From the Author: I live in Southern California and have been country dancing for over 7 years. I have spent many nights out both line dancing and partner dancing and like to travel to find all the good places to dance. I still really enjoy dancing the Electric Slide! Author bio here. If you have any questions I respond quickly to comments!
Here’s a list of super fun line dances that are considered for the most part to be “staple” line dances in country bars and dance halls.
Some of these dances are not as popular as they once were, but are still loved and called from time to time depending on the region of the country and bar where you dance. Check out the list and learn or brush up on your favorites!
Here is an alphabetical list of these 17 super fun line dances still danced and enjoyed by many in dance venues across the country. These dances include: Ain’t Too Cool, Askin’ Questions, Boomerang, Half Past Tipsy, Honky Tonk County Line, and more!
(click on them to pop down to more information and lessons for each one).
17 Super Fun Line Dances:
- Ain’t Too Cool
- Askin’ Questions
- Aw Naw
- Backwood Bump
- Boomerang
- Can’t Walk Away
- Groovy Love
- Half Past Tipsy
- High Class
- Honky Tonk County Line
- I Got This
- L.I.L.Y. (Like I Love You)
- M.I.B. (Men In Black)
- MMMBop
- Stitches
- The Walk
- What Makes You Country
1. Ain’t Too Cool
| Count: 32 | Wall: 4 | Level: Improver |
Choreography: “TB2” Trevor Thornton, Brandon Roman, Branden Swift (Florida, USA) Dec. 2015
Music: “Ain’t Too Cool” by LunchMoney Lewis
Step Sheet: Click here to download.
The Line Dance Ain’t Too Cool is to the song by LunchMoneyLewis. So the giant list of popular line dances starts with two songs from LunchMoney Lewis! This is another example of a non-country line dance that is incredibly fun with an addictive beat and sound. I like how the song is about dancing. “If you ain’t too cool to dance…” Even the lyrics challenge you to get out on the dance floor! And the chorus with “Boogie-oogie, boogie-oogie-oogie” is pretty fun.
2. Askin’ Questions
| Count: 32 | Wall: 4 | Level: Low Intermediate |
Choreographer: Larry Bass (July 2009)
Music: Askin’ Questions by Brady Seals
Step Sheet: Click here to download.
Askin’ Questions was originally choreographed for the song Askin’ Questions by Brady Seals. Brady Seals is sort of an obscure country artist who has bounced between collaborations and a solo career. His solo album Play Time from 2009 is awesome and features Askin’ Questions. Just a really simple fun song about how he’s just asking questions, like
“Hey, pretty girl can I get in your game?
Hey girl what’s your name? etc. etc.
But Askin’ Questions is danced to other songs as well… see the video below…
Larry Bass Links:
On Copper Knob
Everything Line Dance
3. Aw Naw
| Count: 48 | Wall: 4 | Level: Intermediate |
Choreographer: Steve Lustgraaf with some of the River City Shakers (May 2013)
Music: “Aw Naw” by Chris Young
Step Sheet: Click here to download.
Another current favorite in the country bar dance scene. But this one will challenge you a bit more as a 48-count intermediate-level dance.
4. Backwood Bump
| Count: 48 | Wall: 4 | Level: Improver |
Choreographer: Brandon Zahorsky & Stacy Ruggiero (January 2017)
Music: Backwood Bump by Waterloo Revival
Step Sheet: Click here to download
Backwood Bump is an improver line dance done to a fun song by the country duo Waterloo Revival. Check out the demo & teach videos and then try it out! It’s a super fun dance!
5. Boomerang
| Count: 32 | Wall: 2 | Level: Low Intermediate |
Choreographer: Kat Painter (May 2016)
Music: Boomerang by Kelsea Ballerini
Step Sheet: Click here to download.
Another super popular line dance right now to the pop song Boomerang by Kelsea Ballerini. Interestingly, Kelsea Ballerini never ended up releasing the song! But Christi Lamb did! This is the version people will use for the dance.
This is a pretty easy line dance to learn at low-intermediate. Have fun with the Chug steps, Mambos and I think all the rock steps go well with the Boomerang lyrics.
6. Can’t Walk Away
| Count: 32 | Wall: 4 | Tag: 1 | Restarts: 1 | Level: Improver/Intermediate |
Choreographer: Megan Barsuglia and Christopher Gonzalez
Music: Cravin’ You by Thomas Rhett and Maren Morris
Step Sheet: Click here to download.
This dance choreographed to the song Cravin’ You by Thomas Rhett and Maren Moris is so good! The girl-friend country song reflects the sentiment of any guy or gal in a new exciting relationship. That stage where you’re falling in love and you can’t get enough of each other.
Megan Barsuglia and Christopher Gonzales Did such a great job creating a challenging (Improver/Intermediate) line dance that includes a rocking chair, double heel swivels, coaster steps, pivots, a crossing triple, a full unwind, and mambo steps! So, learn this dance to add and expand the variety of line dance steps to your repertoire.
7. Groovy Love
| Count: 32 | Wall: 4 | Level: Improver |
Choreographer: Fred Whitehouse (Ire), Daniel Trepat (NL) & Jonas Dahlgren (Swe) (July 2018)
Music: If Jesus Loves Me by Saint Lanvain, Rahmsed
Step Sheet: Click here to download.
I’ve learned Groovy love and done it a few times. Super fun dance to the non-country jam “If Jesus Loves Me.” One thing that is pretty cool is that it is the result of 3 choreographers coming together from 3 countries: Ireland, the Netherlands, & Sweden!
8. Half Past Tipsy
| Count: 48 | Wall: 4 | Level: Improver |
Choreographer: Maddison Glover (AUS) & Rachael McEnaney (USA) – October 2019
Music: 1, 2 Many by Luke Combs and Brooks & Dunn
Step Sheet: Click here to download.
Half Past Tipsy is a really cute dance that, at 48 counts is an improver-level dance. A couple of things to note: there is a 16-count intro before you start the dance, on wall 3 after 24 counts there’s a restart at the 12:00 wall and on wall 7 after 32 counts there’s a tag. So, a little challenging, but a great song and a great dance to learn.
9. High Class
| Count: 32 | Wall: 4 | Level: Intermediate |
Choreographer: Kerry Kick & Jessica Short (October 2015)
Music: High Class by Eric Paslay
Step Sheet: Click here to download.
Here’s a line dance for the song of another great country artist: Eric Paslay. And if you frequent The Ranch in Anaheim, in Southern California you have taken lessons from their own Kerry Kick there. She’s a great instructor and in my mind, at least is a little famous for putting body rolls into her dances. If you like those her High Class dance will not disappoint!
10. Honky Tonk County Line
| Count: 32 | Wall: 2 | Level: Easy Intermediate Contra |
Choreographer: Rick Dominguez (July 2017)
Music: Honky Tonk Highway by Luke Combs
Step Sheet: Click here to download.
So, I have a little experience with Honky Tonk County Line! It was early on in my exposure to country dancing and line dancing when I was on the floor for a lesson for Honky Tonk County Line. It is considered an “Easy Intermediate Contra,” but I don’t think “easy” should be part of that description!
This is a contra-dance, but unlike Black Velvet where the lines of dancers travel in opposite directions, in Honky Tonk County Line dancers also move horizontally too! There ends up being little squares or boxes where you move around each other! Learn this one and you will be ahead of me!
11. I Got This
| Count: 48 | Wall: 4 | Restarts: 2 | Level: Low Intermediate |
Choreographer: Kristal Lynn Konzen (March 2018)
Music: I Got This by Jerrod Niemann
Step Sheet: Click here to download.
This is a really cool and somewhat challenging line dance choreographed by Kristal Lynn Konzen who was teaching at the Borderline, but more recently at the BL Saloon in Agoura Hills. Here’s her tutorial and a great demo video as well. this is a little difficult, but just say to yourself: “I Got This!”
12. L.I.L.Y. (Like I Love You)
| Count: 64 | Wall: 2 | Level: Low Intermediate |
Choreographer: Darren Bailey, UK (May 2019)
Music: Like I Love You by Lost Frequencies featuring NGHBRS
Step Sheet: Click here to download.
This line dance is for the song Like I Love You, the creation of Lost Frequencies (Belgium DJ Felix De Laet). Its electronic music by the American Rock Band the NGHBRS.
The line dance is very cool, but not for a beginner really at 64 counts. I have enjoyed learning this line dance, (I enjoyed the diagonal walks with lock & rock steps) but need another lesson for sure to get it down!
13. Men In Black (M.I.B.)
| Count: 32 | Wall: 4 | Level: Beginner/Intermediate |
Choreographer: James O. Kellerman
Music: Men In Black by Will Smith
Step Sheet: Click here to download.
When the Men In Black movies were around I really enjoyed all the goofiness and special effects as we were entertained by Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones (Agent J & K) protecting us from the hundreds of aliens we didn’t realize were living amongst us every day.
I never figured on doing a line dance to the song, but that’s what you can do now. The line dance to Will Smith’s song Men In Black is a pretty easy 32 count 4 wall, no tag line dance. Check out the video to learn it or brush up on it!
14. MMMBop
| Count: 32 | Wall: 4 | Level: Intermediate |
Choreographer: Kelly Kaylin
Music: MMMBop by The Hansons
Step Sheet: Click here to download.
The line dance for MMMBop really complements the happy uptempo feel of the Hanson’s 1997 hit teen pop song. I really like the point steps, the sailor steps, and the hold parts in the dance. It moves fast, but the holds make it interesting and the cross steps give it a fun sense of traveling. Just a fun dance and a great example of a fun non-country line dance.
15. Stitches
| Count: 32 | Wall: 4 | Restarts: 1 | Level: Improver |
Choreographer: Amy Glass
Music: Stitches by Shawn Mendes
Step Sheet: Click here to download.
This a really fun fast-paced dance, hence definitely an improver. I’ve included a great demo & teach below but also an example of some folks just having some pure fun dancing the Stitches line dance.
16. The Walk (Mucara Walk)
| Count: 32 | Wall: 4 | Level: Beginner / Intermediate |
Choreographer: John Steel
Music: La Mucara By The Mavericks
Step Sheet: Click here to download.
So naturally, I’ve done a lot of these line dances to know about them and have an opinion. But in researching all these, I did come across a few I haven’t had much exposure to. The Walk is one of those. But, as a Mavericks fan, this one now has to be on my list!
17. What Makes You Country
| Count: 32 | Wall: 4 | Level: Beginner |
Choreographer: Rob Holley (January 2018)
Music: What Makes You Country by Luke Bryan
Step Sheet: Click here to download.
Yet another pretty easy beginner line dance making the rounds lately. It’s one that starts with the classic “toe, heel, stomp” and goes on from there. For the video, I’m giving some love to the person that put this video together to incorporate some live footage of Luke Bryan and throw in some video effects just for fun. Enjoy!