Circus Song Suggestions

[KungFuPanda]

I need to choreograph a circus-themed dance and I'm having a heck of a time choosing a song.  It doesn't have to SAY "circus" in the lyrics.  It just has to feel upbeat and spectacle-ey and have a good dance beat.  Ugh.  I need to make a choice and get to work on this so I can teach it in January and February. Britney Spears' 'Circus' is probably too much on the nose.  I might be able to do something with Def Leopard's "Animal" because it's old enough that most people will have forgotten it.  Any genre with a good beat is fair game.  Any era.  Any language.  It needs to be family friendly.

Got any ideas?

[Guest]

Entry of the Gladiators is the classic 🙂

[Monica_in_Switzerland]

A number of things from They Might Be Giants:

- Number 2, from the Here Come the 123s album

- Birdhouse in your soul

 

[KungFuPanda]

Thank you all for your suggestions and keep 'em coming if you want.  I listened to every song! This is my adult troupe and my youngest dancers are in their early twenties, so I can't use kid music.  I do teach a kid workshop at the same festival so hmmmm . . .

I'm currently lost down some Benny Goodman/Electro-swing rabbit hole. It popped up on the side while I was watching one of your videos on YouTube. Pray for me. I envy  who are organized and disciplined with their art.  I pretty much start with a song that grabs me, then there's this manic thing where I'm alternately possessed/haunted or standing outside with a lightening rod hoping.  It's not a great system.