# Pick three FANTASTIC party songs for a diverse group **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-three-fantastic-party-songs-for-a-diverse-group/556071 "2010-10-05T00:59:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-three-fantastic-party-songs-for-a-diverse-group/556071/21 "2010-10-05T10:19:48Z")
“Groove is in the Heart” Dee-light ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-three-fantastic-party-songs-for-a-diverse-group/556071/22 "2010-10-05T13:56:19Z")
Everybody loves “Shout”. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-three-fantastic-party-songs-for-a-diverse-group/556071/23 "2010-10-05T14:08:49Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Everybody loves “Shout”. Incorrect. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-three-fantastic-party-songs-for-a-diverse-group/556071/24 "2010-10-05T14:49:11Z")
[Black Betty-Ram Jam](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R044sleOW6I) [Ballroom Blitz-The Sweet](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmCIe2VEOtE) And for something completely different: [Concrete Schoolyard-Jurassic 5](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZmQIGLNxBs) ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-three-fantastic-party-songs-for-a-diverse-group/556071/25 "2010-10-05T14:56:19Z")
If I had to choose 3 songs for a diverse party spanning generations, I’d choose: Something by Anubian Lights – either [Way Gone Man](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJR3wxtb9W8) or [Wild Winter](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i1-A4IiYv4) Dead or Alive – [You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUatnbaNfEo) Frank Sinatra – [Come Fly With Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j1KGHOvSkM) ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-three-fantastic-party-songs-for-a-diverse-group/556071/26 "2010-10-05T15:03:03Z")
To cast a wide net: “Oh What a Night (December '63)” --The Four Seasons “Any way you Want it” --Journey “Thriller” --MJ ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-three-fantastic-party-songs-for-a-diverse-group/556071/27 "2010-10-05T15:50:56Z")
“Crazy” - Gnarls Barkley “Surrender” - Cheap Trick “Soul Finger” - Bar Kays ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-three-fantastic-party-songs-for-a-diverse-group/556071/28 "2010-10-05T15:59:23Z")
[Trouble Funk – “Let’s Get Small”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB6K1lw3t-M) [The Heavy – “How You Like Me Now?”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv7_EKme6lA) [Eagles of Death Metal – “Chase the Devil”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaKt4d2l5qo) Bonus: the album version of [Andre Williams – “I Wanna Be Your Favorite Pajamas”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMVgskCjXys) (the album is titled _Silky_ and is available on iTunes) ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-three-fantastic-party-songs-for-a-diverse-group/556071/29 "2010-10-05T17:13:00Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > > [@Zsofia](#): > > > > Everybody loves “Shout”. > > Incorrect. > mmm Why do you hate America? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-three-fantastic-party-songs-for-a-diverse-group/556071/30 "2010-10-05T17:21:07Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Everybody loves “Shout”. Pretty much. I’ve been to a couple hundred weddings, and it’s interesting to see what gets people on the dancefloor. And, you know what, it’s always the same songs. DJs that try to stray from the predictable party songs and venture into indie or techno territory usually end up with empty dancefloors, precisely because you’re catering to so many different groups. “Shout” is one of those songs that gets everyone going. As is “Twist and Shout.” Other perennial favorites (that have not been mentioned): I’ll give you three relatively older tunes: Van Morrison’s “Brown Eyed Girl” The Commodore’s “Brick House” Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” And three from the last decade or so: Kanye’s “Gold Digger” Outkast’s “Hey Ya” Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” (or any of a number of her tunes.) Oh, and a couple of 80s hair metal/hard rock tunes always seem to get a wide variety of people going. Try Bon Jovi’s “Living on a Prayer,” Motley Crue’s “Kickstart My Heart,” and Def Leppard’s “Pour Some Sugar On Me.” Also, any AC/DC. ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-three-fantastic-party-songs-for-a-diverse-group/556071/31 "2010-10-05T17:26:36Z")
Dancing in the Streets - Martha & the Vandellas or Van Halen, take your pick. (Bring over some of them old) Motown Records - Rod Stewart Good Love - Young Rascals ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-three-fantastic-party-songs-for-a-diverse-group/556071/32 "2010-10-05T17:27:37Z")
Sorry, I can’t count: Barry White- You’re The First, The Last, My Everything Beatles- Twist and Shout Beatles- I Saw Her Standing There Black Eyed Peas- Hey Mama Brian Setzer Orchestra- Jump, Jive & Wail Cheap Trick- I Want You To Want Me Commodores- Brick House Deee-Lite- Groove Is In The Heart Dion- Runaround Sue Elvis Presley- A Little Less Conversation Foundations- Build Me Up Buttercup Four Seasons- December 1963 (Oh, What A Night) Frank Sinatra The Way You Look tonight Frank Sinatra Fly Me To The Moon Gap Band- You Dropped A Bomb On Me Hot Chocolate- You Sexy Thing Jackson 5- ABC Kanye West Feat. Jamie Foxx- Gold Digger (the clean version) MC Rob Bass & DJ Easy Rock- It Takes Two Michael Jackson- Don’t Stop 'Til You Get Enough Modern English- I Melt With You No Doubt- Hey Baby Outkast- The Way You Move Peter Gabriel- In Your Eyes Ray Charles- The Mess Around Santana Feat. Rob Thomas- Smooth Spinners- The Rubberband Man Sugar Hill Gang- Apache- Jump On It Temptations- Ain’t Too Proud To Beg Temptations- My Girl U2- Beautiful Day UB40- Red Red Wine Van Morrison- Moondance Violent Femmes- Blister In The Sun Wild Cherry- Play That Funky Music Will Smith- Miami ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-three-fantastic-party-songs-for-a-diverse-group/556071/33 "2010-10-05T17:31:37Z")
“Bust A Move” - Young MC “Higher Ground” - Stevie Wonder “Once In A Lifetime” - Talking Heads ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-three-fantastic-party-songs-for-a-diverse-group/556071/34 "2010-10-05T17:39:31Z")
Hips don’t lie- Shakira hold me now - Thompson twins chicken dance macarena if I had a million dollars -Barenaked ladies la bamba jai ho - slumdog millionaire st ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-three-fantastic-party-songs-for-a-diverse-group/556071/35 "2010-10-05T17:45:33Z")
The Syndicate of Sound - Little Girl Beck - Debra The Divine Comedy - At the Indie Disco ---
**Author:** ![Kalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df705f/32.png) [@Kalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalypso)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-three-fantastic-party-songs-for-a-diverse-group/556071/36 "2010-10-05T17:55:10Z")
Jai Ho (from Slumdog Millionaire) I Want You (Chica Cherry Cola) - Savage Garden Dreamland-Sxip Shirey (I like “I Live in New York City” better, but it has non family friendly language) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-three-fantastic-party-songs-for-a-diverse-group/556071/37 "2010-10-05T18:27:10Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > [snipped suggestions] Yep. That’s pretty much a standard wedding setlist you got there. 🙂 I know it’s boring, trite, overdone, but it works. ---
**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-three-fantastic-party-songs-for-a-diverse-group/556071/38 "2010-10-05T18:33:21Z")
> [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](#): > > [Darwin Deez - Radar Detector](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pbdLqTh_x4) > . Thank you so much. I’d never heard of Darwin Deez and now I love him and you. Oh - how about - [Chicken Payback - The Bees](http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+bees+chicken+payback&aq=1) MiM ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-three-fantastic-party-songs-for-a-diverse-group/556071/39 "2010-10-05T18:55:04Z")
[Ready to Go](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3BmxjhmN20) – Republica [Don and Dewey](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoz4aNwIB5w) – It’s a Beautiful Day [Horizontal Bop](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbmxmGMuVQo) – Bob Seger ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-three-fantastic-party-songs-for-a-diverse-group/556071/40 "2010-10-05T19:09:39Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > > [@corkboard](#): > > > > [snipped suggestions] > > Yep. That’s pretty much a standard wedding setlist you got there. 🙂 I know it’s boring, trite, overdone, but it works. Pretty much, yeah. But what weddings have that my list doesn’t are all the songs that have been completely overdone to death at weddings- Celebration (K&theG), the Macarena, the chicken dance, It’s Raining Men, I Will Survive, Love Shack, Ole Time R&R, The Electric Slide, YMCA, and so on- can’t stand 'em. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-three-fantastic-party-songs-for-a-diverse-group/556071.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-three-fantastic-party-songs-for-a-diverse-group/556071.md?page=3)