Singer-songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor first burst onto the scene in the early noughties and enjoyed success with hit songs including Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love), Murder on the Dancefloor and more
Singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor has shared the email that “changed everything” for her and propelled her career to new heights. Sophie, 46, first stepped into the limelight in the early noughties, with hit songs including the 2001 smash, Murder on the Dancefloor.
The track re-entered the zeitgeist in a huge way after it was used in writer and director Emerald Fennell’s cultural phenomenon, Saltburn. The 2023 black comedy film stars Barry Keoghan as Oxford scholarship student Oliver Quick who struggles to fit in with his elite fellow students.
Infatuated with popular and affluent student Felix Catton, played by Jacob Elordi, Oliver ingratiates himself in his inner circle with tales about his parents’ mental health issues and substance abuse problems. After Oliver shares his father has died, Felix invites Oliver to spend the summer at his family’s sprawling estate, Saltburn.
At the film’s conclusion, after much scheming and death, Oliver is seen dancing naked through Saltburn while Ellis-Bextor’s hit Murder on the Dancefloor plays. The scene went viral across social media, with multiple people recreating versions of it themselves.
The singer-songwriter recently took part in a new trend taking over social media, whereby people share an encounter from the past that’s proved to change their lives in a positive or meaningful way.
In Sophie’s edited video, she began by sharing a screenshot of the email request which asked if her track could be used in the film.
Over the top of a montage of clips of people recreating the Murder on the Dancefloor scene, as well as reports on her song re-entering the charts and boasting impressive streaming records, Sophie added text which reads: “In 2022, you’re going to get an email asking to use your song in a film. It’s very important that you say yes.”
The email, which had the subject line “Saltburn (film)/Sophie Ellis-Bextor”, simply said: “Hi Sophie/Derek, hope you’re well. We’ve had a request in for an upcoming film. Please let us know if you’d like to approve.”
Sophie simply replied: “All good with me, thanks”.
In the caption, she penned: “The email from 2022 that changed everything.. thank you, Saltburn and the magic which continued into 2025. Another fun year with adventures a-plenty! Let’s see what 2026 holds… xxx”.
In the comments section on X, where Sophie shared the video, people were keen to share their thoughts.
One person said, in reference to Sophie’s popular “kitchen discos” she did throughout lockdown: “You deserve this for all the good you did for so many people during Covid. Thank you.”
Another said: “I think Saltburn folks should post a thank you for your talent and musical genius giving them some real quality on screen moments.
“Your music isn’t for one decade or generation. You fully deserve these flowers. Much like Lily Allen we need to acknowledge the British brilliance”.
A third commented: “so gorgeous and a great reminder of how such a seemingly small decision can be so life-changing”.
Source: Mirror
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