--- title: It's An '80s Dance Party Masquerading As '80s Movie Supercut description: Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Lionel Richie's "Dancing on the Ceiling" with an awesome supercut. canonical: https://time.com/4439098/celebrate-the-anniversary-of-lionel-richies-dancing-on-the-ceiling-with-these-80s-movie-dance-sequences/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-04T18:12:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:07.224Z og:title: Have An '80s Dance Party at Your Desk With This Supercut og:description: To celebrate the anniversary of Lionel Richie's Dancing on the Ceiling og:url: https://time.com/4439098/celebrate-the-anniversary-of-lionel-richies-dancing-on-the-ceiling-with-these-80s-movie-dance-sequences/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Have An '80s Dance Party at Your Desk With This Supercut twitter:description: To celebrate the anniversary of Lionel Richie's Dancing on the Ceiling twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Celebrate the Anniversary of Lionel Richie's 'Dancing on the Ceiling' With These '80s Movie Dance Sequences by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 4, 2016 6:12 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 4, 2016 6:12 PM UTC August 5th is the 30th anniversary of Lionel Richie’s party classic “Dancing on the Ceiling” and to mark the momentous occasion, video editor [Robert Jones](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxEzxdkt1pCLyCfUtj0HBvA) created an awesome ’80s dance party video with all the characters from your favorite ’80s films busting a move to the tune. The video features clips from the John Hughes oeuvre like _Breakfast Club_ and _Ferris Bueller’s Day Off_, as well as (wildly underrated) _Better Off Dead,_ _Howard the Duck, Twins, Dirty Dancing, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure_, [_Hairspray_](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/07/29/girl-power-10-terrific-teen-heroines-in-movies/slide/hairspray/?iid=sr-link5) (which is about to get the live musical treatment), _Footloose_, and even the dinner party scene from [_Beetlejuice_](http://time.com/4428264/winona-ryder-tim-burton-michael-keaton-beetlejuice/?iid=sr-link2). Other clips include _Mannequin_ with a young [Kim Cattrall](http://motto.time.com/4359624/kim-cattrall-insomnia/?iid=sr-link1) busting a move, Tom Hanks in _Bachelor Party_ and _Big_, Bill Murray making the most of drill practice in _Stripes_, [Robin Williams ](http://time.com/3102021/robin-williams-dead-most-memorable-roles/?iid=sr-link4)fist pumping in time in _Good Morning Vietnam_, and [Prince](http://time.com/4303780/prince-best-songs/?iid=sr-link1) letting loose in _Purple Rain_. It’s a super fun way to dance your way down movie memory lane, and maybe find a few films to add to your Netflix queue along the way. By the way, the original music video for “[Dancing on the Ceiling](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdQDXs75Ulo)” is worth a gander for the impressively ’80s fashion, choreography, and ponytail mullet on the drummer. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4439098/celebrate-the-anniversary-of-lionel-richies-dancing-on-the-ceiling-with-these-80s-movie-dance-sequences/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4439098/celebrate-the-anniversary-of-lionel-richies-dancing-on-the-ceiling-with-these-80s-movie-dance-sequences/"},"headline":"Celebrate the Anniversary of Lionel Richie's 'Dancing on the Ceiling' With These '80s Movie Dance Sequences","datePublished":"2016-08-04T18:12:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:07.224Z","description":"All your '80s favorites bust a move","url":"https://time.com/4439098/celebrate-the-anniversary-of-lionel-richies-dancing-on-the-ceiling-with-these-80s-movie-dance-sequences/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Viral Videos","dancing"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4439098/celebrate-the-anniversary-of-lionel-richies-dancing-on-the-ceiling-with-these-80s-movie-dance-sequences/","name":"Celebrate the Anniversary of Lionel Richie's 'Dancing on the Ceiling' With These '80s Movie Dance Sequences"}}]}] ```