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What songs make you run onto the dance floor?

49 replies

Bbq1 · 08/04/2024 23:17

I started this thread in response to the one currently running about songs that make you leave the dance floor. I loved so many of the songs! I would get up for most novelty dances especially Ymca and Whigfield! Love all the 80s classics like C'mon Eileen and in my experience of parties quite cheesey party songs/classic fun songs have always filled the dance floor..
Whoops Upside your head anyone?!

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neilyoungismyhero · 08/04/2024 23:18

Pretty much any northern soul ones

Bbq1 · 08/04/2024 23:29

neilyoungismyhero · 08/04/2024 23:18

Pretty much any northern soul ones

@neilyoungismyhero Can you do that amazing dancing ?

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EBearhug · 08/04/2024 23:32

Soft Cell Tainted Love

Abba

Sameratdifferenthat · 08/04/2024 23:33

Northern Soul here too. And Insomnia by Faithless.

Northernsouloldies · 08/04/2024 23:38

A little togetherness..young hearts.
Countdown here I come...the tempo's
Cause your mine...the vibrations.
Anything by the velvelletes.

Galaxyinmypocket · 08/04/2024 23:39

Footloose
Michael Jackson - the way you make me feel
Kinks - you really got me
Queen - it's a kind of magic
Elton john - I'm still standing
The Beatles - twist and shout

Other than those (and there are probably loads I haven't mentioned but can't remember), I love good old school 00's rnb, and trance/electronic dance.

Doesn't take much to get me on the dancefloor, I dance around the house, always have done since childhood. I love dancing 💃 and consider myself quite good at it 😅

Squirrelsnut · 08/04/2024 23:45

She Sells Sanctuary by The Cult

Stumbleine · 08/04/2024 23:50

Anything by Steps

Stumbleine · 08/04/2024 23:51

And definitely Whigfield!

augustusglupe · 08/04/2024 23:55

Disco Inferno, Brown Sugar, Superstition and anything Barry White.
Loved Whoops upside your head. Bbq1

peloton2024 · 08/04/2024 23:55

Mine are really random Blush

Party up - dmx
Dance with me - 112

Any old school hip hop/r&b

Dontjudgeme101 · 08/04/2024 23:58

Wham, Take that, Rick Ashley and mostly 80s songs!!

PermanentTemporary · 09/04/2024 00:02

Jump Around
Boom shake the room
Hey Ladies by the Beastie Boys but nobody plays that
Groove is in the heart

Bbq1 · 09/04/2024 00:07

augustusglupe · 08/04/2024 23:55

Disco Inferno, Brown Sugar, Superstition and anything Barry White.
Loved Whoops upside your head. Bbq1

Def Superstition and Disco Inferno. I loved doing WUYH at a party

  • all down on the floor! Mostly women!
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poorremus · 09/04/2024 00:09

Great Balls of Fire

Trez1510 · 09/04/2024 00:22

Feel Like I'm In Love - Kelly Marie
I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston
Ooh Aah A Little Bit More - Gina G
Mickey - Toni Basil
You Got The Love - Florence & The Machine
I Feel Love - Donna Summer
Wake Me Up - Wham
A Man After Midnight - Abba
Roar - Katie Perry
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
Let's Dance - David Bowie
Hmmmmmm Bop - Hansen
I'm In The Mood For Dancing - The Nolans
Oh L'Amour - Erasure

..... and so many, many more ....

Sadly, I'm a hazard on the dancefloor (think three left feet) but I do love to bop.

KatPurrson · 09/04/2024 02:05

Red. 2 (Of 3)

Margaritasandmojitos · 09/04/2024 02:10

Stayin alive

Universalfamily · 09/04/2024 02:17

We are Family - Sister Sledge
Jump Around - House of Pain
Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk
Wild Cherry - Play that Funky Music White Boy
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Til you Get enough
TLC - Scrubs
DNCE - Cake by the Ocean

ATGforever · 09/04/2024 02:33

This one used to have us all running onto the dancefloor. No one among us didn't know all the words either. Great memories.

If anyone played this these days, wild horses couldn't hold me back 😂

open.spotify.com/track/64SQ97j8Kmjwjg1jaE8zOa?si=ksaDPAU1QJinHH1Nsc3Bpg

valensiwalensi · 09/04/2024 02:43

Dancing Queen - Abba
Last Nite - The Strokes
Heart of Glass - Blondie
Lets Dance - David Bowie
Date with the night - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
heaven is a place on earth - Belinda Carlisle

and the ultimate family favourite of ours that spans multiple generations - Come on Eileen!

valensiwalensi · 09/04/2024 02:43

PermanentTemporary · 09/04/2024 00:02

Jump Around
Boom shake the room
Hey Ladies by the Beastie Boys but nobody plays that
Groove is in the heart

Dang I forgot groove is in the heart!

Elderflower14 · 09/04/2024 05:46

Most of what's been said but particularly Dancing Queen. I'm having it played at my funeral!!

AnaVanda · 09/04/2024 06:45

I'm gonna run away from you by Tami Lynn. I love the youtube video of this.

Yiayoula · 09/04/2024 07:11

All Around the World - Paulina Rubio
Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen
One Last Time - Ariana Grande
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Town Called Malice -The Jam
Dancing Queen -Abba
On the Floor - Jennifer Lopez
Come on Eileen - Dexys
Sultana - Titanic
Crimson and Clover - Tommy James and the Shondells
Reach Out - Four Tops

Seems like quite a random selection !

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