Everyone has certain songs that just take over your body. Sometimes it rushes over you in the first three notes. Sometimes it starts with toe tapping and just won’t let go until you give in and dance.
Embrace this musical possession, and slip those songs into your personal playlist. They’ll make your workout, walk or dinner prep time all the more fun.
Here are some take-over tunes going back over a century of popular music to get you started. Maybe some of these will spark something down in your toes and aide you on your fitness journey.
- “Happy” – Pharrell Williams
- “Move” – MercyMe
- “Safe and Sound” – Capital Cities
- “Shut Up and Dance” – Walk the Moon
- “Just Fine” – Mary J. Blige
- “Beautiful Day” – U2
- “Cotton Eye Joe” – Rednex
- “Let’s Hear It for the Boy” – Deniece Williams
- “You Make My Dreams Come True” – Hall & Oates
- “Walking On Sunshine” – Katrina & the Waves
- “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” – Whitney Houston
- “Got to Give It Up” – Marvin Gaye
- “September” – Earth, Wind & Fire
- “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” – Stevie Wonder
- “Dancing in the Street” – Martha Reeves & the Vandellas
- “Dance to the Music” – Sly & the Family Stone
- “Twisting the Night Away” – Sam Cooke
- “Brown-Eyed Girl” – Van Morrison
- “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
- “Little Bitty Pretty One” – Thurston Harris
- “Summertime Blues” – Eddie Cochran
- “Rock Around the Clock” – Bill Haley and His Comets
- “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” – Ella Fitzgerald
- “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” – The Andrews Sisters
- “Sing, Sing, Sing” – Benny Goodman
Also, try out these tunes from some of our 2016 season performers that’ll get you moving!
- “Good Lovin’” – Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals
- “Write Your Story” – Francesca Battistelli
- “That’s the Way It’s Meant to Be” – Point of Grace
- “Barcelona” – John Tesh
- “Tu Conga Bach” – Tiempo Libre
What music gets under your skin until you just have to dance? Tell us in the comments below!
