Birthday Party Music

Armand Van Helden's New York Odyssey is a good party album. The tracks are segued, too.

Ten songs seems so random. Here's a suggestion for a theme. When my wife turned 50, almost six years ago, I chose songs for her surprise party from the year of her birth, 1959. In your case you could select dance songs from 1965 for you and from 1994 for her. I think it would add quite a fun element to the proceedings and guests could speculate on which era had better music.

New Order, Blue Monday

Human League, Love Action

Soft Cell, Tainted Love

Chic, Le Freak

The Ruts, Staring at the Rude Boys

Spizz Energy, Where's Captain Kirk?

The Specials, Too Much Too Young

Grace Jones, Love is the Drug

Dead Kennedys, Too Drunk to xxxx

Madness, Night Boat to Cairo

Adam and the Ants, Antmusic

That's eleven of my very favourite danceable songs. I used to DJ at university and these were all sure fire winners back in the early 80s, though when I played the Kennedys track at the English Society disco without realising that all the academics were there it caused something of a rumpus. Damn good dance track though. As for what young Ms Sloop might like I have no idea. Deadmaus?

How about

The Birdie song

Village People - YMCA

Tony Christie - Is This The Way To Amarillo

Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up

Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You

Steps - Tragedy

The Gap Band - Oops Upside Your head

Wham - Wake Me Up before You Go Go

Black Lace - Agadoo

Boney M - Ma Baker

Jive Bunny - Anything by them

The above should clear the room quick quickly.

Richard

Richard that list makes even '94 music look good. 

Choosing just 10 such songs is indeed difficult but here's my list

Other than the first two being my all time favs the rest are in no particluar order :-)

I've never grown out out of dance music (I'm now 50) and still listen to this genre often

I put it down to the often high production values and the fact that Naim kit loves it (PRAT??)

Rhythm is the dancer - Snap

Never too much - Luther Vandross

Not over yet - Grace

The future of the future - Deep Dish

Set you free - N-Trance

Uninvited - Freemasons

Don 't walk away - Jade

More and more - Captain Hollywood Project

Passion - Gat Decor

Keep on movin' - Soul II Soul

Hope the party goes with a bang!!

A few suggestions here: http://www.timeout.com/london/music/best-party-songs

Have fun!

and here's what will be played for me

• Love cats by the cure
• Boys of summer – don Henley
• Love Will tear us apart – Joy division
• Funky town – lips Inc
• Pop music – M
  Video killed the radio star – the Buggles
• U2 - Pride
• George Harrison - Got my mind set on you
• Rolling Stones - Get off my cloud
• Dexy's Midnigh Runners - Come on Eileen
• Frank Sinatra - Ney Your New York
•  The Freeze - Tony and Joe (from land of 1000 dances)
• The Locomotion - Little Eva (from land of 1000 dances)
• Hippy Hippy Shake - Chan Romero (from land of 1000 dances)
• Twist and Shout- The Beatles
•  Together in Electric Dreams - Human League
• ELO don't bring me down
• Leftfield Original
• Manic Monday - Bangles
• Mandinka - Sinead O'Connor
• Kiss - Prince
• Teenage Kick - Undertones
• 99 Red Balloons - Nena
• Every breath you take - The Police
• Another one bites the dust - Queen
• I second that emotion - Japan
• A good heart - Feargal Sharkey
• Tainted Love - Soft Cell
• Waiting for the ghost train - madness
• Screamager - Therapy
• Summer wasting- Belle and Sebastian
• There she goes - the Las
• Eurythmics - 1984
• Paul Brady - It's gonna work out fine (from Primative Dance)
• Squeeze Up the Junction
• Bowie - Sound and vision
• Thin Lizzy - Rosalie (from Fighting)
• Beach Boys  - I get around
• Horslips - Dearg Doom (single version)
• Lloyd Cole - perfect Skin
• The Blades Ghost of a chance
• Queen - Don't stop me now
• Status Quo - Rockin all over the world
• Solomon Burke - Stupidity
• BoomTown Rats - Banana Republic
• Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley
• Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin
• Specials - Rudi
• The Beat - Mirror in the bathroom
• Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat
• Bowie - Rebel Rebel
• Abba Honey Honey Honey
• Sam Cooke Wonderful world
• Rory Gallagher - Shadow play
• Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out
• The communards - Don't leave me this way
• Beatles - Ticket to Ride
• Beach Boys fun fun fun
• Rolling Stones - Jumpin Jack Flash
• Blur Boys and Girls
• Elvis - Suspicious Minds
• REM - the one I love
• Smiths – This Charming Man
• Kraftwerk - The Model
• Vampire Weekend - Walcott
• Vampire Weekend A- Punk
• The Jam - Start
• Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit
• Born Slippy - Underworld
• Elvis Costello Oliver's Army
• Paul McCartney - Comin Up
• The Pogues - Dirty Old Town
• Pixies - Here Comes your Man
• Go Shopping - Bryan Van 3000 (from y Tu Mama tambian soundtrack)
• The Fall - Mr Pharmacist
• Cars -  Gary Numan
• Creedance Clearwater revival - bad Moon Rising
• The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues
• A- House - here comes the good times
• Blondie - Heart of Glass

and my daughter requested the following-

• ABBA - Dancing Queen; Mamma Mia; Gimme, Gimme, Gimme; Honey, Honey; Does Your Mother Know; Waterloo
• Adele - Rolling in the Deep; Rumour has it; Set fire to the rain;
• The Beatles - The night before;  I saw her standing there
• Beyoncé - Irreplaceable; Single Ladies
• Destiny’s Child - Independent Woman; Survivor
• The Coronas - San Diego Song
• Florence and the Machine - Dog Days are Over; Shake it Out; Drumming Song
• Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody; Don't Stop Me Now; Crazy Little Thing Called Love
• Thin Lizzy - Boys are Back in Town; Dancing in the Moonlight; Cowboy Song
• Bewitched - C'est La Vie
• Saw Doctors - I Used to love her
• James Blunt -1973
• Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel like Dancing
• Amy Winehouse - Valerie
• Train - Hey Soul Sister
• The Strokes - Last Night
• Billy Joel - Uptown Girl
• Aha - Take on Me
• Britney Spears - Hit me Baby one more time
• Oasis - Wonderwall; Don't look back in anger
• Wham - Wake me up
• Huey Lewis and the News - Power of Love
• Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
• Simple Minds - Don't you forget about me
• Fleetwood Mac - Go your own way; don't stop thinking about tomorrow
• Whitney Houston -  How will I know; I wanna dance with somebody
• Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten
• Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
• Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark
• Whitfield - Saturday Night
• Macarena
• Tina Turner - Proud Mary
• Grease Medley
• The Killers - Mr Brightside; All these things that I have done
• Kenny Logins - Footloose
• Dirty Dancing - Time of my Life
• Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen
• Bryan Adams - Summer of ‘69
• Lumineers - Ho Hey
• Spice Girls - Wannabe
• Tiffany - Think we're alone now
• Katrina and the Waves - Walking on Sunshine
• Journey - Don't Stop Believing
• Gloria Gaynor -  I will Survive
• Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
• Hozier - Take me to Church
• Mark Robson - Uptown Funk
• Taylor Swift - Shake it off, Blank Space,  
• Katie Perry -  Firework; Roar
  Fresh Prince of Bell Air

Strange one of my earlier posts in my Naim forum life was the play list from my 40th party. This having to be danceable is less eclectic but I think me and a few others will enjoy it.

SJB

Add a bit of rithm:

Addicted to You by Night Hits Studio

Balada Boa, Te Terererete Che by Spain Latino Rumba Sound

Bará Bará Beré Beré by Escola Batukada Happy Brazil Carnival

Boys Will Be Boys by Gypsy Spanish Mixer

Hasta Que Salga el Sol by Perreo Hot Latino Band

Rayos de Sol by Caribean Latin Dance Studio

Te Voy a Esperar by Orquesta Banda Sonora