Give me your mid tempo dance songs with good feels!
February 4, 2024 9:39 AM   Subscribe

I have somehow become a regularly employed ecstatic dance DJ and would love to get recommendations on a particular type of song. Read the "more inside" for all the boxes the songs need to check.

Must:
1. Give good feels or chills
2. Be mid tempo or below, most likely below 120 BPM (i.e. slower than traditional house or techno)
3. Must be danceable, with either good beat or rythym
4. Any lyrics should be positive, neutral or nonsense-ish

Cant be:
1. Demeaning or overtly sexual
2. About obsessive love or desire
3. About relationship drama
4. about getting drunk/high

Could be:
1. Electronic or acoustic
2. Low or high energy
3. Any language, non english encouraged
4. Any genre, the more left field the better!

Thanks in advance!
posted by lips to Media & Arts (18 answers total) 12 users marked this as a favorite
 
Best answer: The first song that came to mind for me is "One Nation Under a Groove" by Funkadelic.
posted by saladin at 10:06 AM on February 4, 2024


Best answer: Shut up and Dance by Walk the Moon is energetic and happy
posted by Enid Lareg at 12:25 PM on February 4, 2024 [1 favorite]


Best answer: Level Up by Vienna Teng (off her album Aims)
posted by DebetEsse at 12:29 PM on February 4, 2024 [1 favorite]


Best answer: Bam Bam by Sister Nancy
posted by shock muppet at 12:39 PM on February 4, 2024


Best answer: Groove Is In The Heart by Deee-Lite
Song Away - Hockey
Let's Go Outside - Far Caspian
Fire For You (Tiesto Remix) - Cannons (it's not overtly sexual or about obsessive love but YMMV)
Casio - Jungle
Happy Man - Jungle (all of Jungle is great but these are my two favourites)
Good Evening Mr Hitchcock - Gramatik
Sex, Drugs, Etc - Beach Weather (despite the title it's not specifically about getting laid or high but might still be too far over the line for what you want. But it's a great tune for personal use if it's no good professionally)
posted by underclocked at 1:12 PM on February 4, 2024


Best answer: Nestinarsko Horo is a fire-walking dance from Bulgaria. Actual fire-walking is pretty dangerous, so please don't, but the music is pretty great.
posted by theora55 at 1:36 PM on February 4, 2024


Best answer: Just off the top of my admittedly Jurassc World old school head:

George Clinton -- Atomic Dog

Chic -- Hangin'

Frank Barcyzkowski's Chic 1977 -- 1992
posted by y2karl at 2:18 PM on February 4, 2024


Best answer: Det Läcker - Dina Ögon - Swedish, hopefully lyrics do not tick any of the boxes above...!
posted by Flora Poste at 2:23 PM on February 4, 2024


Best answer: Let's go Norse:

Todd Terje -- Delorean Dynamite / Inspector Norse (from It's Album Time)
Röyksopp -- anything from Melody A.M., Junior or Profound Mysteries (because Senior is the darker twin of Junior)
posted by k3ninho at 2:45 PM on February 4, 2024


Response by poster: Yay! keep them coming, it is all perfect!
posted by lips at 3:57 PM on February 4, 2024


Best answer: Most — but certainly not all — of Jessie Ware's "That! Feels Good!" could fit, as well as Little Boots's "Tomorrow's Yesterdays."

I love Dragonette's "Right Woman," but it might not fit all your criteria.
posted by omgwtfpmr at 6:02 PM on February 4, 2024


Best answer: Can't Stop the Feelin' by Justin Timberlake.
posted by grog at 9:03 AM on February 5, 2024


Best answer: Dua Lipa - Levitating (it's about love, but might fit your criteria anyway?)

the lovely Dađi Freyr - exhibit A, exhibit B, exhibit C (check his other videos too!)

seconding Royksopp

Muse - Starlight (but check the lyrics if they're too dramatic for your criteria)

Meute - You & Me (Flume remix) - no lyrics!

Walk off the Earth - Summer Vibe

Daft Punk - Lose Yourself to Dance, Robot Rock, Harder Better Faster Stronger, Something About Us (but check the lyrics of the last one for your personal definition of obsession/drama...)
posted by gakiko at 12:23 PM on February 5, 2024


Best answer: And for non-English, I can recommend:

Utada Hikaru - Can You Keep a Secret
Crystal Kay - Candy
Gušti & Polona - Mine leto
Siddharta - Od višine se zvrti (although the chorus is uptempo)
Darko Rundek - Apokalipso
Jinx - Tamo gdje je sve po mom
posted by gakiko at 12:44 PM on February 5, 2024


Best answer: On mobile so I apologize for lack of links.

The Arty remix of London Grammar’s “Hey Now” would fit.
Going back a few years, what about Fitz and the Tantrums’ “The Walker”?
I’ve always liked Jess Glynn’s “Rather Be”
Runaground’s “Chase You Down “ might be too close to obsessive for you but honestly I just find it very cheerful and it doesn’t feel that way to me if that makes sense…
You might also take a look at some Troye Sivan, he definitely has some good midtempo dance stuff
Not sure if Kaskade and Tess Comrie’s “Never Sleep Alone “ would work with your needs but I’ve always liked it
Martin Garrix and Usher’s “Don’t Look Down “ should fit well
Calvin Harris and Rihanna’s “This Is What You Came For“
The radio edit of Tiesto and Kyler England’s “Take Me” might also not work with some of the restrictions but it’s worth a listen
Kaskade’s “Stars Align “ could be good
Martin Garrix and Bonn “No Sleep “ could work
Deadmau5’s “Longest Road “ might be fun
There’s a dance mix of Big Data’s “Dangerous “ that I really love, out there somewhere

Anyway as you can see, this is my jam. I could probably dig up a lot more suggestions if you want to hit me up later in memail.
posted by kitten kaboodle at 12:44 PM on February 5, 2024


Best answer: Some more possibilities:

Video Games (Gets in Your Brain) - Alien
IZ-US - Aphex Twin
E.T. Boogie - Extra T's
This is a Foxy World - Tom Tom Club

I feel like Cameo is basically all this feel, although maybe too much focused on sex/romance for your tastes? But man, Single Life feels like it's gotta be close.
posted by saladin at 10:35 AM on February 6, 2024






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