So in the semi-weekly dance group that I attend, we often wind up wanting to waltz for the last few songs. Now, we’ve discovered a few popular (I use the term loosely) songs that fit the criteria, like “Hear You Me” by Jimmy Eat World and “Kiss From a Rose” by Seal, but it would be nice to have more variety than that. Can anyone think of any other songs that might fit the bill?
(I know this is a strange question, but I can’t think of any place I’m more likely to get an answer than here.)
Elliott Smith has Waltz #1 and Waltz #2 off of his XO album. The latter is one of my favourite songs.
I think your could waltz to “Open Arms” by Journey.
“Take It to the Limit” by the Eagles.
Actually, if you want to freak people out, Tom Jones’ “What’s New Pussycat” also has a waltz rhythm (But I dare anyone to try and waltz to it).
“Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens…”
“Manic Depression” by Jimi Hendrix.
Malcolm McLaren’s album Waltz Darling (1989) opens with a House Waltz treatment of House of the Blue Danube.
It’s an instrumental preceded by what I can only describe as the sound of a woman having a particularly satisfactory orgasm. I can’t find an audio clip that will do it justice. Unfortunately the title track (4 mins 30 secs) isn’t a waltz (it’s more funk) but people do waltz badly to it in the video.
If they can do it, you can.
I don’t know why, but this was the first thing that came to my mind:
That Chocolate Moose song.
LilShieste
Well, if you’re thinking that anything in 3/4 time is basically waltzable, try “Asleep” by The Smiths.
Pretty much everything from “A Little Night Music” by Stephen Sondheim, including “Send in the Clowns”.
Excellent call!!
How about “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away” by the Beatles?
The Doors “Wintertime Love.”
From recent “Dancing with the Stars” seasons:
I Have Nothing
Three Times a Lady
Come Away With Me
I Got You Babe
Natural Woman
I Never Loved a Man
What The World Needs Now
You Light Up My Life
Take It To The Limit
I love this place. Where else could I get twenty-odd answers to that question in under two hours?
“Manic Depression” seems suspect. I mean, it’s the right time, but that’s a fast waltz.
There’s always the wonderful “Army Dreamers” by Kate “no relation” Bush. It’s kinda political, but most people won’t be able to understand the lyrics anyway. It’s on her album Never For Ever.
Here’s four from (very) early Happy Rhodes, written and recorded when she was very young (these are authorized to be downloadable mp3s):
Come Here (from Rhodes II, 1986)
If Love Is A Game, I Win (from Ecto, 1987)
These are slow waltzes:
Rhodes Waltz (from Rearmament, 1986)
Not For Me (from Rhodes II, 1986)
(you kinda have to give her a break on her lyrics at this point in her recording career. She wrote them somewhere between 14-17, but they’re still pretty good, IMverybiasedO)
These are all, um, popular, depending on who you talk to (ask some Kate and Happy fans).
Golden Brown, by the Stranglers (used is Snatch’d when Brad Pitt knocks out the guy when boxing I think).
“Dreams” by the Allman Brothers Band
I guess more 6/8 stuff like Billy Joel’s “Piano Man” wouldn’t count, huh?
Take Me Out to the Ball Game is a waltz, according to the sheet music for the song that can be seen in A Night at the Opera.