Here is our collection of songs from each genre that, in our experience, will fill your dance floor to the absolute brim. Many of them are well known, some even may seem cliché, but trust us, these songs will get people up and moving for the entire night (without embarrassing you).
Also, a disclaimer, this list is not in any way meant to be exhaustive, but rather a ranking of our top 3-5 favorite songs per genre.
So without further ado, here they are, our official list of dance floor-fillers:
Oldies:
Twist and Shout, The Beatles
The Twist, Chubby Checker
Runaround Sue, Dion
Shout, The Eisley Brothers
Disco:
Brick House, The Commodores
Play That Funky Music, Wild Cherry
Shake Your Booty, KC and the Sunshine Band
80’s Pop:
Billie Jean, Michael Jackson
Footloose, Kenny Loggins
Come on Eileen, Dexy’s Midnight Runners
I Wanna Dance With Somebody, Whitney Houton
80’s Rock:
Mony Mony, Billy Idol
Pour Some Sugar On Me, Def Leppard
Livin’ on a Prayer, Bon Jovi
90’s Throwbacks:
Country Grammar, Nelly
Jump Around, House of Pain
Wannabe, Spice Girls
Ice Ice Baby, Vanilla Ice
2000’s Dance
Yeah, Usher
The Way I Are, Timbaland
Sexyback, Justin Timberlake
Chelsea Dagger, The Fratellis
Forever, Chris Brown
All I Do is Win, DJ Khaled
2010-Current (As of Summer 2015):
Shake it Off, Taylor Swift
Shut up and Dance
I Love It, Icona Pop
Geronimo, Sheppard
Want to Want Me, Jason Derulo
Yeah 3x, Chris Brown
We Can’t Stop, Miley Cyrus
Turn Down For What, Lil Jon
Indie Dance
Electric Feel, MGMT
Hello, Martin Solveig
We No Speak Americano, Yolanda Be Cool
Tongue Tied, Grouplove
Country:
Wagon Wheel, OCMS
Chicken Fried, Zach Brown
Country Girl (Shake it for Me), Luke Bryan
Save a Horse, Big and Rich
Honorable (But More Cliche) Mentions:
Timber, Ke$ha
Blow, Ke$ha
Uptown Funk, Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars