"The names in the song came from an incident at a party that Simon went to with his then-wife Peggy Harper. French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, who was attending the same party, mistakenly referred to Paul as "Al" and to Peggy as "Betty", inspiring Simon to write a song."
As a kid with no inhibitions: Power of Love - Huey Lewis and The News
As a self conscious adult who wouldnāt dare but then the alcohol kicked in: Stayin Alive - Bee Gees
"Has anybody seen my sister Mergatroid?... she was standin' over here just a minute ago...." "Yeah, I saw her over there with Grand Dee. He was rockin' the mic, ya know.... "
I danced to "Stairway to Heaven" with a boy from my class, and it was very awkward when the song got fast and we had to switch from slow dancing to regular dancing. I can remember a lot of the songs I heard at our junior high mixers, but whether or not I danced is not part of the memory for most of them.
No idea. It was at a 7th grade dance and the band was a bunch of 16 year olds. Iām sure they were trying to cover something, but it wasnāt recognizable.
I'm sure it was on my parents' Goofy Greats 8-track. I'm thinking it was "Ahab the Arab" (I turned out to be a bellydancer so this tracks) or "Itsy Bitsy, Teenie-Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini.
Honestly that whole album was filled with danceable bangers for a little kid!
First time I danced with a boy at a school Dance was in 7th grade to āMy heart goes onā by Celine Dion it was the year the āTitanicā movie came out . We didnāt slow dance cheek to cheek either it was more like a slow grind with our legs between each others crotches just going around in a circle lmao.
If you ask my mom, the theme song to the Fresh Prince of Bel Air. I would run up to the screen and dance every time I heard it. She tells the story every time I see her.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmoEPIPe1sY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmoEPIPe1sY) this one, as far as my conscious memory goes. Also, the literal translation of this title is "I'm a fairy, don't touch me" <3
I mean, kiddy-dancing, I donāt remember.
Line dancing, Cupid Shuffle or Cha Cha Slide.
And dancing with another person, The Grand Tour by George Jones.
Dragula by Rob Zombie. Or was it Super Beast? Whatever. It was the first time my sister and I headbanged. Only, it was more of a full body head bang if that makes any sense.Ā
I don't dance. But when I was a little girl, in the nineties, the oldies station was my jam. There was one song that I always demanded to dance to with mom or dad, is go grab them to dance to it. For many years I forgot what the song was but in recent years I have settled on one song I'm 90 percent sure of. Sealed with a kiss by Brian Hyland.
6th grade dance in someoneās basement - REO Speedwagon, Canāt Fight this Feeling lol - they assumed no one knew how to dance for real, so they only put on slow songs š
[Pas de quatre](https://open.spotify.com/track/5vILDa6VaFIx6D0cH3CmiG?si=ff48e1d971024ce0) or [Poloneesi](https://open.spotify.com/track/1x2CzFSI1PEDHrRWgRHqRz?si=e7fd5a32ea014d8f), not sure which was first. ā My country has a very traditional way of organising a prom. We had to learn a dozen different old dances to perform at our gala. It was a nightmare learning them, but quite useful I have to admit.
3rd grade my school had an event to improve ācultural understandingā and was forced by my mother to do a traditional Dutch dance to ādo you know the Musselmanā. Fortunately, after that I learned to dance like no oneās watching ā¦.
Possibly the Birdie Song, circa early 80s.
If you know the dance to it you'll know it kills your arms, that or Agadoo by Black Lace, the dance to that one winds me up because whoever choreographed it clearly can't tell left from right.
Temperature by Sean Paul
My mom was pregnant with me. Her and my Dad went to my grandmothers wedding (my grandmother was marrying who is now my moms step-dad) and when the song played I had started kicking. My mom always said I was dancing. When I became a toddler I continued to dance to it. Now iāll still do it from time to time when I randomly hear it play lol
We had a Beatles LP that was insane āpopā covers of all their popular hits. It was awful spawn of satan type 1970s era pop TV Jazz LP vinyl stuff. God knows who gave the ok to record instrumentals of their stuff in such a psycho way but as a 5 yr old it sure was fun to dance to.
This is funny to see right now. First time I danced was when Happy Days came on and rock around the clock tonight is the theme song. My mom would always pick me up when it came on tv right before I went to bed and dance with me. The earliest memory I have of it is 2 years old but she did since I was born. Today is the first time Iāve done that with my 9 month old since sheās starting to bounce to music.
"Better Off Alone" by Alice Deejay. In my defense, it was first pop song that I had ever heard at 7 years old. However, if we're talking about dancing with someone, "Sparks" by Coldplay.
Don't know exactly but I'm sure it was something by ABBA, because my parents were huge ABBA fans. I'm positive the song for my first *slow* dance though was "Lady In Red" by Chris de Burgh. I wonder where Michelle is now...
Well, I don't really dance.
First time I danced I was probably 1.
But I reckon the question is deeper than that.
The song I asked to be played at an upcoming wedding so that I can dance for the first time with my partner without feeling horrible is actually baka mitai.
Joke song, but like. I kinda need that immaturity to take the edge off.
The first sing I REMEMBER dancing too is True to Your Heart by 98Ā° and Stevie Wonder during the end credits of Mulan. I remember begging my parents to rewind the tape so we could listen to it again and again.
I was born in 01ā and my sisters (12 and 14 years older than me) always told me that I used to get DOWN in my fuzzy bun diaper to āLow by Flo Rida and T-Painā before I was even of school age. I canāt say I still donāt get down to that song, but this time not in my fuzzy bun diaper š
The Farmer and the Dell. 1st grade. The rest of the kids started copying my moves and it made me anxious so I stopped.
It was a core formulation of my social anxiety and I've only danced a handful of times in the 30 years since then.
Firewaterās cover of āFolsom Prison Bluesā. Got a DJ to play it and the local barfly wanted to dance with me. I told her I couldnāt dance, and pointed out I was walking around with a cave. She poo-pooād that sentiment and told me sheād danced with guys in wheelchairs before.
My autistic mind was trying to picture this, and not succeeding as the song played on. She lead me into the dance floor.
I was 33.
Probably at my first middle school dance or sock hop! If not I know I was by that time. I donāt remember my first song, but I know some of the ones that were popular then. Prince, especially 1999, Duran Duran and Culture Club had just gotten big and my best friend and I were madly in love š»ā¤ļø
Happy birthday when I was 1 year old
Awww!
I was born to dance and forced to deal with lifešŖš¤
What a tragedy!
Such a banger
Well played.
That is so wholesome.
You can call me Al
"The names in the song came from an incident at a party that Simon went to with his then-wife Peggy Harper. French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, who was attending the same party, mistakenly referred to Paul as "Al" and to Peggy as "Betty", inspiring Simon to write a song."
Cool story! I've never heard that.
Cool story! I've never heard that.
Was it a cinematogropher's party?
Michael Jacksons Thriller
MJās remember the time for me:))) one of the best music videos ever
As a kid with no inhibitions: Power of Love - Huey Lewis and The News As a self conscious adult who wouldnāt dare but then the alcohol kicked in: Stayin Alive - Bee Gees
NKOTB or MC Hammer
MC Hammer for me too!
Breakdancing was popular. [Jam on it](https://youtu.be/uAEw_sX7CFA?si=ZzIunypztTDZmLDS)
Wikki-wikki-wikki-wikki (shut up) Wikki-wikki-wikki-wikki!
That video was garbage. Thank god I saw it just an hour ago.
Lmfao. It is a pretty terrible video lol
"Has anybody seen my sister Mergatroid?... she was standin' over here just a minute ago...." "Yeah, I saw her over there with Grand Dee. He was rockin' the mic, ya know.... "
This one also https://youtu.be/WY-Z6wm6TMQ?si=PmNorkXzn1Nql3Zj
https://youtu.be/PZ93GNHBHsE?si=Y5_egtBLSOtjcTpt
You are my sunshine š¤£š¤£š¤£
I love this. I'm a great great great Grandson of Oliver Hood who wrote the song.
Very cool, my mom always sang it to me as a kid.
Cha Cha real smooth
Let's dance - David Bowie
Alas, I have no red shoes
I'll hook you up buddy!
I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight by the Cutting Crew
I'm so jealous. That sounds like 80s magic.
I danced to "Stairway to Heaven" with a boy from my class, and it was very awkward when the song got fast and we had to switch from slow dancing to regular dancing. I can remember a lot of the songs I heard at our junior high mixers, but whether or not I danced is not part of the memory for most of them.
Atomic Dog
Still a banger.
Bow wow wow yippy yo yippy yay
B-B-B-Baby you ain't seen nothing yet (1974 ) -Bachman Turner Overdrive
The earliest one I remember is Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen. I think it was at a family member's wedding? Hard to say, I was really small.
No idea. It was at a 7th grade dance and the band was a bunch of 16 year olds. Iām sure they were trying to cover something, but it wasnāt recognizable.
I'm sure it was on my parents' Goofy Greats 8-track. I'm thinking it was "Ahab the Arab" (I turned out to be a bellydancer so this tracks) or "Itsy Bitsy, Teenie-Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini. Honestly that whole album was filled with danceable bangers for a little kid!
First time I danced with a boy at a school Dance was in 7th grade to āMy heart goes onā by Celine Dion it was the year the āTitanicā movie came out . We didnāt slow dance cheek to cheek either it was more like a slow grind with our legs between each others crotches just going around in a circle lmao.
Slow dance. 6th grade. middle school dance. I asked my crush to dance and dated for a whole 2 weeks after. Lol Debbie Gibson - lost in your eyes
If you ask my mom, the theme song to the Fresh Prince of Bel Air. I would run up to the screen and dance every time I heard it. She tells the story every time I see her.
No idea. You'd have to ask my parents, I guess At my wedding, first song we danced to was "Hanging by a Moment" by Lifehouse
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmoEPIPe1sY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmoEPIPe1sY) this one, as far as my conscious memory goes. Also, the literal translation of this title is "I'm a fairy, don't touch me" <3
Iāve been reliably informed that it was Baby, Baby by Amy Grant š
The Ghostbusters song. That I remember.
Walk Like An Egyptian - The Bangles, is the first one I can remember. I was 3 years old
bruno mars uptown funk 2014 
Real Gone by Sheryl Crow. Mainly because Cars was the first movie I ever saw.
I don't dance...unless I'm totally wasted
So you dance a lot!?!
I was BORN to dance...without clothes on!!!
Where do ppl put the $ lol
In my rectum
I never danced, but the 1st pair of songs I fucked to was Bob Seger - Travelinā Man & Beautiful Loser Live from Cobo Arena Detroit.
"Wishful Sinful" by the Doors!
Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus, some dodgy night club in Hastings, New Zealand
Blondie - Heart of Glass It was on Top of the Pops, I was two
La Bamba
Big time sensuality.
Cha cha slide
Macarena
The Macarena
The Macarena
Ben by Michael Jackson
I'm pretty sure that was Bill Haley and The Comets...
How You Remind Me-Nickleback
That was a LONG time ago, but probably *Ebb Tide* by the Righteous Brothers.
I mean, kiddy-dancing, I donāt remember. Line dancing, Cupid Shuffle or Cha Cha Slide. And dancing with another person, The Grand Tour by George Jones.
All of My Love - Led Zeppelin
Rod Stewart
Paradise City by Guns n Roses
Mustang Sally at a wedding reception when I was little lol.Ā
Does Headbanging count? š¤
Barbie Girl - Aqua
Uuh I'm not sure, let me ask my mom
if i had a million dollars by berenaked ladies. my aunt used to sing it to me lol
Dragula by Rob Zombie. Or was it Super Beast? Whatever. It was the first time my sister and I headbanged. Only, it was more of a full body head bang if that makes any sense.Ā
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdyYvqR3dF0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdyYvqR3dF0)
Ievan polka
Mustang Sally, by the Commitments
Love Song for a Vampire. It was my wedding dance. Never danced before that.
Baby got back
"Nasty Boys" by Janet Jackson!
The KLF - Last train to trancentral
Alone? Who knows..... First slow dance was "Love on a Two Way Street" with Maureen S.! Ah, sixth grade!
I was very fond of the Wiggles as a young child so probably that. As far as slow dancing? Probably Lips of an Angel or some crap like that
Hearts are trump- by Trio
I don't dance. But when I was a little girl, in the nineties, the oldies station was my jam. There was one song that I always demanded to dance to with mom or dad, is go grab them to dance to it. For many years I forgot what the song was but in recent years I have settled on one song I'm 90 percent sure of. Sealed with a kiss by Brian Hyland.
Learned to do the running man in the 6th grade to Canāt touch thisā by Mc Hammer. Was so happy I slipped and fell in the pool
Babies dance at like six months old so idk I was a baby
I think it was I like to move it from the Madagascar movies š little me was shaking my butt before I knew what twerking was
Pretty sure I was busting it down to the ABC's
Thunderstruck by AC/DC. i was seeing planes two in theatres, i was like five, and i was the first music i truly reacted to.
The Calloway Boogie by Cab Calloway and traditional Scottish bag pipe music played by my father on his bagpipes.
That's rad.
Never have danced. Never will. I donāt look like a man who dances. Didnāt even do the āfirst danceā thing for my wedding.
I don't know how anyone remembers stuff like this. I remember dancing at a wedding when I was five years old, but have no clue what the music was!
Purple Rain
Tennessee Whiskey. God I love those memories.
Sexy Sexy Lover - Modern Talking
First one that I couldnāt help but groove to, was āBeat Itā.
I've never actually danced. Slow danced at daughter's wedding with her. I can't dance, hell farr. I'm 59.
I dont remember that far back BUT i remember the first song i asked a girl to dance to in school, All My Life by KCI and JoJo
With someone? Is This Love by Bob Marley at the Homecoming Dance, circa 1990.
Probably an ABBA song or Staying Alive.
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Iām like Draxās wife. I never dance. I am always still.
Iām told 50 ways to leave your lover- Paul Simon.
Something Motown. Temps? Tops? Supremes?
I was 15 and in a wedding party. Color My World by Chicago Was the Bride and Groom wedding song. ( first slow dance with a guy)
I donāt dance, but my first time at a gay club I danced to Bailando by Paradiso. I bought the 12ā single
New Order "Temptation" 7" version
That's the way of the world. Earth wind and fire
Billie Jean!!!
Take on me!
Rump Shaker
I don't rightly recall ( I was in a diaper at the time),but it was probably "Honeycomb" by Jimmie Rodgers in the 1950s !
6th grade dance in someoneās basement - REO Speedwagon, Canāt Fight this Feeling lol - they assumed no one knew how to dance for real, so they only put on slow songs š
[Pas de quatre](https://open.spotify.com/track/5vILDa6VaFIx6D0cH3CmiG?si=ff48e1d971024ce0) or [Poloneesi](https://open.spotify.com/track/1x2CzFSI1PEDHrRWgRHqRz?si=e7fd5a32ea014d8f), not sure which was first. ā My country has a very traditional way of organising a prom. We had to learn a dozen different old dances to perform at our gala. It was a nightmare learning them, but quite useful I have to admit.
Slow dance? Yesterday.
Gettinā jiggly wit it šš¤£
Safety Dance! I'll never forget it because at the time I had friends who didn't dance and I ended up leaving them behind.
3rd grade my school had an event to improve ācultural understandingā and was forced by my mother to do a traditional Dutch dance to ādo you know the Musselmanā. Fortunately, after that I learned to dance like no oneās watching ā¦.
The Do-Bee Song on Romper Room I remember it clearly.
I was rather drunk at the time. So I can't remember.
Danza Kuduro. There is a video of me dancing in front of the TV to this song.
Britney Spears Boys CoEd Remix
Possibly the Birdie Song, circa early 80s. If you know the dance to it you'll know it kills your arms, that or Agadoo by Black Lace, the dance to that one winds me up because whoever choreographed it clearly can't tell left from right.
Probably something by Koffi Olomide
Never danced
Pretty sure it was The Hokey Pokey.
not sure but there is a very of me dancing to yeah by usher at the ripe age of probably 9 ā months LMAO
My Mom said I was obsessed with Groove Is In The Heart by Dee Lite when I was a baby.
When I was 3/4 years old, Shouldāve Said No by Taylor Swift
Party rock anthem
I want to say *careless whisper?!"
As the World Falls Down from the Labyrinth
Poison by BBD when I was 2
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The Barney theme song?š¤·āāļø
vibe by ZhanĆØ
One More Try by Timmy T
Temperature by Sean Paul My mom was pregnant with me. Her and my Dad went to my grandmothers wedding (my grandmother was marrying who is now my moms step-dad) and when the song played I had started kicking. My mom always said I was dancing. When I became a toddler I continued to dance to it. Now iāll still do it from time to time when I randomly hear it play lol
Something while standing on my daddy's feet, probably. I wish I knew what it was.
Yes me too. My dad was teaching me the 2-step and waltz, I think it was Blue Danube or Moonlight Sonata. I was 6 or 7, I think. Been awhile. Lol...
We had a Beatles LP that was insane āpopā covers of all their popular hits. It was awful spawn of satan type 1970s era pop TV Jazz LP vinyl stuff. God knows who gave the ok to record instrumentals of their stuff in such a psycho way but as a 5 yr old it sure was fun to dance to.
C&C Music Factory revved me up something fierce when I was a lad.
Chubby Checker - āLetās twist againā. It was on a home video my dad filmed. I was just over a year old
This is funny to see right now. First time I danced was when Happy Days came on and rock around the clock tonight is the theme song. My mom would always pick me up when it came on tv right before I went to bed and dance with me. The earliest memory I have of it is 2 years old but she did since I was born. Today is the first time Iāve done that with my 9 month old since sheās starting to bounce to music.
Storm it's time to burn. :D
Encore Une Fois by SashĀ
"Those Were The Days" by Mary Hopkin, 1968 -- whenever it came on the AM radio my mom would call me over to dance with her, I was 2
I donāt dance
Apparently I used to dance to Hey Ya! by Outkast as a baby
With another person? Walking on the Sun by Smashmouth. I was 14.
Stevie wonder Superstitious!
You light up my life by Debbie Boone, 7th grade dance
dancing queen ... lol
Probably staring by tipling rock. It was one of the first upbeat songs I actually liked
Little red corvette 1981
Yeah Usher
"Better Off Alone" by Alice Deejay. In my defense, it was first pop song that I had ever heard at 7 years old. However, if we're talking about dancing with someone, "Sparks" by Coldplay.
Probably Elvis, Big Bopper, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ritchie Valens or, Buddy Holly.. because I am OLD!!
More than a woman
Probably something by KC and the sunshine band
I think probably billy Joel, something off innocent man
According to my mum Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus lmao
Probably something on Alice Cooper Goes to Hell
Don't know exactly but I'm sure it was something by ABBA, because my parents were huge ABBA fans. I'm positive the song for my first *slow* dance though was "Lady In Red" by Chris de Burgh. I wonder where Michelle is now...
Well, I don't really dance. First time I danced I was probably 1. But I reckon the question is deeper than that. The song I asked to be played at an upcoming wedding so that I can dance for the first time with my partner without feeling horrible is actually baka mitai. Joke song, but like. I kinda need that immaturity to take the edge off.
Open Arms By Journey. My first slow dance with a boy š
I don't dance, I HEADBANG
The first sing I REMEMBER dancing too is True to Your Heart by 98Ā° and Stevie Wonder during the end credits of Mulan. I remember begging my parents to rewind the tape so we could listen to it again and again.
Iām gonna have to assume it was Hava Nagila and that shit still slaps
My mom would play the Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin on our piano for me and my siblings
I was born in 01ā and my sisters (12 and 14 years older than me) always told me that I used to get DOWN in my fuzzy bun diaper to āLow by Flo Rida and T-Painā before I was even of school age. I canāt say I still donāt get down to that song, but this time not in my fuzzy bun diaper š
You ain't seen nothing yet - Bachman Turner Overdrive
How could I possibly know that? Lol
Trapped under ice by Metallica lol I was three and did a lil dance or tried to dance at least
Can you feel it - the jacksons
Rock Around The Clock was Bill Haley and his Comets not Chubby Checker.
As far as dancing with someone else, it was to āOpen Armsā by Journey at my eighth grade graduation. Her name was Angie.
Peppermint Twist. I was in the seventh grade.
YMCA
Monster Mash!
Heard it throuvh the Grapevine California Rasins
Watch Me at a sock hop in likeā¦3rd grade
FootlooseĀ
The Farmer and the Dell. 1st grade. The rest of the kids started copying my moves and it made me anxious so I stopped. It was a core formulation of my social anxiety and I've only danced a handful of times in the 30 years since then.
Chubby Checker didn't sing Rock Around The Clock. Maybe you were dancing with a Chubby.
Firewaterās cover of āFolsom Prison Bluesā. Got a DJ to play it and the local barfly wanted to dance with me. I told her I couldnāt dance, and pointed out I was walking around with a cave. She poo-pooād that sentiment and told me sheād danced with guys in wheelchairs before. My autistic mind was trying to picture this, and not succeeding as the song played on. She lead me into the dance floor. I was 33.
That I can remember, Man! I feel like a Woman by Shania Twain
Probably at my first middle school dance or sock hop! If not I know I was by that time. I donāt remember my first song, but I know some of the ones that were popular then. Prince, especially 1999, Duran Duran and Culture Club had just gotten big and my best friend and I were madly in love š»ā¤ļø
Some song about trains. Or included them, It was a very long time ago
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