# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/21 "2006-03-10T22:34:04Z")
Meco’s “Star Wars” must’ve been played a few thousand times. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/22 "2006-03-10T22:34:36Z")
_Roller Derby Queen_ by Jim Croce? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/23 "2006-03-10T23:25:08Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I’m sorry, but true roller skating rink music is played on an organ, no vocals, and nothing more peppy that a waltz. Just don’t play _Lady of Spain_, or theres gonna be trouble! ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/24 "2006-03-10T23:46:21Z")
From my childhood, pretty much any Boston (especially “More Than A Feeling”). ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/25 "2006-03-10T23:55:49Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > “Celebrate” by Kool and the Gang > > “Funkytown” > > “Pop Music” Someone’s confusing roller rinks with ice rinks & hasn’t purged the Winter Olympics opening ceremonies playlist from their memory yet. > [@](#): > > RealityChuck]I’m sorry, but true roller skating rink music is played on an organ, no vocals, and nothing more peppy that a waltz. The Tornado’s _Telestar_ too peppy? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/26 "2006-03-11T00:05:30Z")
I ice skated a lot in the mid-to-late 1970s. Two songs that came up every single skate night, sometimes multiple times in one evening, were **Show Me The Way** by Peter Frampton and **Baby Hold On** by Eddie Money. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2006, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/27 "2006-03-11T00:10:36Z")
They used to always play “I’ve Had (The Time of My Life)”, you know, from Top Gun, when they turned down the lights and turned that disco ball on. Man, did I love that. “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” was also popular. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/28 "2006-03-11T00:21:31Z")
_Crazy Little Thing Called Love_ by Queen and _The Locomotion_ by ?? were two songs that they played regularly at roller rinks where I grew up, in the eary 80s. One was used as a couples only skate and the other there was some sort of thing going on where all the boys had to line up along one side & girls on the other and then one couple would skate, then break apart & pick more people from the lines, & so on & so on. Fun unless you were picked late. Luckily my sister would pick me if it looked like I was getting left 'til late (she was popular, I wasn’t 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2006, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/29 "2006-03-11T00:54:34Z")
> [@Motorgirl](#): > > _The Locomotion_ by ?? Would that be the Kylie Minogue version? > [@Zsofia](#): > > They used to always play “I’ve Had (The Time of My Life)”, you know, from Top Gun, when they turned down the lights and turned that disco ball on. Actually, “Time of My Life” was from _Dirty Dancing_. “Take My Breath Away” by Berlin was the _Top Gun_ song. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2006, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/30 "2006-03-11T01:14:33Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Would that be the Kylie Minogue version? It looks like Kylie Minogue’s version came out in 1988, so that would have been too late for it to be the version they played when I was roller skating. Good version, though. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2006, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/31 "2006-03-11T01:31:31Z")
[ul] [li]Knock on Wood[/li][li]Here I Go Again - Whitesnake[/li][/ul] Incidentally other Whitesnake songs will forever make me remember riding the “Rock-o-Plane” at the fair, specifically “Still of the Night” ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/32 "2006-03-11T01:55:31Z")
This is from my memories of _ice_ skating rather than roller skating… I’m pretty sure it was a different kind of scene. Anyway, **Telstar** by the Ventures. Even today when I (rarely) hear it, I am suddenly transported back to a skating rink in the early '70’s. Same thing, to a lesser extent, with **Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head**. ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2006, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/33 "2006-03-11T03:31:55Z")
Don’t forget _Rapture_ by Blondie. And, pretty much everything by Elton John - although I specifically remember _Crocodile Rock_ and _Bennie and the Jets_ Most of the other ones I remember have already been covered. ---
**Author:** ![mrunlucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@mrunlucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrunlucky)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2006, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/34 "2006-03-11T04:50:18Z")
When I was a kid my first serious couples skate was to “Longer” by Dan Fogelberg. And seriously, since the movie **Xanadu** was all about skating, you could use the theme song by Olivia Newton-John with ELO, or “Magic”, or “Suddenly” by Olivia with Cliff Richard. ---
**Author:** ![Stillwell\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Stillwell\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stillwell_Angel)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2006, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/35 "2006-03-11T13:33:00Z")
Anything from the mid seventies. But for some reason when I think of the roller rink all I hear is Styx. Usually either “Come Sail Away” or “Lady”. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/36 "2006-03-11T15:16:03Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > [ul] > [li]Knock on Wood[/li][li]Here I Go Again - Whitesnake[/li][/ul] > > Incidentally other Whitesnake songs will forever make me remember riding the “Rock-o-Plane” at the fair, specifically “Still of the Night” Oooh, yeah. Whitesnake and Def Leppard make me smell elephant ears and want to ride the Himalaya. And, uh, yeah, I knew that, about _Dirty Dancing_. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2006, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/37 "2006-03-11T15:22:53Z")
**Sweet** were definite roller rink kings when I was young. I’d like to add _Fox on the Run_ Also, I think the **Grand Funk** version of _Locomotion_ was the one I heard at the rink, though **Little Eva** ’s version may also have been played. Oh, yeah, how about the **Jackson 5** ’s _Rockin’ Robin_ and _ABC_? ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2006, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/38 "2006-03-11T17:04:35Z")
“Somebody told me” by the Killers is on at the rink every freaking time I go these days. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2006, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/39 "2006-03-11T17:17:57Z")
Lessee, early 80’s rollerrink tunes that I remember when we used to cruise on four wheels… I think there was a lot of **Styx**. Definitely **Joan Jett’s** - _I love Rock and Roll_ Various Disco Motown leftovers- it’s hard to be specific, such a long time ago… Oh yea, definitely- **Lipps Inc.** - _Funkytown_ **Michael Jackson** - _PYT_ and _Billy Jean_ I am almost positive that **REO Speedwagon** got played (_Rollin’ with the Changes (Running Blind?), Keep on Loving You, Can’t Fight This Feeling Anymore._ Pretty sure there was some **Heart** and **Chicago**. **Eddie Money** , too. Sorry I can’t be more specific as to songs. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865/40 "2006-03-11T17:26:03Z")
Oh Dude! I remember around '83 they had these skates I saw in a catalog that were stealth skates. They were tennis shoes that had rollers that retracted into the sole. You flipped a little switch and wham! the skates popped out and you were ready to roll! I wanted those things so bad. I think I saved money for them but decided to buy some magic tricks and props, instead. Ahhh, thanks for the memories. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-skating-rink-songs-list-warning-bad-pop-music-within/347865.md?page=3)