It’s one of a handful of intro guitar riffs that makes people hoot and holler and shake it on down to the dance floor. Wild Cherry’s “Play That Funky Music” has all the essential musical ingredients ...

What do we mean by “dance songs”? Good question. In a sense, any song that ever got any one person moving in any perceptible direction is a dance song. The Beatles made great dance songs — as did ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Fans emerged from pandemic lockdowns primed to hit the floor. Now online platforms are bringing fresh sounds and budding stars to bigger audiences worldwide. Fans emerged from ...

Electronic dance music, or EDM as it's somewhat controversially called these days, has existed in one form or another since the advent of the first drum machine. Of the millions of electronic tracks ...

You can dance for inspiration. By Joe Lynch Executive Digital Director When “Everybody,” Madonna’s debut single, hit in 1982, it had all the makings of an era-specific club classic from a one-hit ...

A-Trak, Skrillex, Diplo, Photek, and Armand Van Helden (from left) at the Grammys in 2012. Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images Considering how many dance crazes have figured into pop since the Grammys’ ...