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August Songs and Dance Challenges (Decades, Summer Classics, and More)

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See out summer and welcome in fall with our monthly song calendars, and build a daily habit that everyone will love!

Take a trip down memory lane with some throwbacks, or get inspired with some daily feel-good songs. Once a day, put on the song and sing and dance until your heart’s content! We hope you have a lot of fun and revisit some fond memories, too!

Wake-Up Songs

August wake-up songs.
  1. “Heaven is a Place on Earth” Belinda Carlisle
  2. “Take on Me” a-ha
  3. “We Are Young” fun. ft. Janelle Monáe
  4. “Semi-Charmed Life” Third Eye Blind
  5. “Best Day of My Life” American Authors
  6. “I’m Still Standing” Elton John
  7. “Don’t Worry Be Happy” Bobby McFerrin
  8. “I Ain’t Worried” OneRepublic
  9. “Move Your Feet” Junior Senior
  10. “Stars Will Align” Kygo & Imagine Dragons
  11. “Walk of Life” Dire Straits
  12. “I Feel the Earth Move” Carole King
  13. “Runnin’ Down a Dream” Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
  14. “I’m Free” The Who
  15. “On the Road Again” Willie Nelson
  16. “Top of the World” The Carpenters
  17. “Born to Be Wild” Steppenwolf
  18. “Mr. Blue Sky” Electric Light Orchestra
  19. “Shake It Off” Taylor Swift
  20. “Viva La Vida” Coldplay
  21. “Beautiful Day” U2
  22. “Feeling Good” Nina Simone
  23. “I Got You (I Feel Good)” James Brown
  24. “Love Today” MIKA
  25. “Don’t Stop” Fleetwood Mac
  26. “Shine” Take That
  27. “Tubthumping” Chumbawamba
  28. “Run” OneRepublic
  29. “Levitating” Dua Lipa
  30. “Good Day” Twenty One Pilots
  31. “Footloose” Kenny Loggins

Get the August Wake-Up Songs printable here.

The Spotify playlist is available here.

Relaxing Evening Songs

Relaxing evening songs for August.
  1. “Misty” Johnny Mathis
  2. “The Look of Love” Dusty Springfield
  3. “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay” Otis Redding
  4. “Something” The Beatles
  5. “Your Song” Elton John
  6. “Imagine” John Lennon
  7. “It’s Too Late” Carole King
  8. “Dreams” Fleetwood Mac
  9. “Easy” Commodores
  10. “Just the Way You Are” Billy Joel
  11. “One Love” Bob Marley & The Wailers
  12. “How Deep Is Your Love” Bee Gees
  13. “Time After Time” Cyndi Lauper
  14. “True” Spandau Ballet
  15. “Drive” The Cars
  16. “Hello” Lionel Richie
  17. “Fields of Gold” Sting
  18. “Angel” Sarah McLachlan
  19. “Come Away with Me” Norah Jones
  20. “Home” Michael Bublé
  21. “You’re Beautiful” James Blunt
  22. “Gravity” John Mayer
  23. “Come Home” OneRepublic ft. Sara Bareilles
  24. “Holocene” Bon Iver
  25. “I Got You” Jack Johnson
  26. “Let It Go” James Bay
  27. “Magic” Coldplay
  28. “August” Taylor Swift
  29. “Easy on Me” Adele
  30. “Forever You and Me” The Teskey Brothers
  31. “My Baby Just Cares for Me” Nina Simone

Get the August relaxing songs printable here.

70s Songs

70s August Song Calendar.
  1. “Boogie Oogie Oogie” A Taste of Honey
  2. “Some Kind of Wonderful” Grand Funk Railroad
  3. “Come and Get Your Love” Redbone
  4. “Le Freak” CHIC
  5. “Fly Robin Fly” Silver Convention
  6. “More, More, More” Andrea True Connection
  7. “Lady Marmalade” LaBelle
  8. “Dancing Queen” ABBA
  9. “Shine a Little Love” Electric Light Orchestra
  10. “Boogie Nights” Heatwave
  11. “Stayin’ Alive” Bee Gees
  12. “Got to Be Real” Cheryl Lynn
  13. “Turn the Beat Around” Vicki Sue Robinson
  14. “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” Queen
  15. “Love Really Hurts Without You” Billy Ocean
  16. “Dancing Days” Led Zeppelin
  17. “I’m Your Boogie Man” KC & The Sunshine Band
  18. “Superstition” Stevie Wonder
  19. “All Right Now” Free
  20. “Heaven Must Have Sent You” Bonnie Pointer
  21. “Sugar Baby Love” The Rubettes
  22. “The Hustle” Van McCoy
  23. “Don’t Leave Me This Way” Thelma Houston
  24. “Boogie Wonderland” Earth, Wind & Fire
  25. “Shambala” Three Dog Night
  26. “Magic” Pilot
  27. “Best of My Love” The Emotions
  28. “Dancing Machine” The Jackson 5
  29. “Boogie Shoes” KC and the Sunshine Band
  30. “Young Hearts Run Free” Candi Staton
  31. “Heart of Glass” Blondie

Get the 70s August Calendar printable here.

80s Songs

August 80s song calendar.
  1. “Need You Tonight” INXS
  2. “Just Can’t Get Enough” Depeche Mode
  3. “Radio Ga Ga” Queen
  4. “Never Too Much” Luther Vandross
  5. “Hold on Tight” Electric Light Orchestra
  6. “Hungry Like the Wolf” Duran Duran
  7. “How Will I Know” Whitney Houston
  8. “Party All the Time” Eddie Murphy
  9. “Tell It to My Heart” Taylor Dayne
  10. “Call Me” Blondie
  11. “Everywhere” Fleetwood Mac
  12. “Any Way You Want It” Journey
  13. “You Can Call Me Al” Paul Simon
  14. “Your Love” The Outfield
  15. “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” Cyndi Lauper
  16. “Funkytown” Lipps Inc.
  17. “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Tears for Fears
  18. “Don’t You Want Me” The Human League
  19. “Start Me Up” The Rolling Stones
  20. “Give It Up” KC & The Sunshine Band
  21. “Rhythm Ias Gonna Get You” Gloria Estefan
  22. “Uptown Girl” Billy Joel
  23. “Coming Up” Paul McCartney
  24. “Club Tropicana” Wham!
  25. “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” Simple Minds
  26. “We Got the Beat” The Go-Go’s
  27. “Talking in Your Sleep” The Romantics
  28. “Venus” Bananarama
  29. “Into the Groove” Madonna
  30. “Let’s Groove” Earth, Wind & Fire
  31. “Let’s Dance” David Bowie

Get the 80s August Calendar printable here.

Come back to this post as we add more playlists for August over the next 2 weeks.

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