# 30 Day Song Challenge, number 9: A Song You Can Dance To.

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 29, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-9-a-song-you-can-dance-to/753431 "2016-04-29T15:48:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-9-a-song-you-can-dance-to/753431/21 "2016-04-29T21:12:51Z")

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[Belle Qui Tiens ma Vie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITQQsn-7954)

Hey, I used to be in the SCA. Sue me.

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**Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-9-a-song-you-can-dance-to/753431/22 "2016-04-29T21:23:52Z")

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I’m not a dancer so I’ll say The Hokey Pokey. Explicit instructions 😉

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**Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-9-a-song-you-can-dance-to/753431/23 "2016-04-29T22:38:29Z")

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I don’t dance well, so some would say I cannot dance. Nonetheless, sometimes I move rhythmically to songs such as [Jah is With You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K10OjlRSUY4) by Sly and Robbie.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-9-a-song-you-can-dance-to/753431/24 "2016-04-29T23:52:36Z")

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> [@Gatopescado](#):
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> **I don’t dance.**

Well, you’re no friend of [mine](http://guanolad.blogspot.com.au/2010/04/you-can-dance-if-you-want-to.html).

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**Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-9-a-song-you-can-dance-to/753431/25 "2016-04-30T06:54:58Z")

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I couldn’t dance my way out of a wet paper bag.  
However, if I had no choice in the matter (like, if a short, insecure Joe Pesci was holding a glock to my head), then I’d perhaps deign to attempt some tackling dog-pile moves (with high-flying ninja-kicks and windmilling arms) to:

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6f-4uYm9-uw/hqdefault.jpg "Black Flag - Slip It In") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f-4uYm9-uw)

I believe it was one Robert Clark Seger who once said, “You’ll never get me out on the floor”

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-9-a-song-you-can-dance-to/753431/26 "2016-04-30T18:15:43Z")

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I can’t dance, but I can jump up and down to

Only Wanna Be with You - Hootie and the Blowfish

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**Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-9-a-song-you-can-dance-to/753431/27 "2016-05-01T23:22:26Z")

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> [@gigi](#):
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> I can’t dance, but I can jump up and down to  
> Only Wanna Be with You - Hootie and the Blowfish

That’s a good one right there… love those guys.  
Officially, I’ll go with this (I don’t do a lot of dancing).  
[Hokey Pokey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_P9PU5FcMQ)

For you folks that don’t dance:  
“My Baby don’t Dance” from Mother Mother

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LyVE1t8iMeA/maxresdefault.jpg "Mother Mother - Baby Don't Dance") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyVE1t8iMeA)

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**Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-9-a-song-you-can-dance-to/753431/28 "2016-05-02T01:26:44Z")

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[KMFDM - Megalomaniac](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwhOTNQcQq4)

I can’t even listen to it without starting to move a little.

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**Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-9-a-song-you-can-dance-to/753431/29 "2016-05-02T15:32:00Z")

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“Livin’ For the City” - Stevie Wonder

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