Songs About Dancing, Vol. 4

Last but not least, the fourth and final installment in my latest pointless series featuring Songs About Dancing. I'll be you think I've run out of good ones by this point, and these are just the dregs. Wrong, wrong, wrong! In fact, five of my favorite dancing-related songs are included within (but I won't tell you which ones they are). Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Genesis  ~  "I Can't Dance"

2)  Skylar Grey  ~  "Dance Without You"

3)  The Prodigy  ~  "No Good (Start The Dance)"

4)  Loreena McKennitt  ~  "The Mummers' Dance"

5)  Passion ft. Chris Tomlin  ~  "God's Great Dance Floor"  (I'm including this here because it's a catchy tune and lots of people like it, BUT…this guy nails how I really feel about the song.)

6)  Sly & The Family Stone  ~  "Dance To The Music"

7)  Bryan Ferry  ~  "Don't Stop The Dance"

8)  Anne Murray  ~  "Could I Have This Dance?"

9)  Paul McCartney  ~  "Dance Tonight"

10)  Chic  ~  "Everybody Dance"

11)  Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers  ~  "Mary Jane's Last Dance"

12)  Janelle Monáe  ~  "Dance Apocalyptic"

13)  Digital Underground  ~  "The Humpty Dance"

14)  C + C Music Factory  ~  "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"

15)  Wang Chung  ~  "Dance Hall Days"

16)  Donna Summer  ~  "Last Dance"

17)  Phil Collins  ~  "Dance Into The Light"

18)  Steffany Frizzell-Gretzinger  ~  "We Dance"

19)  Poison  ~  "Your Mama Don't Dance"

20)  The Bird And The Bee  ~  "Polite Dance Song"

21)  Orleans  ~  "Dance With Me"

22)  The Pointer Sisters  ~  "Neutron Dance"

23)  Midnight Star  ~  "No Parking On The Dance Floor"

24)  Madeleine Peyroux  ~  "Dance Me To The End Of Love"

25)  Andy Gibb  ~  "Shadow Dancing"

Songs About Dancing, Vol. 3

Hang with me, folks (or dance with me – whatevs). This is the next-to-the-last entry in this series. Without further ado, here's another bunch of Songs About Dancing that you should certainly enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Creed  ~  "Don't Stop Dancing"

2)  Martha & The Vandellas  ~  "Dancing In The Street"

3)  10 Years  ~  "Dancing With The Dead"

4)  Willie Nelson & U2  ~  "Slow Dancing"

5)  Robyn  ~  "Dancing On My Own"

6)  Lionel Richie  ~  "Dancing On The Ceiling"

7)  Neil Young & Crazy Horse  ~  "She's Always Dancing"

8)  DEV  ~  "Dancing Shoes"

9)  Love And Theft  ~  "Dancing In Circles"

10)  Lady Sovereign  ~  "I Got You Dancing"

11)  Twin Shadow  ~  "When We're Dancing"

12)  Becky G  ~  "Can't Stop Dancin'"

13)  Paul McCartney  ~  "Ballroom Dancing"

14)  Lee Ann Womack  ~  "I Hope You Dance"

15)  Bee Gees  ~  "You Should Be Dancing"

16)  ABBA  ~  "Dancing Queen"

17)  Olly Murs  ~  "Dance With Me Tonight"

18)  Snap!  ~  "Rhythm Is A Dancer"

19)  Michael Bublé  ~  "Save The Last Dance For Me"

20)  Whitney Houston  ~  "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"

21)  Lee Brice  ~  "I Don't Dance"

22)  Cascada  ~  "Evacuate The Dancefloor"

23)  Josh Turner  ~  "Why Don't We Just Dance"

24)  Irene Cara  ~  "Flashdance…What A Feeling"

25)  Tina Turner  ~  "Private Dancer"

Songs About Dancing, Vol. 2

Continuing with this wholly unnecessary yet strangely satisfying series featuring Songs About Dancing, here's volume 2. There will be more... Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Jacksons  ~  "All Night Dancin'"

2)  Joe Diffie  ~  "If The Devil Danced In Empty Pockets"

3)  Chris Isaak  ~  "Dancin'"

4)  Lady Antebellum  ~  "Dancin' Away With My Heart"

5)  Biffy Clyro  ~  "As Dust Dances"

6)  The Guess Who  ~  "Dancin' Fool"

7)  Shane Harper  ~  "Dancin' In The Rain"

8)  Lita Ford  ~  "Dancing On The Edge"

9)  Frank Zappa  ~  "Dancin' Fool"

10)  The Bellamy Brothers  ~  "Dancin' Cowboys"

11)  Blue Oyster Cult  ~  "Dancin' In The Ruins"

12)  Olivia Newton-John  ~  "Dancin' Round And Round"

13)  Alabama  ~  "Dancin', Shaggin' On The Boulevard"

14)  Kool & The Gang  ~  "Let's Go Dancing (Ooh, La, La, La)"

15)  Billy Idol  ~  "Dancing With Myself"

16)  Scissor Sisters  ~  "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'"

17)  Toploader  ~  "Dancing In The Moonlight"

18)  Corey Hart  ~  "Dancin' With My Mirror"

19)  The Rolling Stones  ~  "Dancing With Mr. D"

20)  Thin Lizzy  ~  "Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In Its Spotlight)"

21)  Gavin DeGraw  ~  "Dancing Shoes"

22)  Pet Shop Boys  ~  "Domino Dancing"

23)  Los Campesinos!  ~  "You! Me! Dancing!"

24)  TV On The Radio  ~  "Dancing Choose"

25)  Bruce Springsteen  ~  "Dancing In The Dark"

Songs About Dancing, Vol. 1

When you've done as many music posts as I have over the past several years, it becomes increasingly more difficult each time to find something you haven't explored before. Songs about dancing (or more precisely, with the word "dance" or one of its many derivatives in the titles) seems an obvious choice – but as it turns out, I've never done it before! When I recently got the notion to post "Dancing" songs, I didn't realize (though I probably should have) how many good ones there were. Here are but a few of the ones I found. There will be future volumes of these as well. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams  ~  "Lose Yourself To Dance"

2)  Selena Gomez  ~  "Stars Dance"

3)  David Bowie  ~  "Let's Dance"

4)  MØ  ~  "Don't Wanna Dance"

5)  Walk The Moon  ~  "Shut Up And Dance"

6)  Men Without Hats  ~  "Safety Dance"

7)  Milky Chance  ~  "Stolen Dance"

8)  Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga  ~  "I Won't Dance"

9)  Garth Brooks  ~  "The Dance"  (It's almost impossible to find music videos of Garth on YouTube – by his design, I believe. Live performances are scant also and are usually of dubious quality. But this video of one of his best songs, defies the norm. Great song, great quality!)

10)  Delta Rae  ~  "Dance In The Graveyards"

11)  Van Halen  ~  "Dance The Night Away"

12)  The Bird And The Bee  ~  "Will You Dance?"

13)  Luther Vandross  ~  "Dance With My Father"

14)  Duffy  ~  "Too Hurt To Dance"

15)  Sting  ~  "They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)"

16)  Caro Emerald  ~  "Just One Dance"

17)  Genesis  ~  "Dance On A Volcano"

18)  Pam Tillis  ~  "In Between Dances"

19)  Mumford & Sons  ~  "Dust Bowl Dance"

20)  Olivia Newton-John & The Tubes  ~  "Dancin'"

21)  Michael Jackson  ~  "Blood On The Dance Floor"

22)  Beach House  ~  "Holy Dances"

23)  Sting  ~  "When We Dance"

24)  Deana Carter  ~  "We Danced Anyway"

25)  Wilson Pickett  ~  "Land Of 1,000 Dances"