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MONTREAL — A Montreal man’s decision to let loose and belt out a 1990s dance hit while inside his car has landed him a $149 ticket for being too loud in public.

But Taoufik Moalla said Monday he’ll fight the ticket and denies his singing was as deafening as authorities claim.

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“Do you think that inside my car is a public place?” Moalla asked, adding: “And it was not very loud.”

Moalla, 38, said he was happily singing along with the windows mostly rolled up to C+C Music Factory’s “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now),” a dance staple and chartbuster from 1990, when he was stopped.

“I don’t think it was too loud, I was happy, I was in a good mood and I was just repeating the refrain (Everybody Dance Now),” the father of two said in an interview.

“It was one or two seconds, then I heard the sirens.”

He was on his way to do groceries on the evening of Sept. 27 and thought police just wanted him to get out of their way.