# What songs FORCE you to dance to them? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 28, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715 "2003-03-28T05:02:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/21 "2003-03-28T14:12:23Z")
I don’t dance. **Welbywife** , on the other hand, always starts to dance when she hears the Checker’s commercial. \*You gotta Eat. . . \* ---
**Author:** ![Siemsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Siemsi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siemsi)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/22 "2003-03-28T14:14:52Z")
Violet! I love that song by Chaka Khan!! Great dance tune. AC/DC “Shook Me All Night Long”…especially drunk and at a wedding. The headbaning is the best. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/23 "2003-03-28T14:27:55Z")
ANYTHING by Stevie Wonder! Most ANYTHING by Michael Jackson! Anything from the '60s and '70s Motown catalog. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/24 "2003-03-28T14:39:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SnugTheJoiner \* > \*\*Who can resist “Time Warp” from THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW? \*\* I sure can’t, **Snug**!! I used to be Janet - and my husband-to-be joined cast to get my phone number. We played “Time Warp” at our reception!! There’s this Shakira song - don’t know the title, maybe “Eyes Like Yours”? - that my teacher played every week in my bellydance class. Can’t listen to it without shimmying my butt off. ---
**Author:** ![leafrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@leafrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leafrog)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/25 "2003-03-28T14:41:04Z")
I’m not much of a dancer…no natural rhythm or grace and an extreme sense of modesty 😃 cause me to be the one who stays and “guards the purses”…but once _Short Skirt/Long Jacket_ by **Cake** comes on…I’m grooving all over the place!!🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Stephi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stephi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephi)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/26 "2003-03-28T14:48:39Z")
I’m not much of a dancer either, I always look like I’ve got a dislocated hip when I dance. Anyways, “Time Warp” does it to me every time, Whenever I hear “It’s just a jump to the left” I always have to jump to the left. It’s like a pavlovian response. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/27 "2003-03-28T14:49:35Z")
Another bellydancer! Mine are pretty diverse, but I’m a dance-a-holic. _Habibi_\*, Amr Diab _Solitary_ or _Genesis_, VNV Nation _Dancing With Myself_, Boomtang Boys _Anarchy_, KMFDM Lots more, but those are off the top of my head. Most people probably don’t recognise some of them- goth music or Arabic stuff. ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/28 "2003-03-28T14:55:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Violet \* > \*\*Ain’t Nobody, by Chaka Khan. \*\* Dear Lord, can I get an AMEN??? Hallelujah! Ditto for “Once You Get Started”! Also: Got To Be Real–Cheryl Lynn Make it Funky–James Brown Another Star–Stevie Wonder Funk #49–James Gang Aww, hell–I’m a dancin’ fool. ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/29 "2003-03-28T14:59:36Z")
Did I mention “Skin Tight” by the Ohio Players? Because for some reason I can’t get it out of my head right now . . . . . . nor can I get my ass to stop moving. ---
**Author:** ![Nightsong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightsong/32/3083_2.png) [@Nightsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightsong)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/30 "2003-03-28T15:08:36Z")
I find my body twitching when these start playing… “Dancin’ in the Light” (Entrain) “What You Need” (INXS) “Mummer’s Dance” (Loreena McKennitt) “Livin’ in the Fridge” (Weird Al) “Traffic Jam” (Weird Al, again) “Yoda” (Weird Al, yet again! “Lola” doesn’t do it for me, most of the time, which I find rather strange.) And, oddly enough… “Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme)”. (The others are songs that I have no clue what they are called… stuff on some of my Mother’s old belly dance records.) * * * \<\< Oxymoron of the day: Amtrak schedule. \>\> ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/31 "2003-03-28T15:09:29Z")
The first song that springs to mind is “It’s my life” by Talk talk. “Beautiful Day” and “Gloria” by U2. Almost anything 80s New Wave does it, too. ---
**Author:** ![bayonet1976](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bayonet1976](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bayonet1976)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/32 "2003-03-28T15:11:40Z")
Any song by Celia Cruz, or any song from the Bachata Rosa album of 440. I realize most of you won’t know what the heck I’m talking about, but both of those examples are some of the most danceable latin music ever. And as a caveat I should say that just about any salsa, merengue, rumba, danzon, bolero, guaracha, guaguanco, chachacha music will drive me to the dance floor, but the two listed above happen to hit me just right. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/33 "2003-03-28T15:55:56Z")
This thread makes me think of the \*\* Gong Show \*\* and “Gene, Gene the Dancing Machine.” ---
**Author:** ![mmm.forbidden\_doughnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e68b1a/32.png) [@mmm.forbidden\_doughnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmm.forbidden_doughnut)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/34 "2003-03-28T16:15:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Merla \* > \*\*“R-O-C-K in the USA” > “Twist and Shout” > “That’s what I like about you” > “Cleveland Rocks” (I think because I live there it has this effect on me) > “Boom boom dollar” > The safety dance > “Come on Eileen” > “YMCA” (don’t ask) > “Freezeframe!” > And, of course, “Footloose”. > > Merla \*\* Merla, let me guess…Are you in your mid-30s? Your list is almost exactly the same as mine. Add to it: “Whip-It” by Devo “King of the Hill” “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana “Melt with You” by Modern English “Just like Heaven” by the Cure “Dancing With Myself” by Billy Idol mmm… who is 33 and re-living many happy memories of high school dances and college frat parties. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Thinks2Much](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Thinks2Much](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thinks2Much)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/35 "2003-03-28T16:29:14Z")
“Dancing Queen” by ABBA “Still the Night” by the BoDeans “Little Red Corvette” by Prince ---
**Author:** ![little\_bit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@little\_bit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/little_bit)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/36 "2003-03-28T16:40:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bayonet1976 \* > \*\*Any song by Celia Cruz, or any song from the Bachata Rosa album of 440. > > I realize most of you won’t know what the heck I’m talking about, but both of those examples are some of the most danceable latin music ever. And as a caveat I should say that just about any salsa, merengue, rumba, danzon, bolero, guaracha, guaguanco, chachacha music will drive me to the dance floor, but the two listed above happen to hit me just right. \*\* I soooo agree with this. I haven’t answered because I didn’t think anyone would know what I was talking about. I must include Vivir Lo Nuestro - Marc Anthony & India Objection (Tango) - Shakira Magalenha - Sergio Mendez Pintame - Elvis Crespo ---
**Author:** ![SouthernStyle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SouthernStyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouthernStyle)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/37 "2003-03-28T16:42:28Z")
“Funky Town” The jerks at the ice-skating rink had the nerve to play that one night – and I wound up with my arm immobilized for weeks. sigh… ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/38 "2003-03-28T16:47:48Z")
Vision Thing (Sisters of Mercy) Closer (NIN) Starf\*\*kers Inc (Razed in Black cover of NIN song) Red Right Hand (Nick Cave) I love to dance 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/39 "2003-03-28T17:12:03Z")
Almost anything by Jamiroquai. MJ has already been mentioned, no need to go there again. I’m ashamed to admit that I’ve wiggled in my seat to a few Justin Timberlake songs… ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/40 "2003-03-28T17:33:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by auntie em \* > \*\* . . . nor can I get my ass to stop moving. \*\* Huh. It seems that your [previous problem](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=173013) still hasn’t been solved. Poor girl. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715.md?page=3)