We’ve recently thrown a mini disco for Baby Lighty’s second birthday, which obviously required a suitable toddler playlist. As mentioned in my party planning post and as promised in my post about throwing a toddler disco, this is the playlist that we created. A party isn’t a party without a proper playlist, and a toddler disco is no exception. We bought a Spotify Premium account to create the playlist with, but obviously there are other music providers available or if you have the music you wish to use readily available to you, you could create a playlist on an MP3 player . I’ve included a list of our song choices, but if you would like to download the playlist yourself, you can do so by clicking below:

Baby Lighty’s Mini Disco Playlist:

1. Hot Potato – The Wiggles
2. Rock-a-Bye your Bear – The Wiggles
3. The Grand Old Duke of York – La Peque Banda
4. Five Little Monkeys – The Wiggles
5. Postman Pat theme tune – Crimson Ensemble
6. The Wiggle Song – New Wine
7. If you’re Happy and you Know It Clap your Hands – Nursery Rhymes ABC
8. Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes – The Wiggles
9. Row, Row, Row Your Boat – The Wiggles
10. Old MacDonald Had a Farm – The Wiggles
11. I am the Music Man – Black Lace
12. Agadoo – Black Lace
13. Superman – Black Lace
14. Do the Conga – Black Lace
15. Hokey Cokey – Black Lace
16. Time Warp – Black Lace
17. Justin’s House theme tune – Justin’s House
18. Gigglebiz theme tune – Gigglebiz
19. In the Night Garden theme tune – In the Night Garden…
20. Timmy Time theme tune – Timmy Time
21. Woolly & Tig theme tune (I Love Woolly) – Woolly & Tig
22. Tree Fu Tom theme tune – Tree Fu Tom
23. Special Delivery Service Theme – Postman Pat
24. The Birthday Song – CBeebies Presenters
25. Let It Go – Idina Menzel
26. Love is an Open Door – Kristen Bell, Santino Fontana
27. Do you want to build a Snowman? – Kristen Bell, Agatha Lee Monn
28. Love is an Open Door – Kristen Bell, Santino Fontana
29. In Summer – Josh Gad
30. Fixer Upper – Maia Wilson and the cast from Frozen
31. Can’t Stop the Feeling! – Justin Timberlake
32. Happy – Pharrell Williams
33. I Gotta Feeling – The Black Eyed Peas
34. Despacito – Justin Bieber and Luis Fonsi
35. Cha Cha Slide – DJ Caspar
36. Star Trekkin’ – The Firm
37. Wheels on the Bus – The Wiggles
38. Do the Propeller! – The Wiggles
39. ABC – The Wiggles
40. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star – The Wiggles
41. Dr Knickerbocker – The Wiggles
42. Ring-a-Ring O’Rosy – The Wiggles
43. Toot, Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car – The Wiggles
44. Itsy Bitsy Spider – The Wiggles
45. Who’s in The Wiggle House? – The WIggles
46. What Makes you Beautiful – One Direction
47. Everything is AWESOME! – Tegan and Sara, The Lonely Island
48. Reach – S Club 7
49. Don’t Stop Movin’ – S Club 7
50. Livin’ La Vida Loca – Ricky Martin

Throwing some moves!

If you want some alternatives to the above, why not try the following song choices for your own playlist?

• Change the Frozen soundtrack for a different, or several different, movie soundtracks. For example, Moana or Trolls.
• Use different versions of the nursery rhymes. We mostly used The Wiggles’ versions because they are more upbeat and Baby Lighty knows them, but there is plenty of choice out there.
• Add in more pop music. For an older child, you could add in more songs by the likes of One Direction, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande or Little Mix, for example.
• Similarly, for slightly older children, you could include songs which have more actions and dance routines to them. Examples of these include 90’s classics such as Whigfield’s Saturday Night, or The Macarena.

The main thing to consider when creating a toddler playlist is whether they’re songs that children will love and will get up dancing to. Baby Lighty really showed off his moves on the day of his party, and it was lovely to see him up dancing. I’m interested to see how his tastes change and how the playlists change over the next few years!

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