Happy Tip: Put on some music you love and sing, dance around, slap some air bass - whatever floats your boat. It'll make you feel better and you can pretend it's a workout if you jump around for long enough.
Here's a list of some songs I use if you need ideas or a jump start:
Best Rock Ballads:
'Every Rose Has Its Thorn' - Poison
'Angel' - Aerosmith
** Pretty much anything by Aerosmith will work here **
'Faithfully' - Journey
Best Country Songs:
'Country Girl (Shake It For Me)' - Luke Bryan
'5-1-5-0' - Dierks Bentley
'Kerosene' - Miranda Lambert
'Get Your Shine On' - Florida Georgia Line
'She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy' - Kenny Chesney
Best Pop Songs:
'Burn' - Usher
** You gotta really feel this one, so put everything you have into it **
Anything by LMFAO
'Get Low' - Lil Jon ft. The Ying Yang Twins
** If you have trouble, try channeling Sandra Bullock in 'The Proposal' - go with the beat **
'Pop' - *NSYNC
'Shake' - Jesse McCartney
'She Bangs' - Ricky Martin
'Hips Don't Lie' - Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean
Best Sing-Alongs:
'Ice, Ice Baby' - Vanilla Ice
'Fresh Prince of Bel Air' - Will Smith
** Extra tip: pay out for the CD version - it's way better than the TV version **
Anything from the 'Rent' soundtrack (I usually go with 'Out Tonight' and 'Light My Candle')
Anything from the 'Moulin Rouge' soundtrack (Favorites include 'Elephant Love Medley', 'Come What May' and 'El Tango de Roxanne')
'Man! I Feel Like a Woman!' - Shania Twain
'Jumper' - Third Eye Blind
** Jam out on your acoustic guitar and try not to sing along to this one. You know you want to **
'Love Is a Battlefield' - Pat Benatar
'Jessie's Girl' - Rick Springfield
'Brown Eyed Girl' - Van Morrison
'It Takes Two' - DJ EZ Rock & Rob Base
'Mickey' - Toni Basil
'Sweet Caroline" - Neil Diamond
Best 90's Throwbacks:
'Smells Like Teen Spirit' - Nirvana
'Tubthumping' - Chumbawamba
'Two Princes' - Spin Doctors
'What's My Age Again?' - Blink -182
Anything by Will Smith (Try: 'Gettin' Jiggy Wit It' and 'Miami')
'Jumpin' Jumpin'' - Destiny' Child
'Fly' - Sugar Ray
'Fat Lip' - Sum 41
Anything by The Spice Girls
Best Classic Songs:
'Yellow Submarine' - The Beatles
** This song still makes me feel like I'm 6-years-old dancing in my living and getting half the words wrong. Try not to be jealous of my childhood **
'Sexbomb' - Tom Jones
'Footloose' - Kenny Loggins
'Only the Good Die Young' - Billy Joel
'Final Countdown' - Europe
'Don't Stop Believin'' - Journey
'Bohemian Rhapsody' - Queen
'Surfin' USA' - The Beach Boys
'Eye of the Tiger' - Survivor
Best Chillax Songs:
** You can mellow dance to these ones - give it a go **
'Slow Ride' - Foghat
'Son's Gonna Rise' - Citizen Cope
'Banana Pancakes' - Jack Johnson
'Take a Picture' - Filter
'Lucky Man' - The Verve
'Do You Realize?' - The Flaming Lips
'Lightning Crashes' - Live
Other:
** Just for fun, here's a few more **
'Black Betty' - Ram Jam
'Do You Believe in Magic' - The Lovin' Spoonful
Anything by the The Lonely Island
The theme from 'Saved By The Bell'
** And don't act like you don't know all the words **
'Tush' - ZZ Top
'Push It' - Salt-n-Pepa
'Milkshake' - Kelis
** What a closer! Yeah…I went there **
If you have song suggestions, please feel free to leave a comment below! Thanks!