\"Don\'t Stop the Music\" is a dance song performed by Barbadian pop singer Rihanna from her third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad. It was the third single from the album in most of Europe, the second single in Germany and Spain and the fourth single in the rest of the world. It was first sent to radio on December 27, 2007 in America and physically released on September 7, 2007 in Germany and elsewhere on later dates. It had many electroic dance music remixes by many European disc jockeys like The Wideboys, Bob Sinclar, and Jody Den Broeder. The song was written by Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Tawanna Dabney, and Michael Jackson while it samples from Jackson\'s \"Wanna Be Startin\' Somethin\'\". The up-tempo song has prominent dance music characteristics with influences of euro-techno and house and is lyrically about a having fun on the dancefloor. The song garnered high commercial outcomes for Rihanna in several countries, compared to those of her previous singles, hitting the top five in eighteen countries. Thus including Australia, Belgium, France, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Canada, and the United States. The song reached its highest international peak in eleven countries at numer one including Australia, Belgium, France, and Finland. The music video for \"Don\'t Stop the Music\" was premiered on BET\'s 106 & Park on July 20, 2007. The music video features Rihanna performing the song in the club behind a candy store. It was directed by Taj and Rihanna, her music video to be co-directed, along with Disturbia. The song was nominated for a Grammy award in the Best Dance Recording Category in 2008, but lost out to Justin Timberlake\'s \"Love Stoned\".