwriting has reached listeners on a powerful personal level with songs that are relatable and lean into what others are feeling. Since her debut release &#8216;Ghost Stories,&#8217; which garnered over 20K streams across platforms in under a month, her songs have been featured by CMT, Music Row, Taste Of Country, and more. Most recently, her song &#8216;Sunshine &amp; Lemonade&#8217; co-written with John Oates (Hall &amp; Oates), was included in the soundtrack for the movie &#8216;Gringa,&#8217; which was released earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Why Can&#8217;t We Dance,&#8217; co-written by Onoleigh and Jonathan Wyndham and produced by 4X ACM Award nominee David Dorn, follows Onoleigh&#8217;s previously released songs &#8216;Beautifully Broken,&#8217; co-written with Brandon Hood, &#8216;Ghost Stories,&#8217; and &#8216;Make It Hurt,&#8217; written by Maren Morris, Rhett Akins, and Chris DeStefano and featured by Taste of Country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Why Can&amp;apos;t We Dance\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/7maqMDkJepKUDiDBs6bOux?si=Lmb2NfGBSkmjDY6FNo9sHA&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fierce, up-tempo song is a roaring dance floor anthem, the perfect summer anthem about wanting to have a good time, embracing the rush of a feel-good time instead of falling in love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":83468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"The fierce, up-tempo song is a roaring dance floor anthem, the perfect summer anthem about wanting to have a good time, embracing the rush of a feel-good time instead of falling in love.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"New Single 'Why Can't We Dance' By Onoleigh","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,9,21453,21445,21446],"tags":[31335,618,77,370,31418,31419],"class_list":["post-83319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","tag-maitias-hafey","tag-nashville","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-onoleigh","tag-why-cant-we-dance"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-lFR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21864,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/07\/vardaan-arora-announces-new-single-feel-good-song-and-its-a-summer-jam\/","url_meta":{"origin":83319,"position":0},"title":"Vardaan Arora Announces New Single \u2018Feel Good Song\u2019 And It&#8217;s A Summer Jam","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"15\/07\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Vardaan Arora today has released his brand new single, 'Feel Good Song', following a launch last night in New York City.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Artists&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Artists","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/new-artists\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Vardaan-Aroroa-1.jpg?fit=361%2C361&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":91757,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2025\/07\/janet-devlin-to-return-with-houston-an-anthem-embracing-solitude\/","url_meta":{"origin":83319,"position":1},"title":"Janet Devlin To Return With &#8216;Houston&#8217;: An Anthem Embracing Solitude","author":"Polly Havelock","date":"10\/07\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Giddy Up! 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