Sunderland Echo

Toto’s top tune for dads to bust their dancing moves to!

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At weddings, birthdays or any celebratio­n we’ve all seen the cringing and embarrassi­ng spectre of the ‘Dad Dance’.

Now, with Father’s Day fast approachin­g, greetings card market place thortful.com is celebratin­g the cringfest that is dads busting their moves.

Thortful.com have created a how-to guide on dad dances and the ultimate dad dancing playlist designed to get your father figure moving and grooving.

To create the playlist, thortful analysed Spotify playlists with the name ‘dad dancing’ in the title.

Top of the list was Toto’s classic track Africa.

Father’s Day is a time when fathers or father figures are quite rightly given a special celebrator­y day, and thortful.com think it’s about time to celebrate one of the cringiest Dad-isms there is ... dancing.

It’s time to get rid of that feeling of dread when your dad gets up and moves towards the dancefloor at any possible chance.

Let’s face it, Dads are the OG TikTok dancers!

They’ve been busting cheesy dance moves for decades and it’s not fair that the youngsters get all the credit.

And there are certain songs which really get the party started for our father figures. With this in mind, thortful has created the ultimate Dad Dancing playlist!

To create the playlist, thortful analysed Spotify playlists with the name ‘dad dancing’ in the title. Top ten songs and artists on the list ... 1 Africa, Toto

2 Take on Me, a-ha

3 Mr Blue Sky, Electric Light Orchestra

4 I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me), Whitney Houston

5 Brown Eyed Girl, Van Morrison

6 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), Eurythmics

7 Sweet Caroline, Neil Diamond

8 Hotel California – 2013 Remastered, Eagles

9 Go Your Own Way, Fleetwood Mac

10 Billie Jean, Michael Jackson

Visit www.thortful.com/ dad-dancing for the full playlist.

 ??  ?? Toto’s Africa is best dad dancing song in new survey (photo: Valery Hache/AFP via Getty Images)
Toto’s Africa is best dad dancing song in new survey (photo: Valery Hache/AFP via Getty Images)

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