James Brown’s classic Sex Machine track is the number one dance floor filler of all time, according to a new British survey.

More than 2,000 festival-goers, clubbers and dance fans were asked what makes them get up and strut their stuff.

Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine, often known as just Sex Machine, by Mr Brown, the so-called “The Godfather of Soul”, defeated all challengers to the crown with 26 per cent of the votes. The funk song was recorded in 1970.

Number two, with 13 per cent, is the 1990s classic Groove Is In The Heart by dance group Deee-Lite, while Martha & The Vandellas are at number three with Dancing In The Street, voted for by 11 per cent of respondents.

In at fourth and fifth place respectively are the Donna Summer classic I Feel Love (10 per cent) and The Bee Gees’ disco track Night Fever (nine per cent), which first appeared on the soundtrack to the 1970s film Saturday Night Fever.

The survey was conducted by electronic music festival GlobalGathering, which takes place on Friday and Saturday at Long Marston Airfield, Stratford-Upon-Avon.

Headline acts include Pendulum, Tinie Tempah and Chase & Status.

The top 10 hits

1. James Brown ­– Sex Machine (26 per cent)
2. Deee-Lite – Groove is in the Heart (13 per cent)
3. Martha & The Vandellas – Dancing in the Street (11 per cent)
4. Donna Summer – I Feel Love (10 per cent)
5. The Bee Gees – Night Fever (nine per cent)
6. Fatboy Slim – Praise You (eight per cent)
7. Abba – Dancing Queen (six per cent)
8. Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson – Valerie (four per cent)
9. The B-52s – Love Shack (three per cent)
10. Michael Jackson – Billie Jean (two per cent)