Dancing Queen is the nations favourite, but what song gets you onto the dance floor

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We have sent camera crews out across the country to discover people’s favourite party anthem.

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00:00 What is the best song to get you off your feet and onto the dance floor?

00:07 Fault Loose. Because one of the chords, Fault Loose, you get off and start dancing to it.

00:16 Oh, definitely Dancing Queen. I am a dancing queen.

00:22 So you go to weddings and everything, yeah?

00:24 Oh, God, yeah. Love the weddings. Love it, love it, love it. That's all I can sing.

00:29 Oh, it would be Murder on the Dance Floor from Sophie Ellis Baxter, obviously.

00:35 Oh, now you're putting us on the spot. I do like Sophie Ellis Baxter, Murder on the Dance Floor.

00:42 I love any kind of music. You know, I'm at that age now, I appreciate everything.

00:46 I was at the stage when there was a mod and all that, like, you know what I mean?

00:50 I'm Scooter, Lampretta, Get On Girl, you know, all that.

00:55 Yeah, good question. Probably, well, we've listened to a lot of live music on this trip.

01:00 I kind of like classic rock oldies, like bangers, like Jon Bon Jovi or like something maybe from the '80s or '90s.

01:07 I got fed up with it myself. I like Caribbean Queen.

01:11 And I think that's what gets people off. But you see, once upon a time, I could do the tango, merengue, tango.

01:20 I could do all that. I can't do that anymore, but hey, I hope.

01:25 Well, I can't really disagree with ABBA.

01:28 No, I do not.

01:29 Any ABBA song kind of just gets the whole room going, doesn't it?

01:33 I don't know. What would you sign?

01:35 I don't know. It's probably a bit cliche, but it was just blowing up.

01:37 But Fred again, like just because, I don't know.

01:39 When I first started liking it was during COVID.

01:41 It was when my mum and I were in the kitchen.

01:44 And yeah, but like that just reminds me of, I don't know, happiness.

01:47 And at the time I really wasn't that happy, but yeah, anything like that.

01:50 Dancing Queen, yes. I well remember that when it was out in the charts.

01:55 Because we had a really hot summer, 1976. It didn't rain for about three months.

02:00 I went on holiday. I went up Durham where, as you do.

02:03 I put that on the joke box and it started heaving it down.

02:09 That's why I always remember that. It's pretty good, I think.

02:12 But my favourite, I'm old and I like really old stuff, is Danny and the Junies, Up the Harp.

02:18 The classic rock and roll dancehall. 50s rock and roll dancehall tune.

02:22 Yeah, so I agree that Amber's Dancing Queen is an absolutely fantastic record.

02:26 But for me it's always been loaded by Primal Scream.

02:29 That's an absolute classic if you want to get everyone on the dance floor.

02:32 Everyone jumping up and moving about. That's the one for me.

02:35 What was it called? I want to dance with somebody.

02:39 I can't remember what it's called.

02:41 That's what it's called?

02:43 Yeah, I quite like that one.

02:45 Why would you say that one?

02:47 Because it's got good rhythm and you can move.

02:50 Madison Avenue, Don't Call Me Baby.

02:54 I can't think of one in particular. I don't know.

02:58 What were you dancing to last night?

03:00 I can't remember. I was a bit drunk.

03:03 (laughing)

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