Friends and the festive period are the perfect combination for a girls' night out, but what songs are we most likely to end up dancing to? A study by Skinny Brands asked women what songs they most like to dance to and just writing about the top 20 has got us in the mood to dance!
Gary Conway, co-founder of Skinny Brands, who commissioned the research, said; “It’s interesting to see how a night out for women pans out with some cocktails, glasses of wine, dancing and a good old chit chat and catch up with friends.
“We know our low calorie cocktails are often the first drink of the night, but we wanted to know what else was important, once the night out got under way.''
He added: “This research has confirmed what we are hearing from customers, that cocktails, dancing and a good chat are key parts of a great girls’ night out.”
We've included a few of these hits below, so get on your dancing shoes!
Best 20 songs to be played on a girls' night out:
1. The Killers - Mr Brightside
2. Pharrell Williams – Happy
3. The Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
4. Taylor Swift - Shake It Off
5. Blondie – Heart of glass
6. Maroon 5 – Moves Like Jagger ft. Christina Aguilera
7. Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
What an intro!
8. Luis Fonsi - Despacito
Surely the catchiest song of 2017?
9. Beyoncé – Run the world
10. Justin Timberlake – Can’t stop the feeling
The **Trolls **soundtrack does make us want to keep dancing!
11. P!nk – So What
Sure to help you get over your ex!
12. Taylor Swift – We are never getting back together
Another perfect post break-up anthem!
13. Spice Girls – Wannabe
The debut single by the Spice Girls is still a classic!
14. Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya and P!nk – Lady Marmalade
The Moulin Rouge soundtrack definitely makes us want to hit the dance floor.
15. Christina Aguilera – Dirty
See if we can still pull off the dance moves to this classic.
16. Destiny’s Child – Survivor
Beyoncé, Kelly and Michelle make us want to grab our friends and hit the dance floor.
17. Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
18. Kelly Clarkson – Stronger (What doesn’t kill you)
Another great song for helping you get over your problems.
19. La Roux – Bulletproof
This will get stuck in your head.
20. Nirvana – Smells like teen spirit
A bit of a change in genre but what a great song!
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17 of 55Binky Felstead and JP Patterson welcomed a baby girl
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19 of 55Selena Gomez and The Weeknd ended their romance
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22 of 55Coleen Rooney announced her pregnancy
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24 of 55Dom Lever and Jess Shears announced their engagement
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25 of 55Britain's Got Talent found a new winner
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26 of 55Kim Kardashian announced she's expecting third child
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28 of 55Prince George started school
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34 of 55Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez reunited
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35 of 55Niall Horan dropped his solo album
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36 of 55Cheryl returned to The X Factor
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37 of 55Prince Harry announced his engagement to Meghan Markle
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38 of 55heat's weird celebrity crush was revealed
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39 of 55Andy Murray and Kim Sears welcomed their second child
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40 of 55Hannah Spearritt joined EastEnders
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42 of 55Ferne McCann welcomed a baby girl
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43 of 55Sophie Faldo won The Great British Bake Off
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44 of 55Louis Tomlinson released solo music
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45 of 55Pippa Middleton married her partner
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46 of 55Davina McCall announced she's split from her husband
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47 of 55Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé recorded 'Perfect' together
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48 of 55Rak-Su won The X Factor 2017
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49 of 55Kem Cetinay and Amber Davies split up
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50 of 55Jay-Z admitted to cheating on Beyonce
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51 of 55Toff won I'm A Celebrity!
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Skinny Brands commissioned the research and polled 2000 women.