Emerald Fennell’s sophomore directorial effort, Saltburn, is full of iconic moments—and killer needle drops. One of the best comes at the end of the film, when star Barry Keoghan’s character, Oliver, turns a 14th-century mansion into his own personal clothing-optional dance club.
Shimmying around the grand estate’s bits and bobbles completely nude, Oliver relishes every beat of Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor.” The celebratory scene is so unforgettable that GQ named the victory sequence one of the greatest needle drops of all time.
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“[Oliver is] stark bollock naked, his crown jewels flopping around with every skip, hop and strut,” GQ wrote. “It’s a chaotic coda that ends Saltburn on a devilish high note, and it helps that the Ellis-Bextor track is an unequivocal pop banger.”
Without giving too much of the plot away, Saltburn is a highly stylized and darkly comedic thriller from the brilliant mind of Fennell, a writer, director, and actress whose work ranges from The Crown to Killing Eve to the latest adaptation of Wuthering Heights. Centered on an oddball Oxford student named Oliver Quick who is welcomed into the lavish and glossy alternate universe of the Cattons, Saltburn simmers with obsession, manipulation, deceit, seduction, and, of course, murder.
Premiering in August 2023 at the Telluride Film Festival, Saltburn was a polarizing initial watch for critics, with some praising it as “deliriously enjoyable” and others chalking it up to superficial “eat the rich” satire with empty shock value. Even so, everyone could agree on the killer soundtrack.
The soundtrack, supervised by Kirsten Lane and scored by Anthony Willis, mixes nostalgic, mid-2000s indie sleaze and alternative rock tracks, including Bloc Party’s “This Modern Love,” MGMT’s “Time to Pretend,” and The Killers’ “Mr. Brightside.” Still, the song that seems to stay with moviegoers long after the credits roll is Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor.”
First written in 1994 by Gregg Alexander, the founder and frontman of alt-rock band New Radicals, “Murder on the Dancefloor” was born out of frustration. According to The Guardian, Alexander was on his way to a club in Detroit when his car wouldn’t start. Annoyed and stuck, he grabbed his acoustic guitar and came up with the famous chorus of the dance-pop song.
After New Radicals disbanded, Alexander moved to London, where he eventually connected with Ellis-Bextor. The two reworked the song, and Ellis-Bextor released it as the second single from her 2001 debut solo album, Read My Lips.
Though the song hardly made a dent in the U.S. zeitgeist, it peaked at No. 2 in the U.K. in early 2002. More than two decades after its original release, it finally debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 2024, entering at No. 98 before climbing to No. 51, all courtesy of Fennell’s steamy psychological thriller.
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♬ Murder On The Dancefloor – Sophie Ellis-BextorEllis-Bextor’s disco-pop gem made for the perfect match for Saltburn’s triumphant, depraved final scene. Its chillingly upbeat rhythm and lyrics about fighting for dominance on the dance floor served as an eerily perfect counterpoint to Oliver’s gleeful psychopathy.
“It had to be a moment of utter jubilant triumph,” Fennell told Ireland‘s Entertainment.ie. “It had to be a moment that made us, the audience, completely complicit in all murder of terrible things. [It] had to have post-coital joy and also [a] little camp streak that I think this film also doesn’t shy away from. So, it could never be anything but ‘Murder on the Dancefloor.’ It’s too good to be true.”
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