According to Cruz, 'The song 'Dynamite' itself is about when you go to the club and when you go to a party and when you're just going out. Composition The song 'Dynamite' is written in the key of, with a tempo of 116 beats per minute.And Canada, becoming the second best-selling song by a British artist in the digital era there, behind 's '. The song reached number two on the US, and by January 2012 it had sold over 5.7 million copies in the U.S. 'Dynamite' became Cruz's second number-one single on the and the as well topping charts in Belgium, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. An official remix was released featuring new label mate. On, it was released to US and Canadian radio stations as his second single and across Europe as his fourth single. In the UK, the song was released as the first single from Cruz's compilation album, (2010). It was released internationally as the fourth single from Rokstarr. The song features additional instrumentation by Cruz himself. Cruz co-wrote the song, along with, and the latter two are also the producers.