What songs force you to get up & start dancing?

[Sugar Smack]

For me, "Alec Eiffel" by the Pixies sucks me right in. I can't help it. Good heavy cardiovascular movement, there.

Also, the more bump-and-grind songs I love are "Kiss" by Prince, and "Touch Myself" by the Divinyls (I sing along to that one. Badly.)

And "Imaginary Friend" by the Lemonheads is a great song, but my dance routine to that one is a horrifying combination of the people on "Friends" at the opening, and Elaine on "Seinfeld".

Anyone else out there who has music that renders you helpless? ;)

[Taverner]

1. The Mango Song

By Phish

[Sugar Smack]

8. Oh, I've never heard that one.

Is it fast?

[Taverner]

9. It's catchy, bouncy and full of hooks

Just can't help boppin around when I hear it!

[Hugin]

2. Hahaha! I love the Divinyls too!

Good picks.

I'd add Billy Idol's "Dancing with Myself".

[Sugar Smack]

10. Thank you!! There's something so *cute* about that song.

It may be the PG-14 appeal to it, because she never gets TOO bawdy (ex. the song "Love to Love you Baby")

and Billy IDOL was amazing. I concur. Mine would be "White Wedding". :P

[Richardo]

13. Nobody ever mentions 'Science Fiction' by the Divinyls

Which was also a danceable tune.

[Richardo]

3. "Start Dancing Or I'll Shoot You Where You Sit" by AK47 and the Casuals

:)

[Sugar Smack]

12. LOL! Sounds like the voice of authority.

Like Cher said it!~

:rofl:

[Richardo]

22. I think my wife recorded a cover of that tune...

:)

[Left Is Write]

4. Personal Jesus.

[Hugin]

5. Ooo... That's a good one!

There's so many! But, I'm just a dancing fool sometimes.

[Sugar Smack]

14. Sometimes, you HAVE to be a dancing fool.

Otherwise, what's the point?

[Richardo]

21. Which reminds me: "Dancing Fool" by Frank Zappa

"imaybetotallywrongbutI'ma....Dancin' foooooooooooool"

[Oeditpus Rex]

86. 'Wait a minute, I've got it! You're an Italian!

"Hah? You're Jewish? Oh... love your nails. You must be a Libra."

:rofl:

[Corgigal]

6. Don't Cha

Pussy Cat Dolls.

[XemaSab]

18. I'll say it, I'm not ashamed

I really, really dig that song.

[derby378]

7. MODERN PROMETHEUS by The Hypnotist

Great old-school techno.

[azmouse]

11. Dancing in the Streets

DANCING IN THE STREET

Callin' out around the world
Are you ready for a brand new beat?
Summer's here and the time is right
For dancin' in the streets
They're dancin' in Chicago
Down in New Orleans
Up in New York City

All we need is music, sweet music
There'll be music everywhere
There'll be swingin', swayin' and records playin'
And dancin' in the streets

Oh, it doesn't matter what you wear
Just as long as you are there
So come on, every guy grab a girl
Everywhere around the world
There'll be dancin'
They're dancin' in the street

This is an invitation
Across the nation
A chance for the folks to meet
There'll be laughin' and singin' and music swingin'
And dancin' in the streets

Philadelphia, P.A. (Philadelphia, P.A.)
Baltimore and DC now (Baltimore and DC now)
Yeah don't forget the Motor City (can't forget the Motor City)

All we need is music, sweet music
There'll be music everywhere
There'll be swingin', swayin' and records playin'
And dancin' in the street, yeah

Oh, it doesn't matter what you wear
Just as long as you are there
So come on, every guy grasp a girl
Everywhere around the world
There'll be dancin'
They're dancin' in the streets

Philadelphia, P.A. (Philadelphia, P.A.)
Baltimore and DC now (Baltimore and DC now)
Yeah don't forget the Motor City (can't forget the Motor City)
All the way down in L.A. California
Not to mention Halifax Nova Scotia

[Sugar Smack]

17. I remember that one! OMG-

That was during my bad-perm high school days. Wow.

Hey, do you remember "Baby Stay With Me Tonight" by Geoffrey Osbourne? I think of that as timeless and very catchy. I'd dance to that one too, out in public. (OK, I DID once, when I worked as a courier). :blush:

[no name no slogan]

15. "Take a Chance With Me" by Roxy Music for slowdancing

but only if I'm with that certain special someone (I think we know who that is!) :loveya:

Otherwise, I remember many drunken college nights dancing to "Blister in the Sun" by the Violent Femmes (who DOESN'T) and "Blue Monday" by New Order. In fact New Order was pretty much my college soundtrack in the late 80s.

[Richardo]

20. Most of the 'Avalon' album is tres romantique

:thumbsup: you lucky dog, you.

[Sugar Smack]

29. Hey, remember me doing "The Elephant" in your apt.?

And my Morris Day & the Time? And The Pony? Good dancing was had by all that week. Remember "Bittersweet Symphony"?

GOOD times, baby! :loveya:

Oh, Violent Femmes, definitely. When I feel like stomping around, I listen to "To the Kill". You know what? You're alright.

[no name no slogan]

The Elephant!!!

LOVE IT! And then I had to ruin it by doing my elephant impression :hide:

I had another Sugar Smack iPod Shuffle day. "Take a Chance With Me" came on first, followed by "Bittersweet Symphony". Unfortunately I was on the phone with tech support most of the day so I couldn't listen to much more. :(

Oh well... Easter is approaching, and I'm racking up vacation days... :*

[Left Is Write]

33. For slow dancing?

Roxy Music? I'd say "More Than This."

Also, "Smooth Operator" by Sade.

[Sugar Smack]

37. Or "Avalon" with the bird noises in the background!

:D

[Oeditpus Rex]

16. 'Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)'

Benny Goodman Orchestra.

Anyone who can hear it and sit still just ain't human.

[kwassa]

83. It is a truly great song

start lindy-hopping all over the place

[Chovexani]

19. Hollaback Girl

Please don't judge me. :scared:

I know it's the dumbest fucking song ever recorded but I can't help but want to get up and shake my ass when I hear it. It fills me with shame.

[Sugar Smack]

38. I BEG you not to apologize for that.

I was alone in my office the first time I heard that (a co-worker loaned it to me) and something took over. I swear you are not alone. I have a glass door leading outside & I didn't care who saw me. I slid around my office. My boss walked past me & rolled his eyes when he heard me sing, "It's my shit". I did the best dance moves to that song, in my own opinion. And my boss, the way he cusses would make a sailor blush.

:hug:

[Chovexani]

51. LOL

I don't know what it is, it's like audio crack.

I always have to yell THIS SHIT IS BANANAS.

[bridgit]

23. Scritti Politti ~ Perfect Way...

I took a backseat, a backhander, I took her back to her room
I better get back to the basics for you
You gotta conscience, compassion, you got away with the word
You gotta heartful of complacency too

I don't have a purpose, omission, I'm empty by definition,
I got a lack girl that you'd love to be
You wanna diva, a deduction, you wanna do what they do
You wanna do damage that you can undo

Apart from everyone away from your love
A part of me belongs apart of all of the hurt above

I got a perfect way to make a new proposition
I got a perfect way to make a justification
I got a prfect way to make a certain a maybe
I got a perfect way to make the girls go crazy

I took a day job, amendment, I took a liking to you,
I took a page out of my rule book for you
You wanna message, a confession, you wanna martyr me too
You wanna margin of error for two

Maybe tomorrow, the next letter, or when the weather gets better
I've got to wait here for your moon to turn blue
I made an offer, an exception, I made a sense out of you
You took a good look at your book but I knew

In times of tenderness in terms baby so true
Until such times as I can understand all the things that you do

I got a perfect way to make a new proposition
I got a perfect way to make a justification
I got a prfect way to make a certain a maybe
I got a perfect way to make the girls go crazy

Want to forgive you for all the things that you do
Wanna forget how to remember with you
Maybe tomorow the next letter or when the weather gets better
I've got to wait here for your moon to turn blue

Apart from everyone away from your love
A part of me belongs apart of all of the hurt above

I got a perfect way to make a new proposition
I got a perfect way to make a justification
I got a prfect way to make a certain a maybe
I got a perfect way to make the girls go crazy

[bridgit]

24. whoopsy, i forgot the 'dancing' part...

:thumbsup:

[Chovexani]

26. That's downright hypnotic!

I can't look away. :)

[bridgit]

28. "homey don't play dat..."

:rofl: :thumbsup: :hi:

[Left Is Write]

32. Love, love, love that song.

[Sugar Smack]

40. Bridgie! I did that one too!

:loveya: SHIT on a stick, but was that ever the boppiest tune or what? And your visual is perfect, me love. Hey, which reminds me....









What about Robbie Neville singing "Wot's it 2 Ya"? Damn, I remember being strapped down by a seatbelt in a car as a teenager, hearing that, and almost breaking the seat belt car-dancing.

[Maestro]

49. Man that brings back memories.

Thanks. :hi:

[Tikki]

25. "Dancing In Heaven" (Orbital Bebop)......Q-Feel.....

"You Spin Me 'Round" (Like a Record).......Dead or Alive
"Oh, L'amour".......Erasure
"Louie, Louie"......Sonics
"Dance To the Music"....Sly and the Family Stone
"Only Love" (Can Break a Heart)....Gene Pitney




Tikki

[Left Is Write]

31. You know, I was going to mention Dancing In Heaven also.

:thumbsup:

[Sugar Smack]

41. I'd forgot Sly! Too many of their songs make me bristle in my

chair and want to GET UP and DANCE.

"You Spin Me", the way I choose to dance it, makes me dizzy.

[cboy4]

27. The we need to get Bush's ass out of the White House song

by unknown artist ;)

[bertha katzenengel]

30. "I Will Survive"

many others that, dammit, i just can't think of right now

[Sugar Smack]

42. I have a friend, a beautiful transvestite, who loves that damn song

so much.

Once, he came to my apartment in those Nancy Sinatra boots, picked me up & swung me around, singing that. "Cupcake" wanted to go out dancing to "celebrate" getting dumped, I wasn't in the mood, but he was all done up in that wig & gorgeous outfit.

I said, "No, why don't we have a girl's night in tonight?"

A single tear slid down his cheek, that manipulative %$#3@9*&76. So we went out dancing. That night, a guy slipped a rufie into my drink (my first & last rufie!!!!) All I remember was the tall Cupcake coming up to the short guy who wanted to take me out of there and threatening his life and driving me home. He really is a great friend.:)

[Left Is Write]

34. Oh - I completely forgot to mention "What I Like About You"

by the Romantics.

[GOPisEvil]

35. Junior Kickstart by The Go! Team

Heck, just about anything by The Go! Team makes me wanna move.

[Sugar Smack]

45. I really wish to god I'd seen you dance in DC.

I really do! I'll have to check that out.

[GOPisEvil]

Ply me with drink, and I'll dance.

I suck, but if I'm drunk, who cares? :D

[Sugar Smack]

47. Hey, we'll have a couple of beers, and I'll play "Elaine"

to your "Austin Powers". Deal?

:7

[GOPisEvil]

48. Groovy, baby!

Do I make you randy? :rofl:

[hippywife]

36. Castanets by Alejandro Escovedo

and Let It Roll by Little Feat.

[Sugar Smack]

46. What kind of music is it?

Does it lift you off your chair & make you bump & grind, hop about, or do ballet? :D

[hippywife]

79. Definitely not ballet.

Full out rock and roll! Check out the short clips on Amazon. Enjoy!

Alejandro:#5 Castanets
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005AVO8/sr=8-2/qid=1139480032/ref=pd_bbs_2/103-4855138-4814217?%5Fencoding=UTF8

Little Feat: #6 Let It Roll
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002LF0/ref=pd_sim_m_8/103-4855138-4814217?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=5174

Always hard to sit still when these two songs play!

[Duncan Grant]

39. "Show Me Love" - Robin S.

I also can't resist "The Bomb (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind)" - The Bucketheads and "Dreamer" - Livin' Joy. :radio:

[Rowdyboy]

43. Dogs Eye View...."Everything falls Apart"

[Orsino]

44. None...but a couple come close.

C + C Music Factory's "Gonna Make You Sweat" is one.

[El Fuego]

50. Ice Ice Baby

All right stop collaborate and listen
Ice is back with my brand new invention
Something grabs a hold of me tightly
Flow like a harpoon daily and nightly
Will it ever stop yo I don't know
Turn off the lights and I'll glow

[LeftyMom]

52. None. I *do not dance.*

:scared:

[peekaloo]

53. Love Shack.

[Sugar Smack]

71. B-52's! I'm there!

I like the songs "Dry County" and "Roam" so much, they have the same effect on me.

[Sugar Smack]

72. Dupe

Delete!

[Redstone]

54. Me? Dance? Ha. There's not a song ever been made could do that.

But Mrs R, on the other hand, it could be any song.

Amazing that we get along so well, isn't it?

Redstone

[Sugar Smack]

74. Ha. Well, you're still all over the place!

*been trying to locate that photo of you in your living room for a half hour*

Where is it? That work of art? Five or six Redstones all in the same room?

[Redstone]

81. Here you go:

Redstone

[ismnotwasm]

55. Walking on the Sun

By Smash Mouth
Don't hate me. It gets me going, in fact, it's time for a little aerobic action right now.....
Also, for some reason, "Women of the Sithe" on the RiverDance soundtrack.

[MiniMandaRuth]

56. Jerk it Out by the Caesars,

or 'Love Me' by hong Kong Knife.

[Deja Q]

57. The only thing that gets me stirring is the dance of love.

And I ain't been movin' for a very long time. :rofl:

[yellowdogintexas]

58. "Louie, Louie". Yep, I am OLD. But you just can't sit still when

that song is playing.

Dancing in the Streets is excellent also

Twist and Shout

[donheld]

59. Escapade - Janet Jackson

:bounce::bounce::bounce:

[LaraMN]

60. James, "Laid."

and I'm wincing at that ugly truth!

[xmas74]

87. But that's still a fun song.

I used to dance to it and always had a smile after.

[Montauk6]

61. "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" Gene Pitney

"Love Like This" Faith Evans
"Movin' On" Ray Charles
"Livin In The Life" Isley Brothers
"Hot Hot Hot" Arrow (not that shoddy Buster Poindexter nonsense)

[Jade Fox]

62. "Ain't Nobody" Chaka Khan

[Sugar Smack]

75. "Higher Love" w/ Steve Winwood & Chaka Khan

got my best friend & me on our feet at a sports bar (Chili's, where you really had better behave yourself)! :rofl:

[Digit]

63. Boot Scootin Boogie

Electric Slide, Neon Moon, Strokin'

[WindRavenX]

64. "Hung Up" -

I have danced for hours to this song.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

65. I like that song too !

[Seabiscuit]

66. The Macarena

Just kidding.

[fizzgig]

67. if i'm in the right mood

just about anything

but no matter my mood 'i touch myself', 'personal jesus', anything by outkast, 'me and bobby mcgee' or pretty much anything 80s

[Sugar Smack]

76. It sound as if you get "hooked in" in the same way.

No matter what your mood. :D

[Robeson]

68. Anything from Kevin Yost, Groove Armada, or the Thievery Corporation...

...always gets my groove on!

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

69. ANYTHING SANTANA!!!

[Hardrada]

70. Twist and Shout

Good Lovin'

La Bamba too.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

73. "1999" by Prince.

I knock over table lamps when I hear that one.

[Sugar Smack]

77. LOL! Those lyrics are great, too.

"Try to run from my destruction, you know I didn't even care". :thumbsup:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

78. That whole album is great, too.

"Delirious" is a real bouncy track. :)

[arachide]

80. "Word Up" - Cameo

the dancing's not a pretty picture at my age; such are the joys of dancing alone at home!

[kwassa]

82. "Get Up Offa That Thing" James Brown

Get up offa that thing
And dance till you feel better
Get up offa that thing
just try to release the pressure
Sing
Get up offa that thing
Go ahead Girl
Dance till you feel better
Babe, get up offa that thing
Try to release the pressure

[2bfree]

84. Super Freak

:)

[Jamastiene]

85. The Love Shack, by the B-52's and I can't even dance.

I suck at dancing, but I love that song.

[anarch]

88. KLF - "Last Train to Trancentral"

I just can't help it.