10 Songs Proven To Make You Happy
6. I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston
Most of the greatest pop songs in the world make you want to dance. Even if you don't consider yourself the most proficient in terms of footwork, everyone normally has a couple of songs that can get them to express themselves through dancing. The song could be about anything, but Whitney Houston laid that feeling of abandon out as clear as day on "I Wanna Dance With Somebody."
Though the song feels like a nostalgic look at '80s fashion on first glance, the actual production of this song is immaculate, with the synths creating one of the most infectious grooves in the history of man. Any singer would have sounded amazing over that kind of foundation, but the fact that we were graced with one of the greatest voices in the history of music to sing this hook almost sounds too good to be true.
Then again, life sometimes gifts us with artists like Whitney Houston, who's able to sing this track like dancing is one of the only things that matters in her life. This might be a dancing song in name, but the entire performance by Houston makes the entire track feel like an out of body experience from start to finish. There's probably legions of fans who hate pop with every fiber of their being, but you gotta be lying to yourself if you say that you don't like this song just a little.