24 Popular Line Dance Songs

Choreography Difficulty Level: Medium
Lyrical Instructions Included? No

The Swedish group turned the traditional folk ballad into a Eurodance banger, often paired with a funky square dance.

Choreography Difficulty Level: Medium
Lyrical Instructions Included? Yes

Two hops this time! Let Mr. C the Slideman guide everyone through this epic tune: “To the left / Take it back now, y’all / One hop this time / Right foot, let’s stomp / Left foot, let’s stomp / Cha-cha real smooth / Turn it out.”

Choreography Difficulty Level: Medium
Lyrical Instructions Included? Yes

In a barn or in the country? “Do Si Do” works for a big occasion. Want something a little more raucous? Try Pitbull and Kesha’s “Timber,” which interpolates the classic.

Choreography Difficulty Level: Medium
Lyrical Instructions Included? No, but at least half of the guests likely know it.

Even if the guests don’t know the steps, by the end of the “Boogie” they’ll be doing their best electric slide along with the crowd.

Choreography Difficulty Level: Easy
Lyrical Instructions Included? Yes

No prior knowledge of the moves needed here. Sure, it’s a little bit kitschy – but that’s what it’s all about.

Choreography Difficulty Level: Easy
Lyrical Instructions Included? No, but everyone will catch on.

With a little bit of this and a little bit of that, they’ll be shaking their tails to “The Chicken Dance.” (It’s especially great for the children in attendance.)

Choreography Difficulty Level: Easy
Lyrical Instructions Included? No

Put your hands in the air and spell out the letters to this standard from the ‘70s.

Choreography Difficulty Level: Medium
Lyrical Instructions Included? No

When the “Macarena” swept the nation in 1996, its routine from the music video made it perfect for all ages.

Choreography Difficulty Level: Easy
Lyrical Instructions Included? Kind of

If partygoers can jump on it, they can participate.

Choreography Difficulty Level: Easy
Lyrical Instructions Included? Yes

The Louisiana rapper instructs listeners on his namesake arrangement: “To the right, to the right, to the right, to the right/ To the left, to the left, to the left, to the left/ Now kick, now kick, now kick, now kick/ Now walk it by yourself, now walk it by yourself.”

Choreography Difficulty Level: Medium
Lyrical Instructions Included? Yes

Knowing how to do the stanky leg is a prerequisite for Silentó’s hit.

Choreography Difficulty Level: Medium
Lyrical Instructions Included? Kind of

“Snap ya fingers in the air and shake yo micros too/ Now you can lean wit it, and you can drop wit it,” the GS Boyz rap on the 2009 track.

Choreography Difficulty Level: Medium
Lyrical Instructions Included? Yes

V.I.C.’s 2008 cut starts with a clear direction: “All the shawties in the club (Let me see you just)/ Back it up, drop it down (Let me see you just)/ Get low and scrub the ground (Let me see you just)/ Push it up, push it up.”

Choreography Difficulty Level: Medium

Lyrical Instructions Included? Yes

A popular fad in the ‘60s, the mashed potato lives through on Sharp. “Get up to the beat now,” she sings, “come on and twist your feet now, baby.”

Choreography Difficulty Level: Medium
Lyrical Instructions Included? Yes

The Carole King-Gerry Coffin-penned oldie promises that a kid “can do it with ease.” “You gotta swing your hips now/ Come on, baby/ Jump up/ Jump back / Well now, I think you’ve got the knack,” Little Eva directs.

Choreography Difficulty Level: Medium
Lyrical Instructions Included? Yes

As Soulja Boy tells ‘em: “I got this new dance for y’all called the ‘Soulja Boy’ (Yuu)/ You just gotta punch, then crank back three times from left to right.”

Choreography Difficulty Level: Medium
Lyrical Instructions Included? Yes

Listen to Cali Swag District call it out: “All I need is a beat that’s super bumpin’/ And for you, you, you to back it up and dump it (get it)/ Put your arms out front, lean side to side/ They gon’ be on you when they see you hit that Dougie, right?”

Choreography Difficulty Level: Medium
Lyrical Instructions Included? Yes

This requires a bit of dexterity: “Now hit the danceflo’, and bend ya back low/ She do it with no hands, now stop pop and roll.”

Choreography Difficulty Level: Easy
Lyrical Instructions Included? Kind of

Checker’s smash started the craze with its simple directive: “Come on and twist/ Yeah, baby, twist/ Ooh yeah, just like this/ Come on, little miss/ And do the twist.”

Choreography Difficulty Level: Easy
Lyrical Instructions Included? No

PSY’s viral hit includes the South Korean singer’s signature move, which looks just like riding an invisible horse, complete with lasso movements.

Choreography Difficulty Level: Hard
Lyrical Instructions Included? Kind of

Van McCoy’s sensation has just one instruction: “Do the hustle” – a blanket term for popular disco dances.

Choreography Difficulty Level: Medium
Lyrical Instructions Included? Yes

The song from the cult classic film can be just as fun at a party as a midnight movie theater:  “It’s just a jump to the left/ And then a step to the right/ Put your hands on your hips/ You bring your knees in tight/ But it’s the pelvic thrust/ That really drives you insane.”

Choreography Difficulty Level: Easy
Lyrical Instructions Included? Yes (it’s a simple conga line)

What’s easier than “Come on, shake your body baby, do the conga/ I know you can’t control yourself any longer”?

Choreography Difficulty Level: Hard
Lyrical Instructions Included? No

The zombified music video’s choreo gets quite complicated – unless you’re Jennifer Garner or Mark Ruffalo in 13 Going on 30 – but it’s still an iconic dance that anyone can attempt.