{"id":536945,"date":"2026-03-21T15:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/536945\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T15:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:28:10","slug":"3-rock-songs-from-the-2000s-guaranteed-to-make-you-get-up-and-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/536945\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Rock Songs From the 2000s Guaranteed To Make You Get up and Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rock and roll has a long history with dance music. Danceable beats gave early rock tunes their rhythm, while Chubby Checker\u2019s \u201cThe Twist\u201d gets its name from a popular dance in the late 1950s. Everyone from David Bowie (\u201cFame\u201d, \u201cLet\u2019s Dance\u201d<\/a>) to The Rolling Stones (\u201cMiss You\u201d) recorded iconic tracks, supported by funk and disco grooves. I admit I\u2019m sprinting past a much more complex history, but from the acid house scene in Manchester in the late 1980s to global rave culture in the 1990s<\/a>, dance and rock music remain intricately linked.<\/p>\n

Fast-forward to the 2000s, and once again, underground dance culture crept into the mainstream\u2014partly because a new generation of bands blended post-punk, new wave, and disco. So let\u2019s highlight three of the most danceable rock songs from the 2000s.<\/p>\n

\u201cDaft Punk Is Playing At My House\u201d by LCD Soundsystem<\/p>\n

In 2005, I was a guest DJ at Hiro Ballroom in New York City. Andy Rourke from The Smiths was on stage with me, and it took everything in my power not to pelt him with questions about his former band. I hit a dull skid in my set, and the dance floor had emptied. Then I cranked \u201cDaft Punk Is Playing At My House\u201d by LCD Soundsystem, and the place erupted. It felt as though James Murphy had completed the bridge between rock and dance music. Or at least, that\u2019s what it felt like in the room that night.<\/p>\n

When Kasabian arrived, the approach was familiar. The band had swagger, with its DNA in lad culture, and the baggy beats of The Stone Roses. But music doesn\u2019t have to be novel to move you. \u201cClub Foot\u201d is propelled by a distorted bass line that, at the time, felt like a revolution. Kasabian wandered about the stage like the Gallagher brothers but infused their sound with the block-rocking beats of The Chemical Brothers. This one\u2019s a banger.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomebody Told Me\u201d by The Killers<\/p>\n

The Killers emerged from, of all places, Las Vegas. Still, they wore their Anglophilia on their sleeves and seemed far more ambitious than their post-punk and new wave revivalist peers. Singer Brandon Flowers entered with Bono vibes, but he also loves Bruce Springsteen, and his band\u2019s debut, Hot Fuss, is loaded with hits to back up the arena-size ambition. \u201cSomebody Told Me\u201d pays homage to one of the band\u2019s influences, New Order, whose video \u201cCrystal\u201d features a fictitious group that gave The Killers their name.<\/p>\n

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