I have probably 50-75 songs I love dancing to, but here are a half dozen that come to mind offhand.
Xanadu sung by Olivia Newton John https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLi8fTlDEag IMDB review: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081777/ I think this movie is underrated. Or maybe I'm just smitten with Olivia and the Electric Light Orchestra disco soundtrack.
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Official Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIb6AZdTr-A One of the most danceable songs ever made. Trivia: The man who plays her father in this video was a professional wrestler, so when Cyndi puts a half nelson on him and slams him into the wall, that was an inside joke as well as an obvious one.
MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This (Official Music Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otCpCn0l4Wo Early rap with a strong beat. A few years ago one of my co-workers mentioned a name I didn't recognize, and I said "Who?" He looked at me like a Martian and said "The rapper." So I said "Oh. The only thing I know about rap is 'You Can't Touch This"" (Said in proper rhythm and with an appropriate dance move). Again he looked at me like a Martian and said "Do you have any idea how old that is?" And I said "Yeah." The conversation ended instantly.
The Shirelles - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbxxkwBQk_o A classic slow-dance song (simi-slow?) The funny thing about this song is that it's obviously about sex, and no one objected, whereas the song Brown Eyed Girl was forced to remove the line "making love in the green grass" because it was too suggestive. I've always wondered why "Will You Still Love Me" met the clean teen criteria and Brown Eyed Girl didn't.
Neil Sedaka - Next Door To An Angel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok3qU9VjajE Almost anything by Sedaka is bouncy and highly danceable. This is one of my favorites. And of course Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen and Breaking Up Is Hard To Do have to get honorable mention on any Sedake list. If you listen carefully you'll notice Sedaka sings the background vocals like "doo bop she down down" himself on all his records.
Herman's Hermits - End Of The World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78Gc...efZvzlnnMfs9OF A tearjerker perfect for close-together slow dancing, but not when there are grumps (grownups) around. You have to stay 12 inches apart while they're watching.
What are some of your favorite songs you love to dance to?