Grown Up Music For Kids

Sure, everybody loves Mary's little lamb, but you just haven't witnessed pure bliss until you've popped on OutKast's "Hey Ya!" and watched a boppin' moppet shake it like a Polaroid picture. Fact is, there are plenty of grown up songs that go over like gangbusters with the miniature set, and we've got 'em right here, from Hanson's diabolically hooky "MMMBop," to the bounce-along, new-wave nonsense of the B-52s' "Rock Lobster," to the bring-it-down rhythm of Sugar Ray's "Fly."

Skip the TV hypno box: we've got your solution for kiddie entertainment, with songs to keep the little peeps moving and grooving till naptime, dinnertime, bedtime, and beyond. It's all good, clean fun, whether they're dancing the "Macarena" with Los Del Rio for hours on end, singing along with the pep-squad pop of Toni Basil's "Mickey," or pouring their hearts out to a ditty that kids can get really get behind — Bow Wow Wow's "I Want Candy."

"Are we there yet?!" Uh-oh, it's time for tunes that will keep the backseat happy without driving Mom and Dad nuts up front. We're talkin' fun stuff that everyone can get in on, like Queen's sing-along spectacular, "Bohemian Rhapsody," or Gary Numan's future-freaky ode to autos, "Cars." And when it's time to spend all that pent-up energy? Simply unleash Technotronic's thumpin' "Pump Up the Jam," or Deee-Lite's decadent dance-floor classic "Groove Is In the Heart" and let your puppies dance it all out.

There's nothing that says kids and grown-ups can't dance to the beat of the same drummer, especially when you've got our Grown Up Music for Kids to share with the special squirt in your life. It's a win-win situation when you fire up tunes like Smash Mouth's go-get-'em anthem "All Star," the Black Eyed Peas' funky tongue-twister "Dum Diddly," or Pink's dance-till-you-drop (in a heap of giggles on the floor) fave, "Get the Party Started." The little ones get to feel all adult and stuff, and you safely avoid the pitfalls of prolonged exposure to blind mice, twinkling stars, and merrily rowing boats.