Music from the 1980s is popular for current roller skating. Here are the songs, which were played in the rinks back then.
When you follow roller skating on social media, you’ll notice that videos predominantly feature songs from the 1970s and 1980s. The 1970s is an obvious choice as disco was everywhere, but roller skating truly took off in the 1980s. During that era, roller rink music became a distinct genre, featuring many tracks and artists that didn’t necessarily hit the top 40 music charts.
Popular music styles of the time, such as Brit-Pop, New Romance, New-Wave, Soft Rock, Alternative Rock, Arena Rock, and Synth-Pop, didn’t always have the ideal beat for skating. As a result, a specific skate music genre developed.
Debbie Deb’s song “Look Out Weekend” is a classic example of a skate song. Every skater in the 1980s knew this tune, even though it only reached #26 on the US Dance Sales charts in 1984 and didn’t achieve further chart success.
Some years ago I collected a list of songs, which we skated on in our roller rink in the 1980s. Now it is transferred into a Spotify list. This provides inspirations for your 1980s roller disco vibes.