Songs like Enjoy Yourself by MJ
October 8, 2010 5:39 AM Subscribe
I'm looking for a very specific kind of song for a video project that I'm working on - something fun, happy, upbeat - has lyrics that might actually be about having fun, having a party, friendship, dancing or some other related topic.
The perfect song would be something like Enjoy Yourself by Michael Jackson (which I can't use because it is being used somewhere else). But I need another song exactly like that one: It conjures images of fun, good times, friends, getting out and dancing/playing, etc.
Get the idea? What other songs are there that would fit this description.
The perfect song would be something like Enjoy Yourself by Michael Jackson (which I can't use because it is being used somewhere else). But I need another song exactly like that one: It conjures images of fun, good times, friends, getting out and dancing/playing, etc.
Get the idea? What other songs are there that would fit this description.
"Shake your Coconuts" by Junior Senior is possibly the most unabashedly fun song ever written.
posted by sarastro at 5:46 AM on October 8, 2010
posted by sarastro at 5:46 AM on October 8, 2010
Move Your Feet by Junior Senior is great too.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 5:49 AM on October 8, 2010
posted by EndsOfInvention at 5:49 AM on October 8, 2010
Family Affair is the song that stuck itself in my head after reading your question.
posted by phoenixy at 5:49 AM on October 8, 2010
posted by phoenixy at 5:49 AM on October 8, 2010
Martha and the Vandellas - "Dancing in the Streets"
posted by Joe Beese at 6:12 AM on October 8, 2010
posted by Joe Beese at 6:12 AM on October 8, 2010
Best answer: If you want to get a little old school, Sam Cooke's Having a Party?
posted by oinopaponton at 6:58 AM on October 8, 2010
posted by oinopaponton at 6:58 AM on October 8, 2010
I vote for Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime.
posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis at 7:05 AM on October 8, 2010
posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis at 7:05 AM on October 8, 2010
Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves
posted by nightwood at 7:30 AM on October 8, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by nightwood at 7:30 AM on October 8, 2010 [1 favorite]
Andrew W.K. - We Want Fun
Gary U.S. Bonds - Quarter to Three
Bruce Springsteen - Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
posted by ghharr at 7:37 AM on October 8, 2010
Gary U.S. Bonds - Quarter to Three
Bruce Springsteen - Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
posted by ghharr at 7:37 AM on October 8, 2010
Best answer: There's also Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) which is apparently a different song, here's the Specials' version
posted by ghharr at 7:42 AM on October 8, 2010
posted by ghharr at 7:42 AM on October 8, 2010
I have a mental continuum of "fun time party" songs, which can be ordered based on the likelihood of the cops showing up:
(lower)
"Walking On Sunshine" (Katrina/Waves)
↓
"Celebration" (Kool/Gang)
↓
"Got To Give It Up" (Marvin Gaye)
↓
anything from Andrew W.K.'s first album
↓
"Wang Dang Doodle" (Howlin' Wolf)
↓
"It's Gonna Be a Long Night" (Ween)
(higher)
posted by AkzidenzGrotesk at 8:06 AM on October 8, 2010
(lower)
"Walking On Sunshine" (Katrina/Waves)
↓
"Celebration" (Kool/Gang)
↓
"Got To Give It Up" (Marvin Gaye)
↓
anything from Andrew W.K.'s first album
↓
"Wang Dang Doodle" (Howlin' Wolf)
↓
"It's Gonna Be a Long Night" (Ween)
(higher)
posted by AkzidenzGrotesk at 8:06 AM on October 8, 2010
I Gotta Feeling by the Black-Eyed Peas? It gets used for fun upbeat lipdubs all the time.
posted by Happy Dave at 8:24 AM on October 8, 2010
posted by Happy Dave at 8:24 AM on October 8, 2010
"We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together"' by The Velvet Underground
"Party Til The World Obeys" by The Meat Puppets
"Maybe Partying Will Help" by The Minutemen
And in a slightly different vein, but it's always struck me as a particularly happy, goofy song: "Books About UFOs", by Husker Du.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 9:07 AM on October 8, 2010
"Party Til The World Obeys" by The Meat Puppets
"Maybe Partying Will Help" by The Minutemen
And in a slightly different vein, but it's always struck me as a particularly happy, goofy song: "Books About UFOs", by Husker Du.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 9:07 AM on October 8, 2010
Say Hey (I Love You) by Michael Franti and Spearhead. There's one or two lines that aren't happy, but overall it's about as cheerful as you get.
posted by The corpse in the library at 9:38 AM on October 8, 2010
posted by The corpse in the library at 9:38 AM on October 8, 2010
Response by poster: Those are all great! I think Sam Cooke and The Specials would fit the bill best for the nature of this film. The sound of the Cooke song is a better fit, but the lyrics of the Specials song are absolutely perfect (it will play over a bunch of young people doing crazy stuff).
Thanks for the great suggestions! I'm not sure which I'll use yet - but now I have some good direction. Thanks.
posted by crapples at 3:07 PM on October 8, 2010
Thanks for the great suggestions! I'm not sure which I'll use yet - but now I have some good direction. Thanks.
posted by crapples at 3:07 PM on October 8, 2010
A little late to the party:
R.E.M.'s Shiny Happy People.
posted by Paris Elk at 1:18 AM on October 9, 2010
R.E.M.'s Shiny Happy People.
posted by Paris Elk at 1:18 AM on October 9, 2010
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posted by EndsOfInvention at 5:40 AM on October 8, 2010