Favorite Zumba songs- organized by rhythm or style

Here I'm compiling my favorite songs for Zumba or dance exercise classes (that are not ZIN or may have become ZIN after I started using them).  So many of the ZIN songs are great- maybe I'll add my favorites later.  If you have other great ones to add, please comment.



Warmup: Dragostea Din Tei (Original Romanian Version) (DJ Dragostea), I Love Rock and roll (Joan Jett), Shake It (Metro Station), Kiss (Prince), many popular hip hops like Dangerous (Kardinal Offishall), Umbrella (Rihanna), Good Feeling (Flo Rida), Bad Romance, Just Dance (Lady GaGa), Temperature (Sean Paul), Like a G6, Blackeyed Peas songs, I can only imagine (David Guetta)

Cool down: Human Behavior (Bjork), Come Together (Joe Cocker), Say it Right (Nelly Furtado), Don't Cha (Pussycat Dolls), Clumsy (Fergie), bachata rhythms, foxtrot rhythms, waltz rhythms, night club 2 step rhythms (like Halo- Beyonce)

Cool down Stretch: Someone like You (Adele), Pocket full of Sunshine, Diary (Alicia Keys), Sensual Seduction, Diamonds (Rihanna), Music from Finjan (Dancing on Water)

Salsa:  La Bomba (Ricky Martin), Conga (Gloria Estefan), La Vida Es Un Carnaval (Celia Cruz), Cachondea Fruko Y Sus Tesos

Reggaeton:  Gimme Gimme Gimme (Beenie Man), Booty Shake
(Matt Houston), many Daddy Yankee songs like Gasolina and Limbo


Cha Cha:  Let's Get Loud (Jennifer Lopez), She Bangs (Ricky Martin), Sway
(Pussycat Dolls), Rabiosa (Shakira), Smooth(Santana)

Samba: Two Princes (Spin Doctors), Cup of Life (Ricky Martin)

Merengue:  Arrasando (Original Version) (Thalia), Walk it Out (merengue remix)

Belly Dance: El Toba, Drummer Boy (Debi Nova), Many Shakira songs like Hips Don't Lie, Objection, Eyes Like Yours, Suerte, La Tortura, Loca, Addicted to You, She Wolf, etc

Bollywood: Shikdum Remix, Maahi Ve, Dhoom Again, Senorita (remix), Sheila Ki Jawani, Muqabala Muqabala, Jai Ho, Discowale Khisko, Ringa Ringa

Country:  Cotton Eye Joe (Original Version)
, Devil Went Down to Georgia, Country Girl

Rumba Flamenca:  Buleria
(David Bisbal), Volare (Gypsy Kings), Pegate (Ricky Martin)

Disco / hustle:  I will Survive, Lady Marmalade

Funk: Word Up, Brick House (Commodores)

Hip hop / popular:  There are so many but here have been my favorites that I'll revive every couple years:  Kiss me thru the Phone (SouljaBoy), Whatever You Like (TI), Hollaback Girl (Stefani), Buttons (Pussy Cat Dolls), Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna), 4 Minutes (Madonna), Low (Flo Rida), Krazy (Pitbull), Fuego (Pitbull), Evacuate the Dancefloor (Cascada), Tik Tok (Kesha), OMG (Usher), I like it (Enrique Iglesias), Bottoms Up (Treu Songz), Mr. Saxobeat (Extended Version)(Alexandra Stan), Boom Boom Pow (Black Eyed Peas), Down On Me (Jeremih), Hello (Martin Solveig), Party Rock Anthem (LMFAO), On the Floor (Jennifer Lopez), Sweat (Lil Jon), Blow (Kesha), Right Round (Flo Rida), Moves Like Jagger (Marroon 5), Super Bass (Nicki Minaj), Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson)

Tango: Whatever Lola Wants (Gotan Project), Dance with Me (Debelah), Santa Maria (Del Buen Ayre) (Gotan Project), Gypsy Rhapsody

Viennese Waltz: Fallin', Caribbean Blue (Enya), I Feel Pretty (Westside Story)

Foxtrot: King of the Road (Roger Miller), Witchcraft (Frank Sinatra), Santa Baby (Pussycat Dolls)

Quickstep: I want to be like You (Junglebook), Happy Feet ( Musica per I Vostri Piedi Madame )(Paulo Conte), Luck be a Lady

Charleston: Cha Cha (Azteca Version)(Chelo),  any of the quickstep songs above

Bachata:  A Miles de Millas (El Gringo de la Bachata), Oh Navidad (same), No es una Novela, Stand by Me (Prince Royce), Corazón Sin Cara (Prince Royce)


Swing/Jive: Footloose, Hey Mickey, Tu Vuo Fa L'Americano (Red Stripe Band), Candyman (Christina Aguilera), Pon De Replay (Hit Crew), Satellite
(Lena), Zaz je veux

Christmas: Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree <swing> (Miley Cyrus), Santa Baby <foxtrot> (Pussycat Dolls), Oh Navidad <bachata> (El Gringo de la Bachata), Cuando llega Navidad <salsa>, Ay, Ay, Ay It's Christmas (Tonic Sol-Fa) or (Ricky Martin), Must be Santa (polka)

Halloween: Chocolate (Soul Control), Black Magic Woman<Cha Cha> (Santana), Disturbia (Rihanna), Cumbia de los Monsters, Witch Doctor (Alvin & the Chipmunks), Someone's Watching Over Me, Witchy Woman, She's the Devil (Locos por Juana), Addam's Groove (MC Hammer), Beautiful Monster (Ne-Yo), She Wolf (Shakira), Haunted House <country salsa>, Monster Mash, Wooly Bully, Purple People Eater, I Put a Spell on You, Witchcraft, Bloody Mary and Teeth (Lady Gaga)

Musical Theater:  Hair (Hair), Pinball Wizard (The Who's Tommy), Luck be a Lady <quickstep> (Guys and Dolls), You Can't Stop The Beat (Hairspray), All That Jazz (Chicago), I Feel Pretty <V. Waltz>

Cardio Kickbox (songs that make you want to punch or kick): Miss Independent, Fighter (Natasha Noack) Tubthumping (Chumbawamba), Just A Dream (Nelly), Survivor, I knew you were Trouble (Taylor Swift)

Other (or maybe I just don't know how to classify them): Danza Kuduro
(Don Omar & Lucenzo), More Bounce in California (Soul Kid), Maniac (Flashdance), Samba Reggae (Jimmy Cliff), Bongo Bong