A video, choreographed by Maria “Decida” Wahlberg, followed in May. The song was officially released in June 2010, but it started making the rounds and breaking hearts that April. Watch Kelly Clarkson's Wistful Cover of Robyn's 'Dancing on My Own' It had like three chords.” They fattened things up during production, only to realize that they preferred the original and stripped it all back down, though they swapped the acoustic guitar for synthesizers with frayed edges and a beat that aimed for a TKO. What they came up with was an acoustic “campfire” version of “Dancing on My Own.” “In the beginning it was more of a country song, almost,” Berger recalls. “When she got to the studio, the first thing she said was, ‘Can we sit down and write a song on an acoustic guitar today? I’m so tired of writing over electronic beats and tracks,’” says Berger. In preparation for their session at his Stockholm studio, Berger made a slew of electronic tracks and beats for Robyn to write over, but she had other ideas. Producer Klas Åhlund was back in the mix after working on Robyn, but for one of the songs Robyn was toying with, she reached out to Patrik Berger, who contributed to 1999’s My Truth and the 2005 self-titled set, for a different perspective. In 2009, Robyn was in the midst of making the songs that would become the acclaimed 2010 Body Talk series.

Robyn dancing on my own album cover