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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Jon Dennis

Readers recommend: songs about dance styles

Photo of TWIST and Chubby CHECKER
Twisting the night away ... Chubby Checker in 1960. Photograph: Getty Images

Are you ready to Do The Recommend?

Number one! Put your hands in the air.

Number two! Put them down again, or you'll never nominate any songs about dance styles and crazes.

Number three! I want you to have a think about the best songs about dancefloor steps.

Number four! Wiggle various parts of your body for no apparent reason!

Number five! Post your suggestions below. Now you're Doing The Recommend!

Number six! On Thursday, go to guardian.co.uk/readersrecommend on Thursday to see which tracks have made it to the top 10 playlist.

Number seven! Thanks to RR stalwart Suzi for suggesting this week's topic.

The toolbox:

* Listen to others' suggestions and add yours to a collaborative Spotify playlist

* Guide to "donds", "zedded", and other strange words used by some of the RR regulars (courtesy of the Marconium)

* The Marconium (blog containing a wealth of data on RR, including the songs that are "zedded")

* The 'Spill (blog for the RR community)

Please do:

* Post your nominations before midday on Tuesday if you wish them to be considered.

* Write a few lines advocating the merits of your choices.

But please don't:

* Post more than one third of the lyrics of any song.

* Dump lists of nominations. If you must post more than two or three at once, please attempt to justify your choices.

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