Thank you Marcia Griffiths for bringing us what has to be the world’s most popular line dance, the Electric Slide…unfortunately after decades of dancing the Electric Slide to Griffiths’ “Electric Boogie” song, it’s time for a few alternatives! Did you know the original Electric Slide line dance was choreographed BEFORE I WAS BORN (1976, according to Wikipedia)…although Griffiths’ song was not released until 1990.
Drum roll please…
134 ALTERNATIVE SONGS FOR THE ELECTRIC SLIDE LINE DANCE
- “A Little Less Talk & A Lot More Action,” Toby Keith
- “A Mover La Colita,” Sonora Dinamita
- “A Night to Remember,” Shalamar
- “Addicted to Love,” Robert Palmer
- “All Night Long,” Lionel Ritchie
- “All She Wants to Do Is Dance,” Don Henley
- “And the Beat Goes On,” The Whispers
- “Another One Bites the Dust,” Queen
- “Anything, Anything,” Dramarama
- “Arrepegaito,” Raza Obrera
- “Atomic Dog,” George Clinton
- “Aw Naw,” Chris Young
- “Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On,” Mel McDaniel
- “Bad,” Michael Jackson
- “Beer for my Horses,” Toby Keith
- “Bernadette,” The Four Tops
- “Billie Jean,” Michael Jackson
- “Break My Stride,” Matthew Wilder
- “Breaking Up is Hard to Do,” Neil Sedaka
- “Brick House,” The Commodores
- “Bust a Move,” Young MC
- “California Dreamin,'” Mamas & the Papas
- “Can’t Feel my Face,” The Weeknd
- “Caribbean Queen,” Billy Ocean
- “Cleopatra Queen of Denial,” Pam Tillis
- “Come On Eileen,” Dexy’s Mignight Runners
- “Crazy,” Gnarles Barkley
- “Cruel Summer,” Bananarama
- “December 1963 (Oh What a Night),” The Four Seasons
- “Dime Quien Es,” Los Rieleros del Norte
- “Disco Inferno,” Bee Gees
- “Down on the Corner,” Credence Clearwater Revival
- “Drinkin’ Bone,” Tracy Byrd
- “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy,” Rod Stewart
- “Don’t Rock the Jukebox,” Alan Jackson
- “Down on the Farm,” Tim McGraw
- “Emotions,” Mariah Carey
- “Enjoy the Silence,” Depeche Mode
- “Escandalo,” Sonora Dinamita
- “Even Flow,” Pearl Jam
- “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back),” Backstreet Boys
- “Everyday People,” Sly & the Family Stone
- “Fast as You,” Dwight Yoakum
- “Feels Good,” Tony Toni Tone
- “Feels Like the First Time,” Foreigner
- “Forget Me Nots,” Patrice Rushen
- “Fuego,” Kumbia Kings
- “Funky Cold Medina,” Tone Loc
- “Get Down on It,” Kool & the Gang
- “Get Down Tonight,” KC & the Sunshine Band
- “Get Lucky,” Daft Punk
- “Get Up,” James Brown
- “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It,” Will Smith
- “Got to Be Real,” Cheryl Lynn
- “Habits (Stay High),” Tove Lo
- “Hangman,” Styxx
- “Heart of Glass,” Blondie
- “Here for the Party,” Gretchen Wilson
- “Hick Chicks,” Cowboy Troy
- “Hollaback Girl,” Gwen Stefani
- “Hot in Herre,” Nelly
- “Humpin’ Around,” Bobby Brown
- “Hungry Heart,” Bruce Springsteen
- “Ice Ice Baby,” Vanilla Ice
- “I Feel Lucky,” Mary-Chapin Carpenter
- “I Like It, I Love It,” Tim McGraw
- “I’m Gonna Getcha Good,” Shania Twain
- “Indian Outlaw,” Tim McGraw
- “Island in the Sun,” Weezer
- “It Takes Two,” Rob Base
- “I Want Candy,” Bow Wow Wow
- “I Will Survive,” Gloria Gaynor
- “Jolene,” Dolly Parton
- “Just a Girl,” No Doubt
- “Keep Your Hands to Yourself,” Georgia Satellites
- “Kiss,” Prince
- “Ladies Love Country Boys,” Trace Adkins
- “Ladies Night,” Kool & the Gang
- “Lady Marmalade,” Patty Labelle -or- Christina Aguilera
- “Larger Than Life,” Backstreet Boys
- “Lean Like a Cholo,” Down AKA Kilo
- “Legs,” ZZ Top
- “Let’s Talk About Sex,” Salt N Pepa
- “Life in the Fast Lane,” The Eagles
- “Like a Prayer,” Madonna
- “Little Sister,” Dwight Yoakum
- “Looking for a New Love,” Jody Watley
- “Man! I Feel Like a Woman,” Shania Twain
- “Miami,” Will Smith
- “Midnight,” Pitbull
- “Milkshake,” Kelis
- “Mustang Sally,” Wilson Pickett
- “My Eyes Don’t Cry,” Stevie Wonder
- “My Kind of Girl,” Collin Raye
- “My Prerogative,” Bobby Brown
- “Na Na Hey Hey–Kiss Him Goodbye,” Paul Leka
- “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da,” Beatles
- “Obsession,” Animotion
- “Old Time Rock & Roll,” Bob Segar
- “One in Every Crowd,” Montgomery Gentry
- “Only in America,” Brooks & Dunn
- “Open Your Eyes,” Staind
- “Outta My Head,” Craig Campbell
- “Play Something Country,” Brooks & Dunn
- “Play that Funky Music,” White Cherry
- “Poison,” Bel Biv Devoe
- “Prison Sex,” Tool
- “Put Some Drive in Your Country,” Travis Tritt
- “Rhythm Nation,” Janet Jackson
- “Rock My World Little Country Girl,” Brooks & Dunn
- “Rollin’ in the Deep,” Adele
- “Sabes a Chocolate,” Kumbia Kings
- “Shake a Pudding,” Dub Narcotic Sound System
- “Shake Your Booty,” KC & the Sunshine Band
- “Sharp-Dressed Man,” ZZ Top
- “She Drives Me Crazy,” Fine Young Cannibals
- “She Hates Me,” Puddle of Mud
- “Sideways,” Dierks Bentley
- “Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours,” Stevie Wonder
- “Somebody’s Watching Me,” Rockwell ft. Michael Jackson
- “Summer in the City,” Lovin’ Spoonful
- “That’s the Way I Like It,” KC & the Sunshine Band
- “The Power,” Snap!
- “The Wanderer,” Dion
- “Think,” Aretha Franklin
- “Tuff Enuff,” The Fabulous Thunderbirds
- “Turn Me On,” Kevin Lyttle
- “Two of a Kind, Workin’ on a Full House,” Garth Brooks
- “Upside Down,” Diana Ross
- “Walk This Way,” Aerosmith
- “Wannabe,” Spice Girls
- “Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under,” Shania Twain
- “Without Me,” Eminem
- “Why Wait,” Rascal Flatts
This is by no means a complete list of alternative songs for the Electric Slide line dance…leave me your faves in the comments below!
