# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![catnoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@catnoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catnoe)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/41 "2003-03-28T17:34:24Z")
I can’t believe no one mentioned the (mostly) instrumental, **Wipeout**. Can’t for the life of me remember who recorded it, but I cannot resist that song. And yes, latin music is infectious, though I own very little of it. My dancing days are long past, these days we listen to the words instead of the beat. ---
**Author:** ![slice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@slice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slice)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/42 "2003-03-28T18:34:36Z")
“OPP” by Naughty by Nature “Hot in Herre” by Nelly and “Days Go By” by Dirty Vegas–you know, the song for the Mitsubishi commercials Does anyone else also feel the need to jerk arhythmically to that song? ---
**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, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/43 "2003-03-28T18:45:33Z")
To my earlier list I have to add: Anything by Wumpscut or Apoptygma Berzerk ---
**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 28, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/44 "2003-03-28T18:45:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by catnoe \* > \*\*I can’t believe no one mentioned the (mostly) instrumental, **Wipeout**. Can’t for the life of me remember who recorded it, but I cannot resist that song. > \*\* Wipeout by _The Surfaris_… gets me going too. Also, **Mirror in the Bathroom** and **Twist and Crawl** by the English Beat, just can’t be beat. In fact their entire album, “I Just Can’t Stop It” is one of the best dance albums ever. ---
**Author:** ![IDemandBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a88e57/32.png) [@IDemandBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IDemandBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/45 "2003-03-28T19:20:34Z")
“Ballad of a Dead Soldier” by Tupac “Violent Mood Swings” remix by Stabbing Westward (the version that’s in the movie Clerks) “46 and 2” by Tool “Spit it Out” by Slipknot “Negative Creep” by Nirvana “The Game” by Disturbed “Block Rockin’ Beats” by Chemical Brothers “Trip Like I Do” by Chemical Brothers and Filter To just name a few…there are, of course, many, many others. 🙂 –IDB ---
**Author:** ![Fox\_in\_the\_Snow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/82dd89/32.png) [@Fox\_in\_the\_Snow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fox_in_the_Snow)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/46 "2003-03-28T22:25:31Z")
Recently “Danger! High Voltage!” by new beat combo the electric six tends to get me on the dancefloor. Of course most Prince songs will also do the trick. ---
**Author:** ![DeskMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DeskMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeskMonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/47 "2003-03-28T22:50:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Morgainelf \* > Ministry (yes, they were around AND New Wave at that point) \*\* HA!! Revenge! Remeber their fake English accents? They SO wanted to be Duran Duran. So cute. I wonder if they laugh about those days or deny them . . . Anyhoo, my rump starts a-shakin’ when I hear **Brick House** by the Commodores. Three drinks and that song and I’m “lettin’ it awwll hang out” Whenever I hear **Every Little Thing About You** by Raul Malo I become suddenly convinced that I can do a sexy tango. I’m always proven wrong, but in my head I’m a smouldering vixen. ---
**Author:** ![Merla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Merla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merla)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/48 "2003-03-28T23:15:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mmm… forbidden doughnut \* > \*\*Merla, let me guess…Are you in your mid-30s? Mid-30s?? Well, at least you think I’m mature… heh, truth be told I’m only 18! I just happen to have good (or bad, depending on your viewpoint) taste in viewpoint. Yes, wipeout! How could I forget that song? Oh, and I dance to Weird Al’s “Yoda” also- although I get my groove on even more to “Star Wars cantina”! Merla- who is about to live HER college days for the first time. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/49 "2003-03-28T23:36:10Z")
Gotta echo **glee** here - it always used to amaze me how reliably the first two chords of _Satisfaction_ would bring an entire club to its feet. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/50 "2003-03-28T23:42:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by juji\_mojo \* > \*\*Safety Dance! > \*\* How odd! I thought exactly the same thing! I work on my feet all day with a radio blaring in the background. Today I was exhausted, barely able to lift the brush one more time. Then Safety Dance came on. It’s SAFETY DANCE! Whoo hoo! ---
**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/51 "2003-03-28T23:42:46Z")
_Love Shack_ by the B-52s. _Pump It Up_ by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. _Fly Me to the Moon_ by Frank Sinatra. ---
**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 29, 2003, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/52 "2003-03-29T01:25:50Z")
**UnwrittenNocturne** , you like Apoptygma Berserk and Wumpscut too? Great bands. Let me add _House On Fire_ Assemblage 23 (which playing right now, and making me twitchy) and _Headhunter_ (don’t remember the artist). Oh, and _One World, On Sky_, Covenant. ---
**Author:** ![Merla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Merla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merla)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/53 "2003-03-29T03:59:45Z")
Silly me, I forgot: “Jumpin’ Jack flash” Merla ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/54 "2003-03-29T04:28:26Z")
“You Dropped a Bomb on Me” by The Gap Band ---
**Author:** ![JessEnigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cdc98d/32.png) [@JessEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessEnigma)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/55 "2003-03-29T04:56:23Z")
I’m a big fan of any sort of music you’d find on Broadway accompanied by a big dance number. The cover of “All That Jazz” for Chicago has been playing on VH1 lately…naturally, every time it comes on, I promptly jump up and choreograph a whole routine for myself and the imaginary people dancing with me. I miss my dance classes terribly. Otherwise, I’m a fan of any music that’s vaguely Latin-sounding. Fun! ---
**Author:** ![cleops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@cleops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cleops)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/56 "2003-03-29T06:13:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by catnoe \* > \*\*I can’t believe no one mentioned the (mostly) instrumental, **Wipeout**. Can’t for the life of me remember who recorded it, but I cannot resist that song… > \*\* Wasn’t that the Surfaris? What dance exactly did you do to that? Any good up-tempo blues-boogie type shuffle will get me a-movin’ like no one’s business. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/57 "2003-03-29T06:34:44Z")
Just reading this thread makes me want to shake my groove thang… and I don’t even know how to dance 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Thomas\_Stearns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Thomas\_Stearns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thomas_Stearns)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/58 "2003-03-29T06:39:43Z")
**Eye of theTiger** by Survivor does’nt make me want to dance but it sure as hell makes me want to shadow box. **Let’s Stay Together** by Al Green makes me at least bob my head everytime I hear it. That and it makes me want to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Austin\_city\_limits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Austin\_city\_limits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Austin_city_limits)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/59 "2003-03-29T07:29:23Z")
Shes a “BRICK, HOUSE”… ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715/60 "2003-03-29T07:40:47Z")
See, Brick House always makes me think of that scene in Gone in 60 Seconds scene where the guy is making the Barbie dance. “She’s a BRICK…duh nuh nuh nuh…HOUSE…duh nuh nuh nuh…” 🙂 -foxy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-songs-force-you-to-dance-to-them/164715.md?page=4)