Abba's Dancing Queen named greatest ever dancefloor filler on new list

The winner takes it all! Abba’s hit Dancing Queen is named the greatest ever dancefloor filler on new list of tracks we can’t resist having a bop to including Come on Eileen and Whitney Houston’s I Wanna Dance With Somebody

• Second on the list of 30 songs is Come On Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners,
• Whitney Houston’s I Wanna Dance With Somebody from 1987 is third

Many a grateful DJ will tell you it’s the one song capable of stirring even the most reluctant of wedding guests into action at the disco.

Small wonder then that Abba’s hit Dancing Queen has been named the greatest ever floor filler in a poll.

The 1976 chart topper received 41 per cent of the vote in the survey to find which tracks we can’t resist having a bop to.

Second on the list of 30 songs is Come On Eileen, the 1982 hit by Dexys Midnight Runners, with Whitney Houston’s 1987 number one smash I Wanna Dance With Somebody third.

In a list dominated by golden oldies, the most recent song in the top ten is 2015’s Uptown Funk by Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson. Tina Turner has two songs on the list – Proud Mary at 11 and Simply The Best at 13 – while Aretha Franklin rounds off the 30 with her 1967 hit Respect.

Swedish pop group Abba with its members (L-R) Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Faltskog and Bjorn Ulvaeus posing after winning the Swedish branch of the Eurovision Song Contest with their song Waterloo in 1974

Casting modesty aside, 46 per cent of those polled reckon they are a great dancer, breaking into a boogie an average of eight times a week, according to the poll of 2,000 people by online car dealer webuyanycar.

Forty per cent describe their style as ‘dad dancing’, while 14 per cent admit they simply move from side to side. Eight per cent confess that they are all arms and no legs.

While 87 per cent believe they worry too much about looking silly when they dance, 93 per cent of those polled say that dancing is good for the soul and 82 per cent say they should express themselves more through movement.

When it comes to specific songs, 62 per cent say that certain tracks bring back good memories – and 49 per cent can remember where they were when they first heard their top tune.

Richard Evans, of webuyanycar, said: ‘This poll shows how much we all love to dance, with classic songs from the 70s and 80s still being popular among different generations.’

Whitney Houston performing in September 1991 and Kevin Rowland from Dexys Midnight Runners in 1982

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