60+ Best Kids Party Songs for The Ultimate Disco Playlist

If you’re looking for the best kids party songs to get the kids up on the dance floor for a good time without suggestive lyrics, swearing or vulgar language, we’ve got you covered. 

Here is a list of mom-approved pop music for a dance party playlist to keep the whole family happy. 

When it comes to kids parties, you want them to have an unforgettable time.

You want the music playing at the party to be more than just background noise, but rather something that is actually engaging with the kids, but just as importantly, you want to be able to listen to these songs with MP3 player without going crazy yourself. 

There are many great songs out there for kids parties, let us walk you through some of our best party songs playlist recommendations. 

These suggestions work whether you’re looking for music for kids birthday party, putting together a year 6 school leaver’s party playlist, planning a disco for the family New Year’s Eve party or more.

No matter what kind of party you have, this ultimate disco playlist will keep the dance floor going!

The best parties are the ones that are full of energy, laughter, and fun. Here are some songs that will keep your kids dancing all night!

Kid Friendly Pop Songs

Each of these is an upbeat song with clean lyrics that will have you busting out your crazy dance moves along with the kids.

These modern hits are suitable for kids of all ages, and are mainstream fairly recent tunes that should be crowd pleasers with something for both little kids and older kids, without driving us parents too crazy. 

Our kids are quick to complain when we break out the old school Disco Essentials playlist or turn up our 90s R&B (Clearly.. they don’t know what’s good! We did sneak just a couple of these in, they are good songs!)

So we have put together a list of fun songs and great tunes by today’s favorite pop artists, including a mix of classic kid friendly pop sounds, current trending sounds from TikTok and uplifting songs without swearing from Apple Music’s Today’s Hits playlist.

1. Ariana Grande – 7 Rings (Clean version) 
2. B.O.B – Airplane 
3. BTS – Dynamite
4. Black Eyed Peas – I gotta Feeling
5. Black Eyed Peas – Where is the Love
6. Brandy and Mace – Top of the World
7. Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk
8. Bruno Mars – Count on Me
9. Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
10. Cheryl Cole – Fight for this love 
11. Dermot Kennedy – Giants
12. Dua Lipa & Elton John – Cold Heart
13. Dua Lipa – Break My Heart 
14. Dua Lipa – Levitating
15. Earth Wind and Fire – Boogie Wonderland 
16. Ed Sheeran – Shivers
17. Glass Animals – Heat Waves
18. Harry Styles – Watermelon Sugar
19. Idina Menzel – Let it Go (from the movie Frozen)
20. Imagine Dragons – Thunder
21. Jessie J – Price Tag
22. Justin Bieber – Baby 
23. Justin Bieber – Yummy
24. Justin Timberlake – Can’t Stop the Feeling
25. Katy Perry – Firework 
26. Katy Perry – Roar
27. LEGO movie – Everything is Awesome
28. Little Mix – Confetti 
29. Little Mix – Wings 
30. LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem
31. Mabel – Don’t Call Me Up 
32. Maroon 5 and Megan Thee Stallion – Beautiful Mistakes
33. Miley Cyrus – Party in the USA
34. Niall Horan – No Judgement
35. Nicki Minaj – Super Bass
36. Olivia Rodrigo – Good 4 U 
37. Olly Murs – Dance with me tonight 
38. One Direction – What Makes you Beautiful
39. Owl City – Fireflies
40. Panic at the Disco – High Hopes  
41. Pharrell Williams – Happy
42. Post Malone and Swae Lee – Sunflower from Spider-Man Into the Spiderverse
43. Reel 2 Real – I Like to Move It
44. Rihanna – Please Don’t Stop the Music
45. Selena Gomez – Who Says 
46. Sia – Cheap Thrills
47. Smash Mouth – I’m a Believer (from the Shrek movie)
48. Spice Girls – Wannabe 
49. Taylor Swift – Love Story
50. Taylor Swift – Mean
51. Taylor Swift – Shake it Off
52. Taylor Swift – Wildest Dreams (Taylor’s Version)
53. The Anxiety, Willow and Tyler Cole – Meet Me At Our Spot (Clean version)
54. The Weeknd – Blinding Lights
55. Van Halen – Jump
56. Will Smith – Men in Black
57.  Willow Smith – Whip my hair 
58. Wizkid – Essence 
59. Zendaya & Zac Efron – Rewrite the Stars (from the Greatest Showman soundtrack)
60. Zendaya & Zac Efron – The Greatest Show

Note: Quite a few of these songs are featured on the dancing game Just Dance so if you happen to have a copy of this game available, it’s fun to hook this up with the XBOX Kinnect or Wii for a fun party game with the kids. 

Novelty Kids Songs and Songs with Dances

So these are the ones which you may not want to hear on repeat, but throw in a few of these famous songs with dances and you will get everybody up on the dance floor.  If you wanna dance and get involved in the Macarena we won’t judge. 

Some of these songs are classics and top party songs that you might remember from our own school disco days but active kids will enjoy learning these dances, singing along and having so much fun together with their friends.  

1. Black Lace – Superman 
2. Cameo – Candy 
3. Carl Douglas – Kung Fu Fighting
4. DJ Casper – Cha Cha Slide
5. Los Del Rio – Macarena
6. Michael Jackson – Thriller 
7. Pink Fong – Baby Shark
8. Psy – Gangnam Style
9. Spice Girls – Stop 
10. Survivor – Eye of the Tiger
11. Village People – YMCA 
12. Whigfield – Saturday Night 
13. Ylvis – What Does the Fox Say

The playlist is one of the most important elements of any party – kids included. We hope you found this list useful for some extra inspiration of what to add to your Spotify playlists or ultimate birthday party album for your child.

Be sure to add your child’s favourite song too if it did not make the list! The best songs for your kid’s party are of course the ones that they love and every child’s musical taste is different even at a young age. 

Look out for our Songs for Kids Christmas Party Playlist coming soon. The festive season is coming and we have got you covered for your next party, whether you are planning a big event or just fancy a disco party in your living room. These are the fun moments that childhood are made of. 

Now that you have the best songs lined up and loaded onto a playlist for your kids’ party, it’s time to think about the party games, deciding on the birthday cake, and everything else you need for a stress free birthday party. 

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