24 Popular Line Dance Songs

So, you’ve got to DJ a wedding or bar/bat mitzvah. You need music that can please crowds of all ages, that can get wallflowers out of their chairs and on to the dance floor. You want popular line dance songs that everyone knows with moves that have been ingrained in our minds since we were six.

These 25 tracks span decades include Billboard Hot 100 hits such as Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” (No. 1 in 1960), Little Eva’s “The Loco-Motion” (No. 1 in 1962), Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony’s “The Hustle” (No. 1 in 1975) to the Bayside Boys remix of Los Del Rio’s “Macarena” (No. 1 for 14 weeks in 1996) and Soulja Boy’s “Crank That” (No. 1 in 2007). There’s even a few which never quite made it to the top, like Dee Dee Sharp’s “Mashed Potato Time” (No. 2 in 1962), Village People’s “YMCA” (No. 2 in 1979), PSY’s “Gangnam Style” (No. 2 in 2012) and Silentó’s “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” (No. 3 in 2015).

Whether it’s rap, Latin, country or just sharp-cheddar cheese, this list of line dancing tunes is guaranteed to get the party going in the weirdest way possible. If no one knows the moves, don’t worry about it. The lyrics explain it all, at least half the time. Watch the dance floor light up once these songs start playing over the speakers.

Here’s a list of the best group line dance songs of all time, from the wobble to American country wedding staples, in no particular order.