All The Right Moves
Lyrics
OneRepublic
So yeah we're going down,
They got all the right moves and all the right faces,
So yeah we're going down
Let's paint the picture, of the perfect place,
They got it better than what anyone's told you,
They'll be the king of hearts, and you're the queen of spades,
Then we'll fight for you like we were your soldiers
I know we got it good, but they got it made,
And their grass is gettin' greener each day,
I know things are lookin' up, but soon they'll take us down
Before anybody's knowin' our name,
They got all the right friends in all the right places,
So yeah we're going down,
They got all the right moves and all the right faces,
So yeah we're going down
They say, everybody knows, everybody knows where we're goin',
Yea we're going down,
They say, everybody knows, everybody knows where we're goin',
Yea we're going down,
Do you think I'm special?
Do you think I'm nice, am I bright enough to shine in your spaces? Between the noise you hear, and the sound you like,
Are we just sinking in an ocean of faces?
It can't be possible that rain could fall,
Only when it's over our heads,
The sun is shining everyday, but it's far away,
Over their world instead,
They got, they got,
All the right friends in all the right places,
So yeah we're going down,
They got all the right moves and all the right faces,
So yeah we're going down
They say, everybody knows, everybody knows where we're goin',
Yea we're going down,
They say, everybody knows, everybody knows where we're goin',
Yea we're going down,
It don't matter what you see
I know I could never be.
Someone that'll look like you,
It don't matter what you say,
I know I could never fake,
Someone that could sound like you,
All the right friends in all the right places,
So yeah we're going down,
They got all the right moves and all the right faces,
So yeah we're going down
All the right friends in all the right places,
So yeah we're going down,
They got all the right moves and all the right faces,
So yeah we're going down
They say, everybody knows, everybody knows where we're goin',
Yea we're going down,
They say, everybody knows, everybody knows where we're goin',
Yea we're going down,
Yea we're going down
Yea we're going down
All the right moves
Yea we're going down
All the right moves
Yea we're going down
Song facts
"All the Right Moves" is the lead single by OneRepublic from their second album Waking Up, released to mainstream radio on September 29, 2009 and released for digital download on October 6, 2009. It is the band's first single of the album for all countries except Austria and Germany, where "Secrets" serves as the first single from the new album.
Frontman Ryan Tedder blogged on his MySpace page that before the song's release as a single, the band had already performed it live a lot. He added, "however the recorded version is quite another animal than what we performed live—it's better, we hope you like it—this might be the most fun energetic song we've ever tackled."
"All The Right Moves" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at #58 on the week ending October 24, 2009. Within the next few weeks it fell to #85, but it gradually moved back up and reached its peak at #18 after 25 weeks on the chart. It has sold over 1.6 million singles in the US alone.
On January 10, 2010, "All The Right Moves" entered the UK Singles Chart, reaching #68. After two weeks, on January 24, 2010, "All The Right Moves" reached its peak of #26 on the chart.
