"Let's Dance": Songs about Dance, Dances, Dancing

Iving · July 10, 2022

"Tavern In The Town" - Ashley Hutchings (1977 - 'Kickin' Up The Sawdust')

Iving · July 10, 2022

Iving · July 10, 2022

"Do The Clam" = Elvis in 'Girl Happy'

Iving · July 10, 2022

Iving · July 10, 2022

"At The Hop" - Danny & The Juniors (1958)

Iving · July 10, 2022

"Crocodile Rock" - Elton John (1972)

Iving · July 10, 2022

"When You Dance I Can Really Love" - Neil Young (1970)

Iving · July 10, 2022

"Monster Mash" - Bobby Pickett (1970)

Iving · July 10, 2022

"Time Warp" - Rocky Horror

Iving · July 10, 2022

rattle your jewellery

christopher3393 · July 10, 2022

Dance, Dance, Dance · The Beach Boys, 1964

christopher3393 · July 10, 2022

The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There - 1963

christopher3393 · July 10, 2022

1 hour ago, Iving said:

rattle your jewellery

"Twist and Shout", The Isley Brothers, 1962

AudioDoctor · July 10, 2022

Waltzes were made for dancing...

christopher3393 · July 10, 2022

The Brand New Tennessee Waltz (1971 Version) · Jesse Winchester

Leonard Cohen - "Take This Waltz"

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christopher3393 · July 10, 2022

"The Hippy Hippy Shake"(Robert L. Romero) by Chan Romero, released July 1959

"The Hippy Hippy Shake" (Live At The BBC For "Pop Go The Beatles" / 10th September, 1963) · The Beatles

"The Hippy Hippy Shake" · The Swinging Blue Jeans

Iving · July 10, 2022

OP @christopher3393 - How vital are lyrics - must they be present / about dancing?

"Waltzing's for Dreamers" - Richard Thompson from 'Amnesia' (1988)

Oh play me a blue song
And fade down the light
I'm sad as a proud man can be sad tonight
Just let me dream on,
Oh just let me sway
While the sweet violins
And the saxophones play
And Miss, you don't know me,
But can't we pretend
That we care for each other,
Till the band reach the end

One step for aching, and two steps for breaking
Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love
One step for sighing and two steps for crying
Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love

Now they say love's for gamblers,
Oh the pendulum swings
I bet hard on love and I lost everything
So don't send me home now,
Put a shot in my arm
And we'll drink out old memories
And we'll drink in the dawn
And Mr Bandleader won't you play one more time
For I've good folding money in this pocket of mine

Oh, one step for aching, two steps for breaking
Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love
One step for sighing, and two steps for crying
Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love

Oh Miss, you don't know me,
But can't we pretend
That we care for each other,
Till the band reach the end

Oh, one step for aching, two steps for breaking
Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love
One step for sighing, two steps for crying
Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love
Waltzing's for dreamers and losers in love

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christopher3393 · July 10, 2022

"Dance This Mess Around" · The B-52's, 1979

"Ah, hippy, hippy forward hippy, hippy
Hippy, hippy, hippy shake
Oh, it's time to do 'em right"

christopher3393 · July 10, 2022

42 minutes ago, Iving said:

How vital are lyrics - must they be present / about dancing?

Howdy.

Yes, please.

If the topic were dance music, it would be too big. Just massively broad. If it were music you like to dance to, might be interesting and revelatory 😎, or maybe embarrassing, very subjective. So it could have been dance music about dance, which would mostly be indicated by lyrics I think.

Another topic I 've considered would have been titled "Get Rhythm (when you get the blues)", the theme being music that picks you up when you're down through the sheer physicality of it's energy including especially it's beat. But my own song list for this became very eclectic and sometimes not terribly danceable.