Group Music

Group Participation Songs

🕺 The Ultimate Group Participation & Party Setlist

1. The “Icebreakers” (Classic Line Dances)

These are the heavy hitters that get every generation onto the floor at once.

  • Cupid Shuffle – Cupid

  • Cha Cha Slide – DJ Casper

  • The Wobble – V.I.C.

  • Electric Slide – Marcia Griffiths

  • Macarena – Los Del Rio

  • Cotton Eye Joe – Rednex (New Addition)

  • Copperhead Road – Steve Earle (New Addition)

2. High-Energy & “The Silly Stuff”

Best used for weddings, kids’ parties, or when the energy needs a jolt.

  • Chicken Dance – The Emeralds

  • Hokey Pokey – Ray Anthony

  • Bunny Hop – Ray Anthony

  • Hamster Dance – Hampton the Hamster

  • Crazy Frog (Axel F) – Crazy Frog

  • Duck Song – Bryant Oden

  • YMCA – Village People

  • Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) – Silento

  • Juuju on That Beat – Zay Hilfigerrr (New Addition)

  • Cha Cha (The D.R.A.M. Song) – D.R.A.M. (New Addition)

3. Retro Jive, Rock & Swing

For the hand-jivers and the partner-swappers.

  • The Twist – Chubby Checker

  • Rock Around the Clock – Bill Haley & His Comets

  • Greased Lightnin’ – John Travolta (Grease Cast)

  • The Hustle – Van McCoy

  • Jive Bunny Mix – Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers

  • Locomotion – Little Eva / Kylie Minogue

  • The Stroll – The Diamonds

  • Jitterbug – Wham! (Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go)

4. Cultural & Traditional Dances

The essentials for weddings and international celebrations.

  • El Caballo Dorado (No Rompas Más) – Caballo Dorado

  • Hava Nagila / The Hora – (Traditional)

  • Tarantella – (Traditional Italian)

  • Irish Jig – (Traditional / Riverdance)

  • Beer Barrel Polka – Frankie Yankovic

  • Alley Cat – Bent Fabric

5. Latin & Ballroom Flare

Specific rhythms that usually require a specific step.

  • Conga – Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

  • Mambo No. 5 – Lou Bega

  • La Cumparsita – (Tango Classic)

  • Samba De Janeiro – Bellini

  • Cha Cha – (Standard Ballroom)

6. Country & Southern Soul

  • Boot Scootin’ Boogie – Brooks & Dunn

  • Friends in Low Places – Garth Brooks

  • Strokin’ – Clarence Carter

  • Step in the Name of Love – R. Kelly

  • Casanova – Levert (New Addition – Essential R&B Slide)

7. Modern “Hype” & Viral Hits

  • Gangnam Style – PSY

  • Harlem Shake – Baauer

  • C’mon N’ Ride It (The Train) – Quad City DJ’s

  • Thriller – Michael Jackson

  • The Bad Touch (Discovery Channel) – Bloodhound Gang

  • Apache (Jump On It) – The Sugarhill Gang (New Addition)

8. The “Big Finale” & Sentimental

  • Celebration – Kool & The Gang

  • We Are Family – Sister Sledge

  • Macho Man – Village People

  • New York, New York – Frank Sinatra

  • Last Dance – Donna Summer

  • Auld Lang Syne – Guy Lombardo (For New Years)

  • Happy Birthday – Stevie Wonder version

  • Anniversary Waltz / Waltz – (Traditional)

  • That’s What Friends Are For – Dionne Warwick