No boys ever asked to hold my hand cause I used to be fat. They had a Penny Pound night every Tuesday. They had a scale and you paid a penny for every pound you weighed. All my friends were out 70¢ and I was in second grade forking over $2

Haha penny pound night would NEVER go over these days

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gummi-demilo@reddit

Holy shit. As a former fat girl who got called “fat girl” (so original) in fifth grade, you have my sympathies

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ptero_smack_dyl@reddit

Girl, I saw an actual news story recently where parents were storming an elementary school cause some kids smeared glue on a girl’s desk and called her fat. I was like holy shit that woulda been a GOOD day! That’s all?!

Haha jokes on them though, I slimmed down and my boobs arrived early. Some of the boys who picked on me tried to hang out in high school and I told them to go fuck themselves. Double sad for them, I also had all the best parties and weed and they weren’t allowed to partake in either.

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gummi-demilo@reddit

LOVE that for you. I went to HS in a different state than elementary school and was pulling cute stoner boys in freshman year

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HeyYouTurd@reddit (OP)

So sweet. I hope you are one of the cute boys with the quad speed skates.

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DiscerningTruths@reddit

NJ Freestyle!!!! 🛼

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squirrelly73@reddit

"unbelievable" by EMF and "walk the dinosaur" by whoever tf sang that one.

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GoodThingsTony@reddit

Was not was was not what I remembered, but there it is.

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dunnkw@reddit

Do the Bartman

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MyMomsTastyButthole@reddit

Quad City DJs

Return of the Mack

La Bouche

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carguyinbc1969@reddit

Love the songs......but damn your username...LMAO

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MyMomsTastyButthole@reddit

Yeah, mom's pretty partial to that first one, the "ride the train" part

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ThisMrNiceGuy@reddit

Around the world - daft punk

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mart_nargy@reddit

After months of persuasion, we finally convinced the rink to play Bone Thugs’ “1st of Tha Month” at the NYE skate back in ‘95. Can’t help but think of that accomplishment whenever I hear it.

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Lost-Wanderer-405@reddit

Ice, Ice Baby

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Phoenix_Rising23@reddit

Love Ghost Town DJ's🎶

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YouAggressive8549@reddit

Milli Vanilli. Narrows down pretty specifically when I went to the skating rink, lol.

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AliceInPearlsGarden@reddit

90’s Prince

I’m talking Cream, Diamonds and Pearls, and Most Beautiful Girl in the World

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xt0rt@reddit

Disco. Diva House

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theAFguy200@reddit

Push it! Salt-N-Pepa

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FletchMom@reddit

OPP. We were ALLLLL on the rink when that came on. Didn’t know what it meant until I was a little bit older, though, lol

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SomeSortOfMudWizard@reddit

Yeah you know me!

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caddy45@reddit

Jump - kris Kross

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BradJeffersonian@reddit

Sugar Hill Gang-Rappers Delight

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assumetehposition@reddit

2 Legit 2 Quit

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HeyYouTurd@reddit (OP)

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JayRay_44@reddit

Tiffany, Debbie Gibson, NKOTB… the “teen classics” of the mid-80’s. Oh. And our local skating rink always seemed to play “Heaven in a Place on Earth” by Belinda Carlisle a lot.

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ptero_smack_dyl@reddit

Heaven is a Place on Earth was fucking everywhere for a while, like MTV heavy rotation too

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wonderlust_gypsie@reddit

Whip out by Fat boys/beach boys

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hiro111@reddit

https://youtu.be/B3BQbVPL9Fo?si=yMkq1JrIEuNwJV1r

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me-1985@reddit

Yes, this definitely rocked my late 90’s skate rink!

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HeyYouTurd@reddit (OP)

Yes 🙌 thank you! I need this in my life today

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BallAccomplished5733@reddit

The Bucketheads, The Bomb!

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GlandalfTheGrey@reddit

Pump up the volume pump up the volume DANCE DANCE

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Impressive-North3483@reddit

Sir Duke

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CatsEqualLife@reddit

Mortaaal Kombat

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GreatGlassLynx@reddit

YMCA for the win, baby! Runner up: La Bamba

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Vitaminpk@reddit

Pump Up the Jam

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atuznik@reddit

Jam on it - Newcleus

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FoppyDidNothingWrong@reddit

The old rink I went to used to play disco well into the alternative era!

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sed2017@reddit

Don’t Stop Believing by Journey

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ChiCityTechNerd@reddit

I can’t hear “My Boo” without hearing this now https://youtu.be/5dbG4wqN0rQ?si=q-k5vQxtaqQjJGWu

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HeyYouTurd@reddit (OP)

Nice 👍

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BoneDaddy77@reddit

Salt n Pepa : Push It

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tinglep@reddit

Double Dutch Bus

Bounce Rock Roll Skate

It Takes Two

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HeyYouTurd@reddit (OP)

It takes two. I forgot about that

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MardelMare@reddit

I can smell this photo!!!

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Pure_Image_5906@reddit

Beastie Boys for sure

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epidemicsaints@reddit

"Let the Music Play" by Shannon

"Fascinated" by B Company

Mr. Wendel is so good.

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happyharrell@reddit

Loved Mr Wendel as a kid (still do,) but now realize how so much of their other work is even better. Great band/group.

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hiro111@reddit

Let The Music Play is an all-time banger.

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ptero_smack_dyl@reddit

How about Nu Shooz “I can’t wait” though

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epidemicsaints@reddit

Unstoppable jam. Then it's time for Debbie Deb "When I Hear Music"

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WheresTheQueeph@reddit

I see you fellow Latin Freestyle fan!

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epidemicsaints@reddit

There's nothing like it. EVen when they play 4 songs with the same bassline and main riff in all of them, I'm like THIS RULES.

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WheresTheQueeph@reddit

Need like a 10 minute remix of Spring Love and I’m good.

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Aggravating-Try1222@reddit

We built this city on rock and rooooooooll!!!!

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dillyofapicklerick@reddit

No contest.

Under 12 year old me knew that Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins was the coolest song ever and also the best for the skating rink.

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Piccoloshis_Island@reddit

Did they play the video on the projector?

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dillyofapicklerick@reddit

Ours wasn't fancy enough to have a projector. Just awesome arcade games

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HeyYouTurd@reddit (OP)

Did you pretend you were the fastest boy alive?

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dillyofapicklerick@reddit

There was no pretending

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throwawaytoday9q@reddit

Hokey Pokey

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Piccoloshis_Island@reddit

Omg memories unlocked. First during Summer skating camp, Hokey Pokey and Chicken Dance, then during Saturday afternoon sessions! Everyone gather round the inner circle!

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FiveMysticWords@reddit

Who Made Who by AC/DC

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Due-Dentist9986@reddit

The Offspring Come Out and Play

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Skate_faced@reddit

More more more.

Because Disco Stu

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PlattWaterIsYummy@reddit

I went wild on Def Leopard

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No_Cow_4544@reddit

How was I good at roller skating and bad at ice skating ?

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No_Cow_4544@reddit

Buffalo Stance

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Rgoodrich10@reddit

KJ & da Fella's - Get Retarded

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Racacooonie@reddit

Starship - We Built This City and Sara!!

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PlusUltra_7@reddit

Open the door , get on the floor. Everybody walk the dinosaur 🦕 !

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LilRedForeman@reddit

There it is! Had to scroll too far for this banger.

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detourne@reddit

ACDC Thunderstruck

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RamenRoy@reddit

Nine Inch Nails - Closer

Man what a banger. I'd stay off the rink playing WWF arcade games, but when that song came on, I was skate dancing around eeeeeverybody.

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FewPiece138@reddit

The whip

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GingerbreadmanCDN@reddit

Anything from Dance Mix 95 (94 and 96 are close seconds)

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Max20151981@reddit

Canned Heat- Jamiroquai

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parlayandsurvive2@reddit

Technotronic Pump Up the Jam

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cbih@reddit

Jump! The Mac dad'll make ya

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Sal_Paradise81@reddit

Heaven Is A Place On Earth is BURNED into my memory re: skating rinks 😂

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Sgt__Schultz@reddit

Mine was the ice rink in the 80s and I would constantly hear "Pour Some Sugar on Me" by: Def Leppard. Aah, good times!

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Kim_Smoltz_@reddit

When I was like 6 and the ghostbusters theme song would come on with black lights I thought it was the coolest thing in the world.

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RolandMT32@reddit

I usually think of 80s pop music when I think of being at a skating rink - but maybe that's because the 80s is when I spent the most time at skating rinks. Off the top of my head, a couple I can think of that stand out are Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel) and All She Wants To Do Is Dance (Don Henley),

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Obvious_Argument4188@reddit

Eternal Flame - The Bangles

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lavidacontinua@reddit

Planet Rock

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MisRandomness@reddit

Freestyle

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blue_suavitel@reddit

Disco and freestyle also notorious BIG

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87StickUpKid@reddit

Love Shack

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SBSnipes@reddit

Wipeout for sure

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jcduwrong@reddit

MC ADE “How much can you take?” YouTube

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RedditsCoxswain@reddit

The summer of 88 I was 5/6 and every weekend was spent at the rollercade

Top Gun soundtrack was always on and Highway to the Danger zone was requested at least once an hour

Would skate as fast as I could and think I was the coolest flyboy in the hood

Then take my breath away would come on, I’d moan and head off to put a quarter in the After Burner arcade game.

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jimbswim@reddit

1000% same

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HeyYouTurd@reddit (OP)

So real I can see it

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Slow_Ad3662@reddit

We built this city!
I can still feel the wind rushing past me in the roller rink when I hear this song.

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violet715@reddit

White Horse by Laid Back

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Mninaz@reddit

Return of the Mack by Mark Morrison - felt like the baddest dude on rollerblades when that song came on

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Echterspieler@reddit

Rhythm is a dancer by snap! That was a good song to creep along the railing and fall down to.

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whiskeytangosix@reddit

Didn’t matter what rink or what we wanted, but we were hearing Ace of Base.

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ExMorgMD@reddit

Ghostbusters theme.

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whyneedaname77@reddit

Saturday

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changopdx@reddit

Dave Matthews Band but deep cuts ONLY.

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meganutsdeathpunch@reddit

Beer me a water nard dog

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graveybrains@reddit

Nu Shooz!

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ElectricalAlfalfa841@reddit

Michael Jackson p.y.t.

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Blue-Skye-@reddit

Don’t bring me down while playing shot the duck. Ohh free soda prizes I miss you so.

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Visual_Rub9517@reddit

Chic-Good Times

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natronmooretron@reddit

Couples only skate

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Linux_is_the_answer@reddit

The macarana

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Psychological_Bug424@reddit

Stevie B!

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GitPushItRealGood@reddit

The correct answer is “Steady Rock” by The Whispers.

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NotTroy@reddit

The Hokey Pokey.

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ReturntoForever3116@reddit

"Dave Matthews Band, no hits, deep tracks only."

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Puzzled_Loquat@reddit

Monty Mony. When that song played and they paused it, everyone had to skate the other direction.

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EastTXJosh@reddit

I was 10-years-old at the local skating rink in our rural East Texas town with a group of friends. One of them had just returned from the Christmas holidays at his dad’s house in California. He kept on telling us about this band he heard on the radio out there and went up to the DJ at the skating rink to request a song from the album. He skated back over to us and said, “the next song will change your world.” The next song? Welcome to the Jungle. Our lives were changed that day.

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HeyYouTurd@reddit (OP)

That’s great! I remember being in second grade and a friend having a tape of that song and us listening in the book corner and it blew my 10-year-old brain open

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Hot_Frosty0807@reddit

"Rock Steady" - The Whispers

"Stuck With You" - Huey Lewis and the News

"Sussudio" - Phil Collins

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bkpk11@reddit

I…get…so…

SWV I think?

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HeyYouTurd@reddit (OP)

I love that song!!!

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BeechM@reddit

Surprised Achy Breaky Heart hasn’t been mentioned here. Maybe it’s because most of my roller rink memories are from early 90s Nebraska, but that song was an absolute staple.

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HeyYouTurd@reddit (OP)

Maybe because it’s not a favorite

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MercenaryArtistDude@reddit

When they played Gillette's unedited "Short, Short Man".

Hilarious. Parents were UPSET.

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HeyYouTurd@reddit (OP)

Nice kinda like salt and Peppa what a man

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reillan@reddit

Axel F

https://youtu.be/Qx2gvHjNhQ0?si=z68KWL2sbUW3emgT

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HeyYouTurd@reddit (OP)

Ok I fuck wit that

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HeyYouTurd@reddit (OP)

This made me remember it’s the final countdown. Similar response!

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Corazon_De_MeLoon@reddit

Anything Ace of Base

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thehomeversion@reddit

Ghostbusters

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Danny-Wah@reddit

Black Hole Sun.

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digitalHalcyon@reddit

Prince - Let's Go Crazy

Tony Basil - Mickey

Kajagoogoo - Too Shy

Bangles - Eternal Flame

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SettingSolid@reddit

Freak Nasty- Da’ Dip

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HeyYouTurd@reddit (OP)

Love it

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athenanon@reddit

Maybe not favorite, but most prominant in my memory:

One, two princes kneel before you
That's what I said now
Princes, princes who adore you
Just go ahead now

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HeyYouTurd@reddit (OP)

Two Princes-Spin Doctors

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Lord-Shambles@reddit

Ace of Base "The Sign"

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gummi-demilo@reddit

Don’t Stop the Rock - Freestyle Look Out Weekend - Debbie Deb I Can’t Wait - Nu Shooz

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Piccoloshis_Island@reddit

It's Automatic. When you heard any type of Freestyle music, you knew it was SHUFFLE SKATE ONLY.

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HeyYouTurd@reddit (OP)

Yes!!!🙌

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HeyYouTurd@reddit (OP)

This guy knows skate music

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SaccharineHuxley@reddit

I always think of Hot Tub Time Machine when I hear Nu Shooz!!!!

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LordChauncyDeschamps@reddit

Debbie Deb, he'll yeah. When I Hear Music is one of my jams.

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fancylunchables@reddit

you dropped a bomb on me by the gap band

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radiowhatsit@reddit

Shake It Up by The Cars. “gatoooor”

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untitled13@reddit

The Locomotion blaring on a bass-heavy speakers pops in my head for some reason

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jcoffee77@reddit

Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough - MJ

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ripleyart2323@reddit

Here come the HOTSTEPPA

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OJimmy@reddit

Mariah Carey ruled our Roller King.

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ValancyNeverReadsit@reddit

When I first started going to the skating rink, the Ghostbusters theme, Madonna’s Holiday, and stuff from that era were playing. I think Janet Jackson’s Love Would Never Do Without You was one too. It’s a little complicated for me as I wasn’t listening to pop music at that time, so aside from the skating rink I don’t have clear memories of what was popular what year until ~1992 when I was nearly a teen

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chicagotodetroit@reddit

I took some kids to the skating rink over spring break, and they played Ghostbusters. I was really surprised to hear it since it's literally decades old.

They made a game of it, where every time the song said "Ghostbusters" you had to reverse direction. It was cute :-)

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agentmkultra666@reddit

I went to the skating rink last week, and they played songs from every decade 80s-now. I was kinda surprised because I expected to hate the music and expected it to be modern pop only. But I guess 80s and 90s music is so ingrained with skating rinks. Or the djs are just from our generation, haha

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Great_Smells@reddit

I was surprised to open this thread and not see ghostbuster at the top

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mesosuchus@reddit

The sound of arcade games.

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Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit

Everything from the movie "Roll Bounce."

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discreet1@reddit

Too sexy by Right Said Fred

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Jfonzy@reddit

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Pump Up the Jam

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PrestigiousAvocado21@reddit

"All That She Wants" by Ace of Base

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Appropriate-Brush772@reddit

Whenever I hear Michael Jackson’s Don’t Stop ’til You Get Enough I think of the roller rink

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elkniodaphs@reddit

Waiting for a Star to Fall by Boy Meets Girl.

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fragdoll4u@reddit

Ghostbusters

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Dramatic-Complex-111@reddit

Wipeout by The Fat Boys featuring The Beach Boys

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scotts1234@reddit

Supersonic!!

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DiaDeLosMuebles@reddit

Supersonic was always one of my favs

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jacksonmills@reddit

Anything Ska; Reel Big Fish, MMB, Less than Jake, that got everyone moving and it was pretty upbeat

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Solid-Hedgehog9623@reddit

Addams Groove

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BlackieDad@reddit

Gonna Make You Sweat by C&C Music Factory. I still request it when I take my kids to the rink.

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J_McDonald22@reddit

Everybody Dance Now!!

We would get so hyped up!!

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LordChauncyDeschamps@reddit

Do it Right by the SOS Band

Ain't Nobody by Chaka Khan

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daedalus9973@reddit

Wild Thing and Funky Cold Medina. The great thing about those songs is that you weren't sure which one was playing until they got to the lyrics

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Traditional_Entry183@reddit

The overwhelming majority of my time skating was in the mid 80s, so that era is completely what I associate with it.

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Amazing_Challenge_52@reddit

Red red wine -UB40. Played non stop at the rink I frequented in the late 80s

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Icy-Teach@reddit

Chicken dance

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BigDaddyHadley@reddit

Planet rock comes on, it's done!

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imgomez@reddit

Donna Summer, Love to Love You Baby! So sexy! So much making out on the rink, in plain sight of friends and classmates!

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irResist@reddit

Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Right Round

Right Said Fred - I'm too sexy

Eiffel 65 - Blue

NENA - 99 Red Balloons

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Open_Pineapple1236@reddit

This looks like the "Here I Come" video by Luscious Jackson

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WheresTheQueeph@reddit

Let The Music Play by Shannon.

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RGVHound@reddit

Request either of those songs, and the rink will fill up real quick!

I've got a whole genre in my mind of roller skating rink music like: "Push it" by Salt-N-Pepa, "Back to Life" by Soul II Soul, "Iesah," Another Bad Creation, and, of course, "A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays" by De La Soul.

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