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"Dynamite" is written in the key of E major, with a tempo of 120 beats per minute. [3] According to Cruz, "The song 'Dynamite' itself is about when you go to the club and when you go to a party and when you're just going out... you got to feel like, 'I'm just gonna explode.'" [1] Dr. Luke and Max Martin had written the melody, and asked Bonnie McKee to write lyrics.
The following week, Dynamite became both the longest-running number one on the Digital Songs chart and the longest-charting song by a Korean artist on the Hot 100 respectively, when it spent its 18th non-consecutive week atop the former, with over 37,600 copies sold and its 32nd week on the latter, on the issues dated April 10, 2021.
The single was released on both 7" and vinyl record formats by the RAK music label. The B-side was "Do It All Over Again". [6] In Australia, the single was released by RAK as "Dynamite", without the hyphen in the title. The song is featured in the soundtrack of the 2013 film Rush. [7]
"Dynamite" marks the second collaboration between Sean Paul and Sia. [1] In 2016, Sia released a version of her single "Cheap Thrills" featuring Paul. [2] It later reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent four weeks there. [3] After this, Paul says he and Sia knew they would record another single to act as its follow-up. [4]
The song, produced and arranged by Camillo, [3] was inspired by the catchphrase of the character J.J. on the television series Good Times. [4] This instrumental features the sounds of whistling and exploding sounds of dynamite. The repeated sung catchphrase of "Dynomite" is the song's only lyric.
In the United States, "Dynamite!" did not make the Billboard Hot 100, but it hit number one on the Dance Club Songs chart (where it was her only number-one hit in general), [1] and it peaked at number eight on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart. [2]
"Dynamite" was also released as an EP in Spain in 1959, becoming a top-ten hit. [5] It featured "Travellin' Light" as well as live versions of Ritchie Valens' "Donna" and Elvis Presley's "Danny". [6] In April 1965, "Dynamite" was released as a single and EP in Japan. [7] [8] It became a massive hit, peaking at number 6 on the Tokushin Music ...
The album was released internationally under the title Dynamite. [3] The album went on to be Jermaine's second-most successful album in the United States , peaking at No. 19 — 13 places below Let's Get Serious — on the main Billboard album chart, but becoming the #1 R&B album on July 7, 1984.