Music Suggestions

Here are some guidelines to help someone prepare a music list for dancing at a club night.

  • Traditionally we start and end the night with a Waltz.
  • Try to mix up slow and fast dances.
  • Similarly try to mix Ballroom and Latin dances

It’s a good idea to start from a template of dances. This doesn’t mean you need to have the same order every night, but just provides a starting point.

First Half – Approximately 1 hour

  • Waltz
  • Foxtrot
  • Cha Cha
  • Tango
  • Quickstep
  • Rumba
  • Foxtrot
  • Jive
  • Waltz
  • Samba
  • Tango
  • Cha Cha
  • Viennese Waltz
  • Foxtrot
  • Sequence Dance 1
  • Rumba
  • Waltz
  • Quickstep

Second Half – Approximately 45 minutes

  • Cha Cha
  • Foxtrot
  • Jive
  • Sequence Dance 2
  • Waltz
  • Samba
  • Tango
  • Quickstep
  • Rumba
  • Viennese Waltz
  • Foxtrot
  • Cha Cha
  • Quickstep
  • Waltz

Here are some suggestions for music for each dance.

Cha Cha (112-120 BPM)

BPM
Lou Bega – Sweet Like Cola128Amazon
George Ezra – Shotgun112Amazon
Tom Jones – Sexbomb124Amazon
Lady Marmalade – Strict Tempo120Casa

Foxtrot (112-120 BPM)

BPM
Dancing In The Dark – Strict Tempo116Casa
Frank Sinatra – Witchcraft120Amazon
Blue Moon – Strict Tempo112Casa

Jive (168-176 BPM)

BPM
Shakin’ Stevens – Green Door138Amazon
Taylor Swift – Shake It Off160Amazon
T-Rex – I Love to Boogie172Amazon
Great Balls of Fire – Strict Tempo172Casa

Quickstep (192-200 BPM)

BPM
Amy Macdonald – This Is the Life190Amazon
Top of the World – Strict Tempo200Casa

Rumba (100-108 BPM)

BPM
Bee Gees – How Deep Is Your Love106Amazon
Eternal Flame – Strict Tempo100Casa
Save the Best for Last – Strict Tempo100Casa

Samba (200-208 BPM)

BPM
Ed Sheerin – Shape of You190Amazon
Sia – Cheap Thrills180Amazon
Iko Iko – Strict Tempo200Casa

Tango (128-136 BPM)

BPM
Poker Face – Strict Tempo128Casa
Roxanne – Strict Tempo128Casa
La Cumparsita – Strict Tempo128Casa

Viennese Waltz (168-180 BPM)

BPM
What’s New Pussycat – Strict Tempo177Casa

Waltz (84-90 BPM)

BPM
Anne Murray – Could I Have This Dance90Amazon
See the Day – Strict Tempo87Casa

Sequence Dances

Balmoral Blues

BPM
This is the Life – Strict Tempo116Casa
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo – Strict Tempo116Casa

Mayfair Quickstep

BPM
Dance Above he Rainbow120Amazon

Square Tango

BPM
Darius Rucker – Wagon Wheel148Amazon

Ragtime Swing

BPM

Bossa Nova

BPM