We've put together a two-week playlist of catchy tunes to give your step some pep for almost any chore you've got to do. Cleaning, traveling, working, gardening - put this playlist on and shuffle your way right through.
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Neutron Dance is from the 1983 Pointer Sisters album, Break Out. The song was the fourth single released from that album, though it didn't officially release until 1984 due to it being featured in the movie Beverly Hills Cop, which helped make the song a huge success.
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Peace Frog is from the fifth studio album by the Doors, Morrison Hotel. Released on vinyl in 1970, Peace Frog is partly about a traumatic incident Jim Morrison witnessed as a child and partly about his arrest on stage in New Haven and the 1968 Democratic National Convention protests.
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Gettin' Jiggy Wit It is from Will Smith's debut solo album, Big Willie Style. The song samples He's the Greatest Dancer by Sister Sledge and Sang and Dance by The Bar-Kays. Since its 1998 release, Gettin' Jiggy wit It has been placed on lists for both the best and worst songs of the 1990s.
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Respect was written by Otis Redding and originally released in 1965. Aretha Franklin's cover was released in 1967. Respect won Franklin two Grammy Awards, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, added to the National Recording Registry, and is often considered one of the best songs of all-time.
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Happy was written by Pharrell Williams and released on the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack, as well as on Williams' album, GIRL. Happy was the most successful song of 2014. It was nominated for an Academy Award and won a Grammy. Williams originally wrote the song for CeeLo Green, but Green passed because he was releasing a Christmas album.
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Mickey is a song by Toni Basil for her 1981 album, Word of Mouth. The song was written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn originally as Kitty. Kitty was performed by the UK group Racey on their 1979 album, Smash and Grab. Toni Basil changed it to Mickey to be about a man.
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I'm a Believer was written and composed by Neil Diamond and released by the Monkees in 1966 from the album More of the Monkees. The song had over a million advanced orders, going gold two days after its release. It spent seven weeks at No. 1 and was the best-selling record of 1967.
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Credited as John Cougar Mellencamp, Paper In Fire was the first single released from John Mellencamp's 1987 album, The Lonesome Jubilee. In interviews, Mellencamp says the title came from the Bible, meaning hell. When released, Paper In Fire burned up the charts in the US and Canada.
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I Love a Rainy Night is from Eddie Rabbitt's 1980 album, Horizon. It topped the Hot Country, Billboard Hot 100, and Adult Contemporary. It succeeded Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 on Billboard Hot 100, marking the only time the pop chart ever featured back-to-back country songs in the No. 1 position.
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Oh, Pretty Woman is by Roy Orbison. Released in August 1964, it was Orbison's second single to top the charts. Oh, Pretty Woman has sold over seven million copies, has received numerous awards, and has been preserved in the National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress.
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Super Trouper is a song by ABBA released in 1980 from their album, Super Trouper. The term Super Trouper refers to spotlights used in stadium concerts. ABBA used a ton of artists for the video, but the spotlight they used was a CCT Silhouette followspot not an actual Super Trouper.
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Sugar, Sugar is a song written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim and originally recorded by the Archies, a band of fictional teenagers from the cartoon, The Archie Show. The song was released in 1969 and spent four weeks at number one in the US on Billboard Hot 100.
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Teenage Dream is from Katy Perry's album, Teenage Dream. Released after California Gurls, Teenage Dream marked Perry's second consecutive number one hit from that album and was nominated for a Grammy. Rolling Stone ranked it fourth with Billboard ranking it the second best song of 2010.
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A Dios le Pido (English: I ask God) is from the 2002 Juanes album, Un Día Normal. The song topped the charts in 12 countries and won a Grammy. The song is an anthem for peace. One of the lines translates to, "I ask God: may my country not shed so much blood and may my people rise up."
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