My Personally Curated Playlists

Dance Music

My Personally Curated Playlists

I’m always listening to a variety of music with an ear for danceable tunes. This includes new dance music, covers, and collaborations. Still, I enjoy music that is undanceable, but just as often pass over the drivel that sounds like ten other songs on the week’s top 40. So, these lists are the product of my personal search for more current music, suitable for various dance styles, with an effort to clearly distinguish between the styles so the music doesn’t get lost in the movement. NOTE: clicking the link will open preview in Spotify.

Newer Two Step music in its original format. I listen for the typical “boom-tick” rhythm, and sometimes a “boom-tick-tick”. Some tempos are suitable for beginners. Stay tuned for competition cuts . . .

TITLE	ARTIST	BPM	RELEASE DATE
In My Book*	Shenandoah	164	7/2023
Breakfast in Birmingham	Tanya Tucker	165	6/2023
Creek Will Rise	Conner Smith	170	2/2023
Holding Fast	Matt Hilyer	188	1/2023
My People	James Johnston	167	9/2022
Mamas	Anne Wilson & Hillary Scott	160	4/2022
Halfway to Crazy*	Chris Jansen	171	4/2022
Get Away with It	Teddy Robb	176	2/2022
Over Me	Roman Alexander	156	2/2022
Let’s Build a Fire*	Cody Johnson	189	10/2021
Son of a Ramblin’ Man	Cody Johnson	180	9/2021

As beautiful a dance that Triple Two Step is, it is challenging to dance because the triple steps should have no emphasis. Similarly, songs of this dance style are smooth with little emphasis and some without big phrase endings. Some songs are not phrased. Stay tuned for competition cuts . . .

TITLE	ARTIST	BPM	RELEASE DATE
Standing Room Only	Tim McGraw	78	2/2023
Easier Said with Rum	Old Dominion	79	1/2023
The One	Music Travel Love	86	11/2022
Guys Like Me	Roman Alexander	80	10/2022
Worst Guy Ever	Callista Clark	77	10/2022
Tell You Enough	Jessie James Decker	93	10/2021
Then You Do	Brett Eldridge	78	6/2020

For all the fun that Foxtrot is, there’s not a lot of new music of that style recently released. So, here’s a few of my favorites–not DJ remixes or ballroom orchestra mash-ups. These are original releases or covers.

TITLE	ARTIST	BPM	RELEASE DATE
Walking Baby Back Home	James Taylor	99	5/1997
Another Swing and a Miss	Andrea Zonn	104	9/2015
I Wonder	Rosanne Cash	113	6/2011
Right on the Money	Alan Jackson	114	11/2010
Walking on Sunshine	Jazzystics	112	6/2006
Taking a Chance on Love	Renee Olstead	111	5/2004
You’ve Got a Friend in Me	Randy Newman	116	11/1995
Some Kind of Trouble	Tanya Tucker	119	12/1990
It Ain’t Nothin’	Keith Whitley	120	10/1989
Material Girl	Cassandra Beck	120	6/2014

Coming soon!

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