"Safe" song with a driving beat for Best Buddies video

December 18, 2009 10:58 AM

Looking for a song with a beat like Tik Tok by Ke$ha or Tonight's Gonna be a Good Night by Black-Eyes Peas but without references to drinking or "language" for a video.

I volunteered to produce a video for Best Buddies and rather than the typical inspirational stuff they use I am trying to create something that is a bit more "cool" and "fun", not as much Goo Goo Dolls "Give a Little Bit", which they use too much. So both those songs have a great beat and are fun...looking for something like that but that won't risk offending...any thoughts? Bonus points if it has an inspirational message...

posted by UMDirector to Media & Arts (7 answers total)

Ke$ha is a shameless rip-off of Uffie. Try Justice.
posted by fire&wings at 11:07 AM on December 18, 2009

Try Evacuate the Dance Floor by Cascada. It's pretty clean and upbeat.
posted by OrangeSoda at 11:14 AM on December 18, 2009

The radio version of "I Gotta Feeling" by The Black-Eyed Peas (that's the actual title of the song you mentioned) is clean. Might want to search for that.
posted by cmgonzalez at 11:22 AM on December 18, 2009

This mashup of Justice's "D.A.N.C.E." and the Jackson 5's "I Want You Back" is squeaky clean and always puts a smile on my face. Memail me if you want an MP3 of it.
posted by oinopaponton at 11:23 AM on December 18, 2009

FUNKYTOWN
posted by Sys Rq at 11:25 AM on December 18, 2009

Jurassic 5 "Work it out".. Listen to it with a fine tooth comb, but I think it's pretty innocuous.. A little more downtempo than "I got a feeling" though, I guess.
posted by davey_darling at 12:21 PM on December 18, 2009

A chunk from gui boratto's beautiful life might work?
posted by jeb at 6:48 PM on December 18, 2009