I want to watch compulsive dancing
August 12, 2023 11:00 PM Subscribe
What are some music videos where the song takes control of people and compels them to dance whether they want to or not?
I can think of LMFAO's Party Rock Anthem and Fatboy Slim's Ya Mama. I feel like there's probably like a million others though, and I'd like to see them. Help me out.
I can think of LMFAO's Party Rock Anthem and Fatboy Slim's Ya Mama. I feel like there's probably like a million others though, and I'd like to see them. Help me out.
Best answer: Voodoo in My Blood - Massive Attack/Young Fathers
(I guess technically the floating orb compels her to dance but I think this suits the bill)
posted by meowmeowdream at 11:20 PM on August 12, 2023
(I guess technically the floating orb compels her to dance but I think this suits the bill)
posted by meowmeowdream at 11:20 PM on August 12, 2023
Best answer: Going Kindergarten - The Lonely Island parodies this trope.
posted by Crystalinne at 11:38 PM on August 12, 2023
posted by Crystalinne at 11:38 PM on August 12, 2023
Turn Down For What
I came in here to say this, which is one of the greatest videos I've ever seen. But since it has already been mentioned I'm going outside the box and saying Weekend at Bernie's 2.
posted by Literaryhero at 6:21 AM on August 13, 2023 [2 favorites]
I came in here to say this, which is one of the greatest videos I've ever seen. But since it has already been mentioned I'm going outside the box and saying Weekend at Bernie's 2.
posted by Literaryhero at 6:21 AM on August 13, 2023 [2 favorites]
One of my favorite videos...
Guy starts dance party at music festival.
posted by jeremias at 7:11 AM on August 13, 2023 [3 favorites]
Guy starts dance party at music festival.
posted by jeremias at 7:11 AM on August 13, 2023 [3 favorites]
Best answer: This scene from Beetlejuice (1988).
posted by panhopticon at 7:13 AM on August 13, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by panhopticon at 7:13 AM on August 13, 2023 [4 favorites]
Best answer: How about the Cuban Pete sequence from the movie The Mask?
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 8:01 AM on August 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 8:01 AM on August 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO!
posted by kiwi-epitome at 8:06 AM on August 13, 2023
posted by kiwi-epitome at 8:06 AM on August 13, 2023
Weapon of Choice - Fatboy Slim, Bootsy Collins, and Chistopher Walken.
posted by maudlin at 9:26 AM on August 13, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by maudlin at 9:26 AM on August 13, 2023 [2 favorites]
Best answer: The Knocks - Bedroom Eyes (feat. Studio Killers)
Utah Saints – Something Good '08
Hermitude - The Villain
KOPPS - Hott ft. Joywave
SAINT MOTEL - Van Horn
LITTLE BIG - HYPNODANCER (a little off topic, but thematically related)
posted by Rudy_Wiser at 9:44 AM on August 13, 2023
Utah Saints – Something Good '08
Hermitude - The Villain
KOPPS - Hott ft. Joywave
SAINT MOTEL - Van Horn
LITTLE BIG - HYPNODANCER (a little off topic, but thematically related)
posted by Rudy_Wiser at 9:44 AM on August 13, 2023
Best answer: cabin fever from muppet treasure island.
posted by j_curiouser at 10:04 AM on August 13, 2023
posted by j_curiouser at 10:04 AM on August 13, 2023
Response by poster: Oh man Turn Down for What was on the tip of my tongue when writing this question. But a lot of these I had never seen before and they're great.
Some of these I am not giving credit to, even though they're great songs and videos, because they are about people wanting to dance, not being compelled to (e.g., Freedom, Weapon of Choice, and Something Good '08). I guess "whether they want to or not" was really not what I meant in the question - my criterion is that the dancing is involuntary. Sorry for any confusion!
Please keep 'em coming!
posted by aubilenon at 11:15 AM on August 13, 2023
Some of these I am not giving credit to, even though they're great songs and videos, because they are about people wanting to dance, not being compelled to (e.g., Freedom, Weapon of Choice, and Something Good '08). I guess "whether they want to or not" was really not what I meant in the question - my criterion is that the dancing is involuntary. Sorry for any confusion!
Please keep 'em coming!
posted by aubilenon at 11:15 AM on August 13, 2023
the entirety of 'once more with feeling' from s6 of Buffy
posted by Sebmojo at 8:47 PM on August 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Sebmojo at 8:47 PM on August 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Florence and the Machine has a song about this, Choreomania. I don't love the video but the song is very on topic.
posted by sepviva at 7:15 AM on August 14, 2023
posted by sepviva at 7:15 AM on August 14, 2023
Response by poster: This is the exact plot of the Push the Tempo video
This is the exact plot of Ya Mama! By which I mean, the actual title of that Fatboy Slim song is, inexplicably, "Ya Mama." It is one of the examples in the original post!
posted by aubilenon at 10:16 AM on August 15, 2023
This is the exact plot of Ya Mama! By which I mean, the actual title of that Fatboy Slim song is, inexplicably, "Ya Mama." It is one of the examples in the original post!
posted by aubilenon at 10:16 AM on August 15, 2023
Best answer: Sorry - I Missed Your Call
posted by queen anne's remorse at 10:05 PM on August 16, 2023
posted by queen anne's remorse at 10:05 PM on August 16, 2023
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