# All-time Skating Rink Songs List (Warning: Bad Pop Music within) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865 "2006-03-10T19:04:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/1 "2006-03-10T19:04:50Z")
So, I’m doing some manual labor with a guy who likes to burn CDs. It’s a strange mix, but there are a few songs that, in my mind, belong in the Roller Rink Hall of Fame: “Saturday Night” by the Bay City Rollers “Little Willy” by Sweet “Ballroom Blitz” by Sweet All three of these songs epitomize the roller rink experience. Now I was never a rink rat, but we did go there occasionally. All of the above, I bet you could play in a skating rink today, and everyone would be out there bubblegum bopping to them. Another that was played all the damned time when I was a kid was “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia”, but I lived in Georgia when this song was at it’s peak popularity, so it could have just been a regional thing. Also I’m not sure it would transcend generations of pre-adolescent kids like the first three above. What should be added to make this list complete? ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/2 "2006-03-10T19:07:49Z")
_Open Arms_, Journey _You’re The One That I Want_, Grease ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/3 "2006-03-10T19:14:38Z")
**Jet Airliner** - Steve Miller Band **Another Brick In The Wall** - Pink Floyd ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/4 "2006-03-10T19:18:48Z")
**You’re No Good** - Linda Rondstadt ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/5 "2006-03-10T19:42:09Z")
I’m sorry, but true roller skating rink music is played on an organ, no vocals, and nothing more peppy that a waltz. ---
**Author:** ![Crandolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Crandolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crandolph)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/6 "2006-03-10T19:48:40Z")
How about Dave “Baby” Cortez’ “Rinky Dink”? ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/7 "2006-03-10T20:03:44Z")
“Celebrate” by Kool and the Gang “Funkytown” “Pop Music” ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/8 "2006-03-10T20:05:52Z")
You gotta have Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/9 "2006-03-10T20:08:01Z")
When I was a skatin kid, I felt like Billy Swan’s “I Can Help” was the ultimate skating song: cheesy organ, perfect swinging rhythm, lame lyrics, bad vocals. Running down the list above, I still think it’s the skatingest of all the skate songs. ---
**Author:** ![Yeeter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/96bed5/32.png) [@Yeeter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeeter)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/10 "2006-03-10T20:18:53Z")
The song I recall most fondly from that short period of my life is: “Rock and Roll Fantasy,” by Bad Company ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/11 "2006-03-10T20:37:02Z")
I skated in the 80’s. It was a regular activity for Girl Scouts. So we heard a lot of “Cherry Pie” and “We Built This City” And of course, The Hokey Pokey 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cruel\_butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@cruel\_butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cruel_butterfly)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/12 "2006-03-10T20:42:16Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I skated in the 80’s. It was a regular activity for Girl Scouts. > > So we heard a lot of “Cherry Pie” and “We Built This City” > > And of course, The Hokey Pokey 🙂 Don’t forget _Freeze Frame_ by The J. Geils Band ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/13 "2006-03-10T20:50:26Z")
Every time I hear “Lovefool” by the Cardigans, I think, “All Skate.” ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/14 "2006-03-10T21:00:06Z")
Close to thirty tears ago for me, but the theme from _Hawaii 5-0_ was played every time there was a racing competition. What do they play now? ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/15 "2006-03-10T21:06:56Z")
> [@tripthicket](#): > > Close to thirty **tears** ago for me… _ **Years** _, of course… And I even previewed. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/16 "2006-03-10T21:27:14Z")
“Centerfold” by J. Geils Band and “Crazy for You” by Madonna. ---
**Author:** ![Lambo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lambo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/17 "2006-03-10T22:11:15Z")
‘Kiss Me Deadly’ by Lita Ford, with the rink worker standing by to cut the sound when the word ‘Laid’ was about to be sung. Ah yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southpaw)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/18 "2006-03-10T22:11:31Z")
Two that were always played when I was a kid: “YMCA” by the Village People. Always fun to see people wipe out while trying to do the arm motions. And for the Women Only skate - “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/19 "2006-03-10T22:28:37Z")
“Blinded by the Light” (with the mirror ball all lit up) I can’t remember the name - might be “Last Song” - something like, “It’s the last song, I’ll ever write for you…” “Wipeout” ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/20 "2006-03-10T22:30:20Z")
“(Keep Feeling) Fascination” by The Human League, “PYT” by Michael Jackson and “Our House” by Madness are three that I remember being played a lot. Our school used to sell skate tickets at the end of the year that would get us into the rink every Tuesday and Thursday all summer long, and my mom had an elderly aunt who would take my sister and me. Great memories! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865.md?page=2)