In honor of National Dance Day, here is a list of the top 10 most memorable dance songs of all time. These songs inspired generations to dance, so get up and shake your booty!
Launched in 2010 by So You Think You Can Dance co-creator and Dizzy Feet Foundation co-president Nigel Lythgoe, National Dance Day is an annual celebration that takes place on the last Saturday in July.
The day became a national phenomena when Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
announced on July 31, 2010 she was declaring the last Saturday in July to be the country’s official National Dance Day.
This list has been compiled by the two members of the band The Tiger Club. Led by Baxter Robertson, The Tiger Club is a fluid collective of musicians playing a cinematic mix of wildly imaginative compositions - an eclectically evocative brand of instrumental pop conjuring exotic locales, intrigue, wry wit, elegant cool, mystique, silken soul and lush sensuality, among other tastefully stylized but playful moods.
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Chubby Checker - The Twist
Before the Twist you still had to touch your partner. Now you can express yourself.
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The Kingsmen - Louie Louie
Promoting drunken frat dancing worldwide for the first time EVER!
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Donna Summer - I Feel Love
At the forefront of disco with, appropriately, one great voice and a canned machine backing track. Even rock poseurs couldn’t deny the sexuality of this cut.
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Chic - Le Freak
Be yourself but wear disco clothes doing it.
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Michael Jackson - Workin’ Day and Night
He was awesome as a kid with his bros. Now we not only have to take him seriously, he’s commanding us to dance our asses off.
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Rick James - Superfreak
The kind of girl you won't take to mother. Hey, the guitar lick was good for TWO hits!
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C+C Music Factory - Everybody Dance Now (Gonna Make You Sweat)
Who cares if we’re not even a real musical entity? We’re here to party. You’re here to party. It’s all good.
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Fischerspooner - Emerge
You can dance WHILE you put on your make-up to PRETEND you’re in the video!
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The Hives Walk - Idiot Walk
Exhorts everyone to make the simple act of walking like an idiot--dancing.
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The Tiger Club - EZ Bake
This is a fabulous dance video! What we say? The world dances to the Tiger Club in this global dance video.