All The Right Moves

"All The Right Moves" is the lead single by OneRepublic from their sophomore 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 then what we performed live- it's better, we hope you like it- this might be the most fun energetic song we've ever tackled." A low quality version of the song was published by the band on the 6th September 2009, while a higher quality version of the song can be found on their official Myspace page and official band website. On October 8, 2009 the official music video premiered on VH1.com & MTV.com. The video was directed by Wayne Isham. The music video features the band playing on a small stage for the performers of a masquerade ball. They play "All The Right Moves" and the dancers perform to this song. Meanwhile, a small boy collects money (and steals) from the dancers as they move around the floor. Around the bridge of the song, Ryan Tedder plays the piano while singing. Although the song and its style are more modern-time, the dancers, background, and the dance they perform is more eighteenth-century-time.

[Chorus 1] All the right friends in all the right places So yeah, we're going down They've got All the right moves and all the right faces So yeah, we're going down [Verse 1] Let's paint the picture of the perfect place They've got it better than when 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 getting greener each day I know things are looking up, but soon they'll take us down Before anybody's knowing our name They've got [Chorus 1] All the right friends in all the right places So yeah, we're going down They've got All the right moves and all the right faces So yeah, we're going down [Chorus 2] They say Everybody knows, everybody knows where we're going Yeah, we're going down They say Everybody knows, everybody knows where we're going Yeah, we're going down [Verse 2] 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 sounds you like Are we just sinking in the ocean of faces? It can't be possible, that rain can fall Only when it's over our heads The sun is shining everyday, but it's far away Over the world that's dead They've got, they've got [Chorus 1] All the right friends in all the right places So yeah, we're going down They've got All the right moves and all the right faces So yeah, we're going down [Chorus 2] They say Everybody knows, everybody knows where we're going Yeah, we're going down They say Everybody knows, everybody knows where we're going Yeah, we're going down [Bridge] 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 [Chorus 1] All the right friends in all the right places So yeah, we're going down They've 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've got All the right moves and all the right faces So yeah, we're going down [Chorus 2] They say Everybody knows, everybody knows where we're going Yeah, we're going down They say Everybody knows, everybody knows where we're going Yeah, we're going down [Outro] Yeah, we're going down Yeah, we're going down All the right moves, hey Yeah, we're going down All the right moves, hey Yeah, we're going down