Songs about dancing (not all suitable for modern jiving to)

I’ve always loved music. From being classically trained playing instruments in orchestras, wind bands and swing bands to dancing ballet and modern dance. To having a pretty eclectic taste in what I listen to. But starting salsa and then ceroc made me rethink my music tastes.  It’s all about what I can dance to. But I am partial to any songs about dancing. So I wanted to pull together a list of songs that have dancing in the title.

Songs about dancing

(Interestingly country music seems to sing a lot about dancing. Who knew?)

A-C

• All Night Dancin – Lipps Inc.
• All She Wants to Do is Dance – Don Henley
• And we Danced – Macklemore x Ryan Lewis
• Bailamos (Let’s Dance) – Enrique Iglesias
• Blood on the dance floor – Michael Jackson
• Boogie Wonderland – Earth, Wind and Fire
• Can’t Stop Dancin – Becky G
• Can I Have This Dance – High School Musical 3: Senior Year
• Come dance with me – Diana Krall
• Could I have this dance – Anne Murray

D

• Daddy Dance with Me – Krystal Keith
• Dance – NAS
• Dance & Shout – Shaggy
• Dance again – Jennifer Lopez feat Pitbull
• Dance Apocalyptic – Janelle Monae
• Dance All Night – Jessica Wright 
• Dance all over Me – George Ezra
• Dance, Dance – Fall Out Boy
• Dance Dance Dance – Chic / Steve Miller Band
• Dance for You – Beyonce
• Dance Hall Days – Wang Chung
• Dance the Night – Dua Lipa
• Dance the Night Away – Van Halen / The Mavericks / Twice / Cream
• Dance in the Dark – Lady Gaga
• Dance into the Fire – Duran Duran
• Dance into the Light – Phil Collins
• Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow – Paula Abdul
• Dance Like We’re Making Love – Ciara
• Dance Little Sister – The Rolling Stones
• Dance Macabre – Ghost
• Dance me to the end of Love – Leonard Cohen / Madeleine Peyroux
• Dance Monkey – Tones And I – anyone with a tweenager is probably now sick of hearing this
• Dance Now –  JID & Kenny Mason
• Dance to the Music – SLy and the Family Stone
• Dance to This – Troye Sivan ft. Ariana Grande
• Dance Tonight – Paul McCartney
• Dance (while the music still goes on) – Abba
• Dance with me – Niko Moon / Debulah Morgan / Orleans / Alphaville
• Dance With Me Slow – Beth Nielsen Chapman
• Dance with me tonight – Olly Murs
• Dance With My Daughter – Jason Blaine
• Dance with my Father – Luther Vandross
• Dance with the One That Brought You – Shania Twain
• Dance Yourself Dizzy – Liquid Gold
• Dancin’ Away with my Heart – Lady A
• Dancin’ Cowboys – Bellamy Brothers
• Dancin’ In The Ruins – Blue Oyster Cult
• Dancin’ Round And Round – Olivia Newton-John
• Dancing in Circles – Love and Theft
• Dancing in the Dark – Bruce Springsteen
• Dancing in the moonlight – Toploader / Jubel feat. NEIMY
• Dancing in the Starlight – Mick Jagger
• Dancing in the Street – Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
• Dancing on my own – Robyn / Callum Scott
• Dancing on the ceiling – Lionel Richie
• Dancing On The Edge – Lita Ford
• Dancing Queen – Abba
• Dancing Shoes – DEV
• Dancing Tonight – Kat DeLuna*
• Dancing With my Mirror – Corey Hart
• Dancing Your Memory Away – Charly McClain
• Do You Wanna Dance – Ramones / The Beach Boys / Bette Midler
• Don’t it Make You Wanna Dance? – Bonnie Raitt
• Don’t Stop Dancin’ – Becky G
• Don’t Stop Dancing – Creed
• Don’t stop the Dance – Bryan Ferry
• Don’t Wanna Dance – M.O*

E-I

• Evacuate the Dancefloor – Cascada
• Everybody Dance – Chic / Deborah Cox / Evolution / Sister Sledge
• Everybody dance now – Red Hot Chilli Peppers (interesting bagpipe and Scottish dancing part!)
• Flamenco Dancer – Jimmie Vaughan
• Flashdance…What a Feeling – Irene Cara
• Freakshow on the Dance Floor – The Bar-Keys
• Gonna Make you Sweat (Everybody dance now) – C&C Music Factory
• Happy dance – MercyMe
• Heartache on the Dance Floor – Jon Pardi
• How 2 Dance – Kaiser Chiefs
• I can’t Dance – Genesis
• I don’t dance – Lee Brice / Corbin Bleu and Lucas Grabeel (from High School Musical 2)
• I Don’t Feel Like Dancin – Scissor Sisters
• I Hope You Dance – Lee Ann Womack
• I just want to dance with you – George Strait
• I love to boogie – T Rex
• I wanna dance – Jonas Blue 
• I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) – Whitney Houston
• I’m happy just to dance with you – The Beatles
• I’m Still Dancin’ With You – Wade Hayes
• In Between Dances – Pam Tillis
• It Only Happens When I Dance With You – Frank Sinatra

J-P

• Jump Jive and Wail – Louis Prima / Brian Setzer Orchestra
• Just Dance – Lady Ga Ga
• Land of a 1000 dances – Wilson Pickett (how many of these can you do?)
• Last Dance – Dua Lipa / Donna Summer
• Let’s Dance – Chris Montez
• Let’s Go Dancing (Ooh, La, La, La) – Kool & The Gang
• Life’s A Dance – John Michael Montgomery
• Lose yourself to Dance – Daft Punk feat Pharrell Williams
• One Dance –  Drake feat. WizKid & Kyla
• Neutron Dance – The Pointer Sisters
• Now I can dance – Tina Arena 
• Permission to Dance – BTS
• Private Dancer – Tina Turner

S-Z

• Safety Dance – Men without Hats
• Save the last dance for me – Michael Buble / The Drifters / Emmylou Harris
• Shadow Dancing – Andy Gibb
• Shall We Dance – The King and I
• She wants to dance with me – Rick Astley
• She’s Always Dancing – Neil Young with Crazy Horse
• Shut Up and Dance – Walk the Moon
• Slow dance in a parking lot – Jordan Davis
• Solo Dance – Martin Jensen
• Somebody Dance with me – DJ Bobo
• Square Dance – Eminem
• Stars Dance – Selena Gomez
• Stolen Dance – Milky Chance
• Taxi Dancer – John Mellencamp
• The Dance – Garth Brooks
• They Dance Alone – Sting
• They Don’t Dance Like Carmen No More – Jimmy Buffett
• Tiny Dancer – Elton John
• We Danced Anyway – Deana Carter
• When We Dance – Sting
• When We’re Dancing – Twin Shadow
• Why don’t we just dance – Josh Turner
• Won’t Somebody Dance with Me – Lynsey de Paul
• You! Me! Dancing! – Los Campesinos
• You Should Be Dancing – Bee Gees
• Your Mama Don’t Dance – Poison / Loggins and Messina

And to top off the list, let’s add songs that mention dance styles and genres by name.

Songs with dance styles in

• 1, 2 Step – Ciara
• 2step – Ed Sheeran
• Blame It On The Bossa Nova – Eydie Gorme
• Boogie Chillen – John Lee Hooker
• Boogie Oogie Oogie – A Taste of Honey
• Boogie With Stu – Led Zeppelin
• Boogie Wonderland – Earth, Wind & Fire
• Bossa Nova Baby – Elvis Presley
• Bring Me The Disco King – David Bowie
• Casino Boogie – The Rolling Stones
• Dark Ballet – Madonna
• Disco Duck – Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots
• Disco Friends – Just Jack
• Disco Inferno – The Trammps
• Disco Lady – Johnnie Taylor
• Dont Stop Twist – Frankie Vaughan
• Habanera – Georges Bizet
• Harlem Shake – Baauer
• Harlem Shuffle – Bob and Earl
• Hoedown Throwdown – Miley Cyrus
• I am a Disco Dancer – Vijay Benedict
• Jack – Breach
• Jack Your Body – Steve “Silk” Hurley
• Jig a Jig – East of Eden
• Jive Talkin’ – Bee Gees
• Kentish Town Waltz – Imelda May
• Lambada – Kaoma
• Mambo Italiano – Rosemary Clooney
• Mambo No 5 (A Little Bit Of) – Lou Bega
• Mambo! – Helena Paparizou
• Minion Mambo – The Minions
• Shuck And Jive – Superdrag
• Sultans Of Swing – Dire Straits
• Tap Dancing – Nelly Furtado
• Tennessee Waltz – Patti Page
• Tesco Disco – The Kooks
• The Hustle – Lambchop
• The Last Waltz – Engelbert Humperdinck
• The Loco-Motion – Little Eva
• The Madison Time – Ray Bryant Combo
• The Twist – Chubby Checker
• Twerk – Lil’ Twist / City Girls
• Two Step – Laura Bell Bundy
• Vogue – Madonna
• Waltz Me to the Grave – Kimbra
• Waltz Moore – From First to Last
• Waltz No. 2 (XO) – Elliott Smith
• Welfare Boogie – Fraternity
• Yes Sir, I Can Boogie – Baccara
• Your Sister Can’t Twist (But She Can Rock ‘n Roll) – Elton John

What songs would you add to the list?

Don’t forget to check out the other posts about music in modern jive and ceroc.