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# Celebrate the Anniversary of Lionel Richie's 'Dancing on the Ceiling' With These '80s Movie Dance Sequences

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## 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.

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