People have been dancing to music for centuries — just in different styles.
In the Middle Ages, it was most common for instruments like the flute and harp to be played during folk dances. In the Swing Era, Big Bands performed while couples danced the jitterbug or Lindy Hop. Toward the end of the 20th century, genres like disco, hip hop, and EDM emerged to inspire more new styles of dance.
The main takeaway here? Dance music has always been a diverse and evolving genre.
If you’re searching for a specific type of royalty free dance music, we’ve put together a roundup of different playlists and songs to help you find what you need sooner. If you still don’t find exactly what you want, we’re also sharing tips on filtering through our music catalog.
5 dance-worthy playlists from Soundstripe
Royalty free dance music is fast paced, high energy, and rhythmically charged. It is also slow paced, acoustic, and somber. Since there are so many different styles of dance, both of these statements hold true.
And because dance music is diverse by nature, you need plenty of options when it comes to licensing royalty free music for upcoming projects. That’s why we’re sharing five of our top playlists at Soundstripe.
Club Beats
Listen and license here.
Vlog: Dance & EDM
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Upbeat
Listen and license here.
Jazz
Listen and license here.
Hip Hop
Listen and license here.
By starting with one of our playlists, you’ll instantly get a curated selection of the types of songs that are most relevant to your search. Not only that, but once you’re in the music catalog, you can include and exclude additional filters to narrow down the results even more.
For example, let’s say you want to license a low energy romantic song from the Jazz playlist, but you don’t necessarily want music with a mellow feel. You can include and exclude these specific filters to get results like this:
A great thing about our filter functions is that you can layer as many (or as few) filters as you want. So each time you add a filter, you’re curating the library to your specific taste. This makes the prospect of sorting through thousands of songs much less intimidating.
Our top 10 royalty free dance tracks
If you’d prefer to search for music on a song-by-song basis — instead of filtering through a playlist — you’re in luck. We’ve selected 10 of the top dance-worthy songs from the playlists featured above so that you can start your search with a more condensed list.
1. “Last Train To New Orleans” by AFTERNOONZ
Genre: Jazz
Instruments: Piano and drums
Listen and license here.
2. “Zoom Zoom” by Hunter Heflin
Genre: Electronic
Instruments: Samples and drums
Listen and license here.
3. “Big Baller Reel” by Ghost Beatz
Genre: Hip Hop Beats
Instruments: Synths
Listen and license here.
4. “Low Lit Blues” by Renderings
Genre: Jazz
Instruments: Percussion and claps / snaps / stomps
Listen and license here.
5. “Back To You” by BRASKO
Genre: Electronic
Instruments: Synth and electronic drums
Listen and license here.
6. “Whisper” by Warren Williams
Genre: Old School Funk
Instruments: Bass and drums
Listen and license here.
7. “Superfly” by Daniele Musto
Genre: Electronic
Instruments: Drums and electronic drums
Listen and license here.
8. “Boogie” by Eazy
Genre: Hip Hop Beats
Instruments: Bass and drums
Listen and license here.
9. “Enemy” by DaMarcus VanBuren
Genre: Hip Hop Beats
Instruments: Drums and bass
Listen and license here.
10. “Doja Dance” by PALA
Genre: Electronic
Instruments: Guitar and electric guitar
Listen and license here.
New royalty free dance music
Finding the right music for your project’s dance scenes shouldn’t be a frustrating process, especially not when you can take advantage of our catalog’s filter functions.
Not only can you find and license music in under five minutes (on average), but we also release new music every week. That means you’ll always have a fresh supply of new royalty free dance music to choose from.
Here are seven of the newest dance tracks in our library:
1. “Break The Chain” by Nu Alkemi$t
Genre: Hip Hop Beats
Instruments: Claps / snaps / stomps and percussion
Listen and license here.
2. “New Beginning” by PALA
Genre: Jazz
Instruments: Piano and drums
Listen and license here.
3. “Don’t Look Back” by Neon Beach
Genre: Electronic
Instruments: Synth and samples
Listen and license here.
4. “Citizen Gee” by Sam Barsh
Genre: Hip Hop Beats
Instruments: Synth and samples
Listen and license here.
5. “Chipotle Aioli” by Mikey Geiger
Genre: Electronic
Instruments: Samples and synth
Listen and license here.
6. “A Short Story” by Andrea Colella
Genre: Jazz
Instruments: Bass and upright bass
Listen and license here.
7. “BXB” by Fluxapax
Genre: Hip Hop Beats
Instruments: Samples and percussion
Listen and license here.
Looking for more royalty free dance music?
If you’ve been on the lookout for royalty free dance music, hopefully this guide has been a useful resource for you. Even though we’ve spotlighted several top hip hop beats, jazz songs, and EDM tracks, there are so many more dance-worthy genres in our library worth exploring.
Whether you need something specific (like a ballad or country song) or more generic, our catalog is filled with thousands of songs that are easy to sort through and license. Within the catalog, you can filter out the qualities you don’t want and keep the ones you do.
And with a subscription to one of our music plans, getting a music license is as simple as pressing the download button. To learn more about those plans, check out our pricing page.
Check out more royalty free music
If you want to learn more about Soundstripe’s music variety before making any subscription decisions, take your time. These articles from the Soundstripe blog provide more insight into our catalog, and you can also peruse our music library on your own.
