Dance Stamina

Pluto , Music Video – 2004

from the album Pipeline Under the Ocean (2005)

Released initially as a radio single, 'Dance Stamina' offers anthemic guitar, handclap chorus and rock out bridge. When the song was made available to the buying public in 2006, it spent 28 weeks in the Top 40 and went double platinum. Vocalist/guitarist Milan Borich began as an actor (The Champion), before forming Pluto with teenage mate Tim Arnold. The video is brooding and nocturnal, the band silhouetted against a scarlet curtain, while a writhing dancer displays a bloodthirsty charisma. 'Dance Stamina' was named Best Song at the bNet NZ Music Awards; the video was nominated for two awards.

'Dance Stamina' started with a U2-esque anthemic opening, then dropped down to a restrained, yet propulsive verse section that built up a sense of tension. But instead of having the chorus break into full-throated rock, it instead dropped down to hand-claps and a very poppy vocal hook. Oddly, the liveliest section of the song was reserved for the guitar solo. The song notched up another a minor hit for the band ... and won Song of the Year at the bNet awards.
– Writer Gareth Shute describes this song, in his AudioCulture profile of Pluto