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The 100 all-time political party songs e'er made
Put the best party songs on your celebration playlist and you lot're guaranteed a body-moving dance explosion
We didn't realise quite how much we missed parties until we were able to have them once again. Seriously, is there a ameliorate feeling in the unabridged earth than dancing in a club – or your kitchen – with a load of people who are also ready to lose it when they hear 'Like a Prayer' or 'Wannabe' or 'I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)'? If you lot desire everyone at your party to join in, you lot have to err on the side of familiarity: if none of your guests volition know a song, it doesn't brand it onto the playlist. Cease of.
So, you get the snacks, nosotros'll bring the hot tracks: this playlist of archetype party tunes is sure to get everyone moving in an explosion of blithesome, fevered dancing. There are some pop favourites, a few karaoke classics, and some all-circular happy songs. The beats are nonstop and the grooves are infectious. Striking play on these bangers and you're guaranteed to go far the party mood wherever y'all are.
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one. 'Like a Prayer' past Madonna
A truly peachy party has to have drama, and who better to provide this than the Queen of Pop, Madonna. Indeed, there was drama effectually 'Similar a Prayer' even before the unmarried came out in 1989—remember that Pepsi ad campaign? And and so in that location's the song itself: jags of electric guitar followed by a huge, cavernous pulsate thwack. A waft of angelic choir singing. And then: 'Life is a mystery / Everyone must stand alone / I hear yous call my proper noun / And it feels like…'—expect for it—'Home.' And lo, the drumbeat kicks in and nosotros're thrust correct into the chorus.
'Similar a Prayer' is a crazy, outlandish, imaginative, cool vocal, which makes its success as a dance-floor filler all the more ridiculous and wonderful. Add together in a dollop of worldwide scandal, objections from the Vatican and the sickest gospel coda ever to feature in a popular song—and yous have the greatest party song ever recorded. Ladies and gentlemen, we thanks.
2. '1999' by Prince
'If you lot didn't come to party, don't bother knockin' on my door,' the diminutive Minneapolis genius declared in one of the earliest blockbuster hits of his regal reign. Like Orwell'due south 1984 and Kubrick'south 2001, Prince's '1999' is less a sell-by appointment than a declarative prediction made timeless by persuasive fine art. Information technology isn't possible to party like it's 1999 every single time – hey, we're simply human – but this vocal will get even the dullest wedding disco popping.
3. 'Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)' by Beyoncé
If yous weren't already a fellow member of the Beyhive, this one surely got you hooked. It's an anthem for single ladies everywhere, yes, merely an infectious trip the light fantastic number for all. Come up on, who can resist that chorus or trying to re-create those Fosse-inspired trip the light fantastic toe moves? This song has '...one of the best videos of all time' according to Kanye West, and pretty much anybody else too.
4. 'Gonna Brand Y'all Sweat' by C+C Music Factory
'Everybody, dance now!' And so goes this vocal'southward yelled refrain, and we'll wager you'll have a hard fourth dimension non shaking what your mama gave you when the beat kicks in. Masterminded by American production duo C+C Music Factory (David Cole and Robert Clivillés), 'Gonna Make You Sweat' paved the way for a slew of nautical chart-friendly house hits in the early '90s, and made wearing cycling shorts okay. Rejoice!
v. 'Call Me Maybe' by Carly Rae Jepsen
For anyone who's ever relished the succulent longing of a summer beat (that'south all of you lot, and then), Canadian popstrel Carly Rae Jepsen crowned summer 2012 with this perfect pop anthem. The song inspired parody covers from Justin Bieber (who 'discovered' the track), Katy Perry and the U.Southward. Olympic Swim Team, among about a billion others.
6. 'Hey Ya!' by OutKast
OutKast's future seemed uncertain in 2003 when the acclaimed Georgia duo of André 3000 and Big Boi announced the release of 'Speakerboxxx/The Beloved Below'—less a new group anthology than a pair of conjoined-twin solo sets, with each member making token appearances on the other's disc. Merely critics were silenced by the irresistible single 'Hey Ya!' A limber funk bassline, a paw-clapping refrain and a simple, unforgettable chorus fabricated this André 3000 vehicle dance-floor catnip, fifty-fifty before yous saw the deliciously daffy music video.
7. 'Toxicant' by Bell Biv DeVoe
Bop bop-bedop bop-bedop-bedop pow! If there'southward a more indelible drum sample than that one that leads off this 1990 marvel, we've yet to hear it. The melody that follows is a dispensary in new-jack-swing excellence, a classic caveat-emptor tale concerning an irresistible femme fatale ('cut', equally it were, 'like an Afro'), set to a staccato shuffle beat and crowned with that heavenly Ricky Bong hook. Yep, pure dance-floor venom.
8. 'Rock with You lot' past Michael Jackson
MJ's hits grew increasingly difficult-edged every bit he entered the 'Bad' zone, simply earlier triumphs—like this 'Off the Wall' masterpiece—notwithstanding experience almost impossibly cushy, like easing onto the plushest sofa imaginable. It's a prophylactic bet that Daft Punk had the ultra-luxurious disco groove of 'Rock with Y'all' in listen when they crafted 'Go Lucky': strings, horns that perfectly calibrated tempo and those irresistible come-ons from the future King of Pop. This one is pure class.
9. 'Push It' past Common salt-N-Pepa
Y'all're not but encouraged to dance during this jam, one of the all-female rap coiffure's first and biggest hits; you're actually ordered to hit the dance floor and work up a sweat. Given the song's thumping beats, information technology'southward pretty much incommunicable to ignore that request. (We'll ignore the ruling from Hurby 'Luv Bug' Azor, who guests on the song, that pushing information technology is 'merely [for] the sexy people.')
ten. 'Party Rock Anthem' past LMFAO
There'south something beautiful virtually the purity of EDM-rap duo LMFAO's music. Words like 'witting' or 'progressive' or 'futurity' practice not apply here – at all. They have fun. Y'all take fun. We all have fun. This song hinges on the phrase 'Every day I'm shufflin,' for Christ's sake. Don't overthink it. Relax, heighten a glass, and heed their asking to 'just have a good fourth dimension.' Australia certainly did: there, it's the eighth best-selling vocal of all time.
11. 'Uptown Funk' by Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars
How many times can you listen to this song before it gets old? It never does. This collaboration between Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson was their fourth, and it took off like wildfire. It continues to gear up trip the light fantastic floors ablaze with its funky grooves, putting everyone in the mood to trip the light fantastic toe – and channel 'Michelle Pfeiffer / That white gold'.
12. 'Groove Is in the Heart' by Deee-Lite
In this tale of the anything-is-possible East Village of the late '80s, a trio of processed-coloured social club kids—Super DJ Dmitri, Lady Miss Kier and Towa Tei—decide to class a band. The threesome (with a lilliputian assist from ringers Q-Tip, Maceo Parker and Bootsy Collins) come up upward with 'Groove Is in the Heart', a sweetly innocent percolator of a tune that, against all odds, becomes the worldwide club smash of 1990. True story!
13. 'Got to Be Real' by Cheryl Lynn
The opening horn riff of Cheryl Lynn'south offset and best-known single is then sure to trigger a flood of dopamine in your brain, information technology could rightly be described equally Pavlovian. What follows is a headlong fall into disco heaven—one that no one was in a hurry to get up from: The tune reappeared on the U.K. Singles Chart in 2010, more than 30 years afterwards its release. Information technology'due south also been embraced as a bona fide – and utterly joyous – LGBTQ+ anthem.
14. 'Wake Me Up Earlier You Go-Go' by Wham!
Some parties are cool. Some have gimmicks. Some mark a special occasion. Merely the very best parties accept a feeling of unbridled joy to them, and this 1984 striking from Wham! is a 100% proof distillation of the smiley stuff. It is, of course, utterly ridiculous, from the opening 'Jitterbug!' intro, to George Michael's white trousers and 'Choose Life' T-shirt combo in the video. But sweetness Lord, those high notes, the slap bass and that brass breakdown! Too good.
15. 'Gangnam Style' by Psy
The least probable runaway smash of all time? With a video that's now racked up more than four billion views, Psy is without question a juggernaut-size quirk complete with his natty couture and pony-gallop signature dance. Nonetheless, he could hardly fail with this song'due south thumping beat out and 'hey, sexy lady' refrain. Just brilliant.
16. 'The Power' past Snap!
'The Power' might be most famous as a snippet in service of jock jams, only the melody is a forcefulness: It'southward a paranoid, rushing affair, anchored by the appropriately named American emcee Turbo B. His rhymes simply accept the silver when compared to Jackie Harris's cries of 'I've got the power!' Cornball, aye, but still live enough to get the oversupply ultra-pumped. Oh snap!
17. "Pump Upwardly the Jam" past Technotronic
Incessant employ of the word booty, a driven iv-on-the–floor drumbeat and a psychedelic music video featuring divas in neon spandex suits spinning like propellers. It's no wonder "Pump Up the Jam" became a massive striking in 1989, pretty much kicking-starting the mainstream hip-firm movement. Who could resist those insouciant vocals (supposedly uttered by Congolese model Felly Kilingi), littered with slang phrases that y'all haven't heard in at to the lowest degree 15 years? Also note: Pump up the jam became a slang term for masturbation in Flemish. The more you lot know, people.
eighteen. 'U Can't Touch This' past MC Hammer
If you want to plough your ego-boosting novelty melody into a dance-flooring sensation, you lot can do far worse than to start with an already-proven funk smash similar Rick James's 'Super Freak' as your bankroll rail like Stanley Kirk Burrell did. The official video seals the deal: Even Hammer's baggy trousers scream confidence.
nineteen. 'Baby Got Dorsum' past Sir Mix-a-Lot
Pure comedic genius isn't exactly what comes to mind when thinking about early '90s rap, but controversy sure is. Sir Mix-a-Lot's dear letter to round behinds was—to the Tipper Gore oversupply—super sexual filth. Simply it's a destructive, tongue-in-cheek ship-upwardly of the hip-hop lifestyle: a Black human being'south counterpart to Spinal Tap's 'Large Bottom.' It was even prescient: How many 'serious' rap videos followed with tight shots of the bottom half of curvy ladies? Most have a favourite line from the cut, Mix-a-Lot'southward euphemisms and analogies rolling off the line similar the Barbies he laments. 'Baby Got Back' was the 2d best-selling vocal of 1992. The No. 1 slot went to quite a dissimilar brandish of amorous intentions: Whitney Houston'due south 'I Will Always Love You.'
20. 'Relax' by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Frankie's 1983 debut single didn't but spawn an iconic T-shirt – it besides became one of the decade'south about transcendent club hits. Nigh 40 years afterwards, it remains a hypnotically potent combination of Hello-NRG dance-pop and swaggering disco-rock that hits the spot whether you realise Holly Johnson is singing most gay sex or not. Information technology's a banger that adds seize with teeth to any political party.
21. 'I Love It' past Icona Popular
Though it was a sweaty, coke-fuelled, boobs-flight-every-which-fashion scene on Lena Dunham'sGirls that bulldozed the Swedish duo'south synthed-up jam to the summit of the charts, it's been a dance-flooring starter since its release in early 2012. Crank it up and shout, 'I crashed my car into the bridge / I don't care!' at the acme of your lungs for ultimate DGAF revelry.
22. 'Kiss' by Prince
The omnisexual twirls and splits Prince busts in the official video for this sleek 1986 jam might catechumen the near hardened disbeliever, just honestly, he had us at the tingly guitar licks, the tighter-than-a-duck's-donkey shell and the instantly memorable chorus: 'You don't take to be rich to be my girl / You don't take to be cool to rule my world.' Y'all don't believe him, of grade—merely you desire to.
23. 'Dancing With Myself' by Billy Idol
This song was originally written and recorded by Generation X, the punk foursome fronted by Billy Idol, before he remixed and re-released the rail equally a solo effort in 1981. It was a smart move, considering cipher is quite so foolproof every bit a vocal about dancing lonely (From Robyn to Whitney, information technology's pretty much a power-pop lay-upwardly.) Later on all, at that place's not one among us who hasn't felt the ache of loneliness on the dance flooring. Thankfully, with a song every bit universally beloved as this, information technology's pretty well guaranteed you lot'll never fly solo.
24. 'California Love' by 2pac
Only out of prison house and newly signed to Death Row Records, California rapper 2pac was in need of a comeback hit, and he found i in 'California Love'. Produced by West Coast beat overlord Dr. Dre, it was one of the about successful songs of 2pac'southward career, and left no doubt in anyone'south mind that California well-nigh certainly knew how to party.
25. 'Shake It Off' by Taylor Swift
Taylor speaks words of gleaming truth on this 2014 nail, which suggests the best way of dealing with life's haters is to let loose on the trip the light fantastic floor. 'It's like I got this music in my mind /Sayin' it'south gonna be alright,' she sings on the pre-chorus, and when this absolute bop comes on, yous'll experience exactly the aforementioned.
26. 'Tik Tok' past Ke$ha
If y'all need to rev upwards the trip the light fantastic toe political party, look no farther than the blonde pop queen's debut single. On this 2009 banger, Ke$ha's calendar is simple and straightforward: Get fix with the girls, mingle with the dudes, pound the Jack Daniels, don't sleep until the sun comes up. Rage on, yo.
27. 'Yeah' by Usher
This may be an Usher song, only it bears the unmistakable mark of inimitable Southern rap don Lil Jon. And not just because the hook hinges on 1 of Jon's signature outbursts; he also produced the track, crafting a seamless blend of crunk and R&B that came to exist known every bit "crunk&b." Velvet-voiced rhymesmith Ludacris also lends a verse, cementing this melody's condition every bit an eternal party starter.
28. 'Hella Good' by No Doubt
Gwen Stefani dropped her go-to quirky and emo poses on this one, in the process outing herself equally a seriously badass dance-floor commando. It didn't hurt that she got a writing aid from Neptunes' Pharrell Williams and Republic of chad Hugo, or that the ring chose to lead off with a spiffy homage to the ever-deadly 'Billie Jean' trounce. You lot'll discover snarly guitars, a bangin' drum fill or ii, and other subtle nods to No Doubt's alt-rock pedigree, but in the end, this is but an early on-aughts update on what the Parliament coiffure liked to call 'uncut funk'. And that's why it still slaps.
29. 'SexyBack' by Justin Timberlake
'I'yard bringing sexy back', erstwhile Mouseketeer and boy-band escapee Justin Timberlake declares at the showtime of his 2006 unmarried, making the case that he'd grown upward more bluntly than a yous-know-what in a box. Add Timbaland's slinky groove to Timberlake's come-hither 'tude, and your post-dance-floor destiny is unquestionably horizontal.
30. 'Oh Yep' by Yello
How do you lot turn a six-year-onetime Swiss cult human activity into an overnight sensation? Add Matthew Broderick, apparently. 'Oh Yeah'—with its altered vocals and driving pulse—wasn't so different from plenty of previous singles by this oddball electronica duo, simply when it was cleverly used in John Hughes'south 1986 comic masterpiece, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, information technology became ubiquitous.
31. 'Nasty' by Janet Jackson
'I could learn to similar this', Janet Jackson announces over the hammer-accident trounce of the second single from 1986's 'Control', a declaration of independence and mental attitude. 'Who's jammin' to my nasty groove?' she demands while stomping and twisting through Paula Abdul's choreography in the video. We all are, Miss Jackson, we all are... even 36 years later.
32. 'Bulletproof' by La Roux
One of the biggest hits of 2009 was an unexpected ane: the third single from the British duo's eponymous debut album. Undeniably catchy and fun, 'Impenetrable' bathes in a cantankerous-entreatment bolstered by vocaliser Elly Jackson's swagger-laden vocals and 1980s pop-synth musculus. When it's on, dancing is not optional.
33. 'Only Dance' by Lady Gaga
No listing of party songs would exist complete without a caput nod to the woman who redefined trip the light fantastic toe-pop music in the late aughts. Trip the light fantastic parties just weren't the same before Lady Gaga took the music industry by tempest with 'Just Dance', the debut single off of 2008'due south 'The Fame'. Reportedly written in merely ten minutes, 'Just Dance' captures that perfect mix of innocence and craziness that makes people want to cut loose and dive into the madness of the dance floor.
34. 'Hips Don't Lie' by Shakira
From its opening confined, this 2006 jam gets it right, appropriately heralding the entrance of Colombian pop royalty with a fanfare of trumpets. Few are able to meld a savvy hook and a globally-influenced beat as seamlessly as Shakira, which she does here with a salsa sample, a reggaeton pulse and a bilingual help from Wyclef.
35. 'California Gurls' by Katy Perry
Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg'southward 2010 megahit reaffirms the indisputable truth established past Tupac in the mid-'90s with 'California Love': 'California… knows how to party.' Aye, every bit the frosting-expelling pop star confirms in this ode to summer fun, the Aureate Land is the all-time place for bikinis, beaches and baking in the sunshine. But its brash shell would whip a trip the light fantastic toe floor into frenzied energy anywhere in the world.
36. 'We Found Beloved' past Rihanna
A collaboration betwixt Scottish electro house kingpin Calvin Harris and popular superstar Rihanna, "Nosotros Found Honey" is a perfect storm of massive club sounds and soaring pop hooks. An irrepressible alloy of euphoria and despair, the tune sat atop the Billboard Hot 100 for ten non-sequent weeks, establishing it as RiRi'southward longest running number-one single.
37. '(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)' past Beastie Boys
The Beastie Boys' breakout hit was originally meant to poke fun at the drunk antics of meathead political party boys, simply it ultimately became i of the outfit's all-time-known anthems. Given the song'due south expert alloy of brazen, juvenile raps and chunky guitar riffs, it's not hard to see why. Although, years later, Adam Yauch, a.m.a. MCA, famously cautioned, 'Exist conscientious of what y'all make fun of or you might become it.'
38. 'Trap Queen' by Fetty Wap
The music industry took a minute to catch wind of Fetty's earworm-machine potential, but one time net virality took concur a year after the original release of 'Trap Queen', the ascension was nothing short of meteoric. This sensitive and soft-hearted honey song has quickly turned into a quintessential summer classic—no (trap)house party is complete without it.
39. 'Stayin' Alive' by Bee Gees
No matter how late it gets, what amend fashion to keep the party going than the supremely uncool cool of the Bee Gees? With that ultra-funky bassline and the Gibb brothers' falsetto harmonisation, the magnetism of 'Stayin' Alive' volition brand whatsoever party feel like the golden age of Studio 54. So popular open that top button and grit off your disco moves every bit you surrender to the groove.
xl. 'Let's Get It Started' by The Black Eyed Peas
'We got five minutes for us to disconnect / From all intellect / Collect the rhythm consequence.' Will.i.am's opening lyrics pretty much sum up the sentiment of the Black Eyed Peas' hit single, taken from their 2003 album 'Elephunk'. 'Let'due south Get It Started' is a pure and unproblematic party warning, letting folks know it'south time to become up and moving.
41. 'Beat out It' by Michael Jackson
Few songs are equally immediately recognisable as Michael Jackson'southward 1983 smash 'Beat It'. Those haunting opening synth hits are but dissonant enough to put the listener on edge, baiting them to stay with it, like the entrance music for a professional person wrestler. Then that driving guitar riff comes in like an uppercut to the jaw, followed by MJ'due south opening line, 'They told him don't you ever come up around here / Don't wanna run across your face, you better disappear.' 'Beat It' has a unique aggression that non only triggers those primal, competitive instincts, but likewise makes you lot want to dance your ass off and sing at the top of your lungs.
42. 'What'd I Say' by Ray Charles
Yeah, yeah, it's over 50 years old and your grandparents might've fabricated out to information technology. Just adept gosh if this isn't one of the sexiest, wildest songs on this list. It starts out pretty civilised, with that unmistakable keyboard intro, and lickety-split cymbal beats. Then Ray starts singing nigh lovin' y'all all night long with wicked intent, the brass starts up, the backing singers join in, and yous have one hot, fine mess.
43. 'Express Yourself' by Madonna
No song captures the essence of Madonna's iconography quite similar 'Express Yourself', a girl-ability pep talk delivered in an amped-upwardly version of funky 1970s soul. Its unprecedentedly lavish video—directed by a pre-Seven David Fincher in an appropriately Expressionist style—embodies Madonna'due south defining persona as a fiercely sexual chameleon. One minute she'southward the boss lady in a power suit and a monocle, grabbing her crotch like a butcher version of Michael Jackson; the next, she'southward crawling on all fours and lapping a bowl of milk. Even when she'south literally in chains, neither the video nor the singer leaves any doubt every bit to who'south in charge.
44. 'Become Lucky' by Daft Punk
This hugely anticipated (non to mention hyped) improvement single from Daft Punk became the summer anthem of 2013. 'Get Lucky' finds the French duo switching its modus operandi from referencing classic disco music to actually creating it: The single features (and was co-written by) Chic star and producer Nile Rodgers, and hip-hop mastermind Pharrell Williams—who, you may be interested to know, heard well-nigh the project from Daft Punk at a Madonna political party.
45. 'Rehab' by Amy Winehouse
This 2006 single found the late, swell British soul singer Amy Winehouse at the peak of her talents, even as she sang almost the depths of her despair. For her 'Back to Black' album, producer Mark Ronson teamed Winehouse with Brooklyn funk musicians the Dap-Kings, resulting in songs that are as slap-up every bit they are dark. 'Rehab' became Winehouse's signature single, finding the iconic singer defiant to the finish.
46. 'Celebration' by Kool and the Gang
As long every bit the good times keep going, and then will the party, and naught lights upward a trip the light fantastic toe floor quite like a piffling disco (mirror ball included). So notice yourself a potable and a partner—or rather, bring your laughter, too—and toast the adept times with this 1980 megahit.
47. 'Give Upward the Funk' by Parliament
Where to start amid the booty-bumpers and rump-shakers bequeathed upon a grateful nation by Parliament-Funkadelic acid-funk overlord George 'Uncle Jam' Clinton? 'Flash Calorie-free', 'Bop Gun', 'One Nation Under a Groove'—we're spoiled for choice. This laid-back cut gets the nod for its mantralike vocals: When 'we want the funk' rubs against 'turn this mother out', the result is groove nirvana.
48. 'Ain't Too Proud to Beg' by the Temptations
We're don't desire her to leave either, dudes. The Temptations' 1966 Motown staple boasts a two-chord chorus that's ridiculously snapworthy. And David Ruffins'southward tortured-yet-sugariness pb-vocal verses are perfectly suited for drunken sing-alongs.
49. 'Do You Love Me' by the Contours
Ah, the sweet ecstasy of raw '60s soul music, equally perfected on this 1962 hit, written and produced by Motown mastermind Berry Gordy. In that location are and so many things to love, from the spoken-word intro—'You broke my heart / 'Cause I couldn't trip the light fantastic toe'—to the explosive groove that hits as our narrator shows off his newfound dance-floor destroying skills: 'I tin mashed potato! I can practice the twist! Now tell me baby, practice you similar it similar this?' You want more? How about a false ending and surprise return? And of course, the song features in Dirty Dancing; 'Exercise Yous Love Me' is the number that's playing when Baby carries a watermelon across a writhing dance floor. Writhe on, kids!
50. 'I Got You (I Feel Skillful)' past James Brown
James Brown may not have had the nearly graceful offstage persona, but the hardest working man in showbiz was a i-man party-starter. 'I Feel Good' is dance-floor dynamite, with its tight, funky groove, grin-inducing chorus and that killer saxophone riff past Maceo Parker. Boom!
51. 'Tightrope' by Janelle Monáe
Similar Prince before her and Bruno Mars soon after, Janelle Monáe showed that she'd taken the lessons of James Brown to heart: not merely with the piled-high pompadour, only with the minimalist trounce, sassy contumely, urgent bassline and, more than anything, the positively hypnotic urgency of her monotone verses on this 2010 R&B banger. Truly euphoric stuff.
52. 'Super Bass' past Nicki Minaj
Nicki was turning heads with riotous rhymes for a few years before 'Super Bass', only this was the runway where she proved that her pop instincts were every bit sharp equally her kiss-offs. The genius of the vocal is the way it combines Minaj's signature loose-cannon loopiness—dig that sudden lapse into a cheesy British accent, or the 'Yep, I did; yes, I did' refrain—with a smashingly bubblegum chorus. Nicki, you've nevertheless got our heartbeats running away.
53. 'Hot Girl Summer' past Megan Thee Stallion
What's a hot girl summer? Well, regardless of the season, information technology's about doing your thing and not caring what other people remember. Megan Thee Stallion and her 2019 summer canticle embody that ideal. She brings the heat, and this song will brand you want to merely have a good time and not give a damn. Put on this track and anybody can feel similar the life of the party.
54. 'Gold Digger' by Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx
We want prenup! Information technology's a testament to the sheer infectiousness of the biggest hit from Ye's classic 'Late Registration' album that this funny, whip-smart and completely unromantic song was a staple at hymeneals receptions in the mid-aughts. Seventeen years after it dropped in 2005, it remains admittedly baking.
55. 'Mo Coin Mo Problems' by the Notorious B.I.G.
Life didn't imitate, but rather predated, art when Brooklyn rap maestro the Notorious B.I.Thousand. was gunned downward months before the release of his No. 1 smash, 'Mo Money Mo Problems'. Brushing aside the bluster, blowing and East-West feudin' that led to his untimely demise, nosotros choose to focus on this undeniable fact: Big Poppa always got the party poppin'. On 'Mo Money Mo Problema' he is ably assisted by 'Harlem Earth' rapper Mase and ubiquitous hype man Puff Daddy (in the days before Diddy), but it's all prologue to Biggie's poetry. And when Poppa implores usa, 'Throw your rollies in the heaven / Wave 'em side to side,' his power to unite the earth under one outrageous all-dark bacchanalia becomes clear: We all—freaks and geeks, jocks and hipsters, suits and slackers, New Yorkers and Angelenos—know what to exercise.
56. 'In Da Club' by fifty Cent
Eventually, every teenager reaches the historic period of feeling likewise cool to sing 'Happy Altogether' on his or her large day. In 2003, fifty Cent filled the natal-commemoration void with 'In Da Club'. The now-iconic opening verse, 'Become shorty / It's your birthday / We gonna political party like it's your birthday' makes "In Da Order" an obvious choice for any party that serves shots instead of fizzy drinks.
57. 'O.P.P.' past Naughty by Nature
Naughty by Nature'southward hits have become a bit of an inside joke every bit of late, childhood memories of repetitively watching Hip Hop Hooray on MTV surging dorsum into contemporary existence. But 'O.P.P.' isn't just irony catnip for thirtysomethings: It's a fantastic hip-hop song, consummate with a Jackson 5–sampled hook and ribald insinuations. (If you weren't hip to the New Jersey coiffure's inferences back in the 24-hour interval, surely the moans in the background tipped you off.) Arm me with harmony.
58. 'Thong Song' by Sisqo
No one can exist held responsible for what transpires in the four minutes after the opening string melody of Sisqo'south breakout single 'Thong Song'. Released in 2000, the ditty received multiple Grammy nominations and finer launched the R&B crooner'southward solo career. For a song about underwear that contains the lyric 'she had dumps like a truck', that's pretty impressive.
59. 'College Ground' past TNGHT
Even later its brusk-lived heyday, TNGHT remains one of electronic music'southward most potent recent matchups. Bass luminary Lunice's gild-rattling beats make a viciously ferocious pairing with the recklessly maximalist synth-frenzy of Kanye-affiliated producer Hudson Mohawke. The single which launched them to trap-mainstay-status consists of just a few elements (a looping vocal sample, seismic 808 drums, and a stomping horn riff) just together they can make a party sound undoubtedly enormous.
lx. 'Started From the Bottom' by Drake
Drake is an enigma wrapped in a riddle wrapped in some other enigma wearing sweatpants. On the one hand: multipazillionaire hip-hop star/ladies' man/Lil Wayne-BFF who curses a lot. On the other: makes super-meta, hilarious, on-point videos similar this one from 2013, which mocks the very lifestyle information technology celebrates. Avoid overheating your encephalon on conundrums similar this by merely turning your stereo up really loud, hitching up your low-slung trousers and throwing some shapes.
61. 'Take on Me' by A-ha
Pop-idol pinups they may have been, merely the members of Norwegian trio A-ha also made great, genuinely inventive music in their mid-'80s heyday. The jewel in A-ha's crown, of course, is the dazzling debut single 'Take on Me'. This synth-pop gem is chiseled like a diamond, with a perfect keyboard riff and a melody that moves in and out of major keys just as singer Morten Harket'due south vocalization turns from desperate to hopeful and dorsum again. Add in the trailblazing blithe video, and 'Take on Me' became indelibly imprinted on the brain of anyone who saw it.
62. 'Wannabe' past the Spice Girls
Certain, in that location are probably 'better' Spice Girls songs – the disco update 'Who Do You Retrieve Yous Are', the Motown tribute 'Stop' – just this rollicking debut unmarried still feels like an electric daze to the soul. It's a fearless statement of intent from a feisty five-piece who rewrote popular's rule book in the '90s by proving that girls could claim spaces traditionally occupied by the boys. If you were there, y'all'll however think every word – right down to 'Zigazigah!'
63. 'I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)' by Whitney Houston
In the wake of Houston's tragic death over a decade ago, we heard this immortal jam, more than any other single by the popular queen, blasting at parties and bars, and it wasn't hard to see why. A hit in 1987, 'I Wanna Trip the light fantastic toe with Somebody' embodies Houston as we all want to remember her: carefree, upbeat and bursting with exuberant emotion. The song itself embodies all those qualities and endures every bit a quintessentially '80s trip the light fantastic toe-floor masterpiece for the ages. You can't not beam when this i'due south on.
64. 'Here Comes the Hotstepper' by Ini Kamoze
Jamaican dancehall toaster Ini Kamoze burnt up clubs in 1994 with this irresistible groove, which has its roots in the 1964 Wilson Pickett striking 'Country of a M Dances'. Check that vintage video and you'll see from where the afterwards single gets its naa na na na naahs. Notwithstanding, 'Here Comes the Hotstepper' has its own laid-back, deliciously funked-up vibe, thanks to an obscenely fatty bassline—not to mention the lyrics 'Extra-ordinary / Juice like a strawberry.' The vocal hit the top of the charts in the U.S. subsequently existence featured in Robert Altman'south fashion send-up, Prêt-à-Porter. All together, now: murderer!
65. 'Leap Around' past House of Pain
California hip-hop trio House of Hurting'southward international hit single was produced past Cypress Hill'south DJ Muggs, who deftly used samples of rhythm and blues icon Chubby Checker and Motown staple Junior Walker & the All Stars. But never mind all that. Growing upward, what was of import well-nigh this vocal was what you did when you heard it. Forget the trunk roll and the butterfly, when 'Leap Around' comes on the speakers, it's time to mosh.
66. 'It Takes Two' by Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock
Since 1988, this loftier-powered hip-hop jam from Harlem's MC Rob Base and his turntable wingman, DJ E-Z Rock, has hyped up countless arenas, nightclubs and pool parties the world over. Its instantly recognizable sample of Lyn Collins' 'Retrieve (About It)' inevitably gets the oversupply bouncing and shouting, 'Woo! Yeah!' in unison. All the same it'due south the song'southward, um, baser innuendos that elevator it to the side by side stratosphere of party-playlist immortality. Because when you lot step off the dance floor and begin your approach toward that dear you lot've had your centre on all night, y'all'll be mighty glad that the object of your affection is notwithstanding breathlessly humming the refrain, 'Information technology takes ii to make a thing go right / It takes 2 to make information technology out of sight.' Striking it!
67. 'Northward**gas in Paris' by Jay Z & Kanye West
Pusha T rejecting this massive Hitboy-produced beat might accept been for the best (co-ordinate to him it sounds like a video game) considering the star power from the respective husbands of Kim and Bey turned the guaranteed banger into a veritable club anthem. And information technology's go a necessary party bonding activity, likewise: trashed guests inevitably screaming "that shit cray!" at each other and somehow still mustering riotous laughter in response to that one Will Ferrell Blades of Celebrity sample (did anyone actually watch that movie?).
68. 'Rump Shaker' by Wreckx-N-Effect
There may exist more poetic paeans to the female posterior, but few will get those glutes moving on the trip the light fantastic toe floor quicker than this New Jack Swing duo's hit about… well, check the championship. Credit that saxophone sample lifted from the Lafayette Afro Stone Band or the catchy chorus about wanting to 'zoom-a-zoom-zoom in your smash-boom,' but either way, this early on-'90s ditty e'er lives upwards to its championship.
69. 'Walk This Way' by Run-D.M.C. with Aerosmith
However funky Steven Tyler and his Boston hard-rock route dogs might have been during their prime, the thought that Aerosmith could fill a dance flooring without passing out on it during the afterwards-party didn't happen until Jam Master Jay, Run-D.M.C.'southward slashing DJ, pulled the grooves clear off the vinyl in 1986. It'due south a genre-busting collaboration that still feels thrilling more than 35 years later.
70. 'What Makes You Cute' by One Direction
The members of Ane Management may still have been fighting through their teen years when this rail was released, but they sure knew how to get people dancing. Pace bated, Aaron Carter; this banger signalled a new generation of boy bands, bigger and better than ever. Keep your fingers crossed Harry Styles slips information technology into the setlist on his next tour.
71. 'Da Ya Call up I'yard Sexy?' past Rod Stewart
Borrowing a chorus from Brazilian cult star Jorge Ben Jor's 'Taj Mahal,' Rod Stewart struck trip the light fantastic-floor golden at the height of the 'Disco Sucks' era. Today, Ben Jor's still a cult hero, Stewart'south withal going strong, and this louche, seductive cut has long since transcended its guilty pleasance status.
72. 'Y.One thousand.C.A.' by the Hamlet People
The widespread success of the Hamlet People may be the almost dramatic example of how gay civilization went mainstream in the disco era. Dolled up in costumes that camped up masculine archetypes, the quintet sang paeans to sailors, cops and manlike men in lyrics advisedly crafted to pass. To those in the know, 'Y.Thousand.C.A.' was a coded celebration of cruising hot guys at a public gym. But to the residue—dancing along to the chorus at weddings, beach resorts and sports events around the earth—it's just a not bad alibi to shape your trunk into letters of the alphabet.
73. 'One, Two Footstep' by Ciara ft. Missy Elliott
Ciara and Missy Elliott team up for this sometime-schoolhouse, 'Planet Rock'–inspired hip-hop tune that's perfect in its minimally produced simplicity. Its laser stabs and handclaps echo the genre's electro origins without sounding similar a history lesson. If just school were this much fun.
74. 'What I Like About Yous' by the Romantics
Less a conventional dance smash than a fizzy flare-up of all-American garage stone straight out of the Motor Metropolis, 'What I Similar Well-nigh You' has the kind of no-brainer verse, sing-along chorus, bratty attitude and no-nonsense backbeat (courtesy of singing drummer Jimmy Marinos) that makes resistance futile.
75. 'Whip It' by Devo
Akin to Poindexter and Booger throwing a better shindig than the jocks in Revenge of the Nerds, Devo whipped out a full, hot political party on this classic synth blast from 1980. The video became an instant piece of pop-culture history every bit the ring donned its trademark red free energy domes and cofounder Marker Mothersbaugh snapped women's clothes off with a whip in a land reminiscent of the group's native Ohio. Take that, Ogre and Stan.
76. 'Straight Upwards' past Paula Abdul
Exit it to Abdul—a well-known choreographer before she began her singing career—to know what makes a perfect dance-party tune. Pulsating beat out, cheque; funky bassline, bank check; earworm chorus, check and bank check. (Oh, oh, oh!)
77. 'Dear Shack' by the B-52'due south
After a decade that saw the beehive-topped political party band enshrined in the college-stone pantheon—and dealt the group a crippling blow with the expiry of love guitarist Ricky Wilson—the B-52s roared dorsum to their career peak with this ode to a 'little identify where we can assemble.' Can roof, rusted—what does it mean? Don't bother: This Chrysler's every bit big as a whale and it'due south about to set sail.
78. 'Don't Yous Want Me' by the Human League
The Homo League's groundbreaking 1981 anthology 'Dare' helped usher in the historic period of electropop—and the rails virtually responsible for that paradigm shift was 'Don't Yous Want Me'. Only despite the song's obvious pleasures—its sauropod-size synth riffs and the chorus's devastatingly effective vocal hook amidst them—it's a bit strange that "Don't You Want Me" has become one of the world's nigh played party tunes: Lyrically, it's the rather depressing tale of a gal who'south outgrown a guy, and a guy who implies (somewhat disturbingly) that something bad will happen if the gal doesn't come back. Probably best to gloss over the lyrics and enjoy that enormous chorus.
79. 'Rio' by Duran Duran
The band described itself every bit Chichi meets the Sexual practice Pistols, but its bouncy audio was all its own: skittering drum beats, aqua-blue synth burbles and a galloping bassline courtesy of rex pinup John Taylor. Less a slice of '80s cheese than a functioning time machine to that decade, this vocal will add together gel to your hair, shades to your eyes and a sandy beach below your feet.
80. 'Tell It to My Heart' by Taylor Dayne
The Long Island native born Leslie Wunderman sounds positively voracious on her 1987 signature hit. Few trip the light fantastic-pop classics experience more than urgent or fierce than 'Tell It to My Heart'; you can run across that Dayne'southward been waiting her whole life to belt out lines like 'Body to body / Soul to soul / Always experience you nearly.' The lyrics might read like bad student poetry, but blend them with unabashedly hammy '80s synths and a so-passionate-information technology's-a-little-scary delivery, and the result is a sonic Roman candle, blasting fireballs of fun onto the dance floor.
81. 'Center of Glass' past Blondie
"'Middle of Glass' was one of the first songs Blondie wrote," Debbie Harry has been quoted as saying, "but information technology was years before we recorded it properly. We'd tried information technology as a carol, equally reggae, but it never quite worked." As a car-tooled disco ode to lost love, featuring crystalline synths, a throbbing rhythm department and, floating in a higher place it all, Harry'southward icy-cool teen-dream vocals, the 1978 cut more than than worked—information technology slayed. And it still does.
82. 'Last Nite' by the Strokes
They may take thrown united states off the scent with their greaseballs-in-leather-jackets shtick, only one of the Strokes' greatest achievements was reminding the world that rock & roll originally functioned every bit dance music. Few gimmicky songs make us yearn for the days of the sock hop more than than the unmarried that catapulted these hometown faves into the big fourth dimension. Nitpick re: the 'American Girl' similarities all you want, but the combination of Julian'due south disaffected yowl, Albert and Nick's chirpy chords, Nikolai'southward humble throb and Fab'southward unflappable bounce however carries a rare kicking-scootin' charge.
83. 'Tainted Love' past Soft Cell
Early on '80s synth-popular rules – fact. Soft Cell, a U.K. duo comprising vocalizer Marc Almond and beatsmith Dave Ball, as well dominion – check out their greatest hits on Spotify for proof. 'Tainted Love', their enduring update of an old Gloria Jones tune, still slaps more xl years after it was released – fact. Altogether now: 'Take my tears and that's not most aaaaaalll.'
84. 'Accept Me Out' by Franz Ferdinand
The stomping drumbeats and angular guitars of Franz Ferdinand's first striking drew comparisons to postpunk forebears like Gang of Four or Wire. But the Scottish revivalists have a much poppier sensibility, and this 2004 rail is a hook-laden toe tapper, sure to entice even your snootiest 'I don't trip the light fantastic toe' friend onto the dance floor.
85. 'Song ii' by Blur
Britpop's foremost ambassadors changed their melody—quite literally—with their self-titled 1997 LP, embracing the crunchy guitars and lo-fi ethos of American grunge and indie stone that frontman Damon Albarn had one time railed against. Unsurprisingly, it led to the band's biggest U.South. hitting: 'Song 2', a tricky, two-minute blast of Nirvana-esque riffs that became ubiquitous at stadiums and parties across the globe. (Only please, don't refer to it as 'the woo-hoo vocal', we beg of you.)
86. 'Dancing in the Nighttime' past Bruce Springsteen
The only matter better than watching the video to this 1984 anthem—yep, starring a very dewy Courteney Cox—is dancing to the song yourself, every bit you belt out the lyrics with all the passion you can muster: 'I own't nothin' but tired / Man, I'm just tired and bored with myself!' 'Dancing in the Dark' is also one of the Boss's sexiest moments. 'Hey at that place baby,' he sighs. "I could use only a little help." Extra points to anyone who knows what that book is that Springsteen's sittin' around trying to write.
87. 'Modernistic Beloved' past David Bowie
Before Nile Rodgers was bopping around with Daft Punk on 'Get Lucky', he was co-producing this precious stone from David Bowie'due south 1983 album 'Let's Trip the light fantastic'. There's a serious propulsion to this song, which makes it one of Bowie'southward most undeniable crowd-pleasers. The not bad mean opens the melody with a iconic spoken-give-and-take bit before striking his unmistakable high notes and singing of the concept at hand: 'Terrifies me / Makes me party / Puts my trust in God and man.' Well said, David, well said.
88. 'Girls Just Want To Have Fun' by Cyndi Lauper
Weirdly plenty, 'Girls But Want to Have Fun' was originally written past a dude, Robert Hazard, and sung from the perspective of a girl-crazy badboy. Cyndi Lauper revised the lyrics and re-recorded the song in 1983, inverting it into a daughter-solidarity party anthem that remains timeless some 30 years later.
89. 'Savage in Dear with a Girl' past the White Stripes
Jack and Meg White'southward 2002 hit was the commencement indicator that the Stripes were capable of a more polished, radio-friendly version of the raw garage-punk they'd previously perfected. (The ridiculously cool, LEGO-filled video, directed past Michel Gondry, surely helped propel its popularity.) Put this on at a party at present and sentry as everyone around you immediately begins to pogo.
90. 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' past Nirvana
The vocal that defined an era makes most statements about it seem trite. Those echoing opening chords became equally familiar to the MTV generation as Pogs and Hypercolor—with a tad more shelf life. Equally far as partying goes, what's in a name? 'Teen Spirit' is all about acrimony and angst. (Kurt Cobain was only 24 at the time of the song'southward release; he had a pretty good grasp on youthful malaise.) When you pop this one on at a bash, have a cue from the bros in the video'due south gym audience: Bang your head.
91. 'Don't Start Now' past Dua Lipa
Dua Lipa claimed a space on the popular A-list with her superb 2020 album 'Future Nostalgia', a stylish collection of bangers that lived upwards to its elastic championship concept. 'Don't Start Now', the album's atomic number 82 single, is a defiant breakup song par excellence: all sass, attitude, and the irresistible audio of your confidence re-building. If it doesn't tempt your most reluctant friend onto the dancefloor, zippo will.
92. 'Happy' by Pharrell
Know what'south and then great about this vocal? The fact that it's dedicated to simply existence happy—information technology's not well-nigh finding bliss considering of a specific reason—though, hey, if you lot just got the job, kissed the girl, canoed the Hudson, whatever, then that'due south awesome. Pharrell is celebrating joy for the sake of joy on this 2013 global chartbuster. 'Handclapping along if y'all feel similar happiness is the truth,' he croons in a way that makes doing anything else seem completely ridiculous. And so go ahead. Milk shake what you got. Turn that frown upside downwards. And enjoy every delicious move yous brand on the trip the light fantastic floor.
93. 'Blinding Lights' by The Weeknd
Too many '80s-inspired songs fall into the trap of sounding like a weak pastiche. This euphoric 2019 endeavour from The Weeknd is very much an exception to the dominion.Co-written with Swedish songwriting genius Max Martin, its synthy shimmer manages to feel retro and contemporary at the aforementioned time – a tricky sweet spot to it. Ed Sheeran, who dominated 2021 with his own '80s-inspired bop 'Bad Habits,' was definitely paying attention.
94. 'Rock the Casbah' by the Clash
This funky hit from the Clash'southward 'Combat Rock' LP was an anomaly—honestly, the erstwhile punk godfathers had pumped out an even more propulsive bassline for 'The Magnificent Seven' on its previous anthology, 'Sandinista!…' only nobody heard that sprawling three-LP farrago, whereas 'Rock the Casbah', with its whiff of topical exotica, was inescapable cheers to MTV.
95. 'Super Freak' by Rick James
What is a party if not an alibi to unleash your inner freak? Rick James's 1981 hit won't simply go people on the dance flooring; it will have them bouncing off the walls. With one of the catchiest basslines of all time, an irresistible vocal hook ('She'south a very freaky girl') and killer backup vocals from the Temptations, "Super Freak" will have the entire party on the ground trying to suspension-trip the light fantastic in no time.
96. 'All Night Long' by Lionel Richie
The Commodores vocalist with the voice as smooth every bit an eel in oil released 'All Night Long' in 1983, and it still sounds perfectly well-baked. Scout Richie'south face light up in the video equally he sings, 'Fiesta, forever', and you lot'll know exactly what to do. He's known for existence one of the nicest men in pop, and on this song his natural warmth and effervescence are utterly infectious.
97. 'Got to Give It Up' by Marvin Gaye
A boisterous, presumably bell-bottomed oversupply, gyrating on the dance floor of your imagination, can be heard loftier in the mix. Take their whoops as your cue: Marvin Gaye supplies the cool falsetto and someone can be heard rocking the cowbell, simply the prime number directive here is to trip the light fantastic toe. When Paul Thomas Anderson needed a backdrop for Dirk Diggler's glory days in Boogie Nights, this is what he chose.
98. 'Pon De Flooring' past Major Lazer
When 'Pon De Flooring' outset dropped, Major Lazer still consisted of both Diplo and Switch—the latter dance-commander compatriot soon dipped out to focus on his solo stylings. On his own, Diplo's done pretty well (in 2015, Spotify announced 'Lean On' as its most played runway ever) but the newly pop-ified bent he'southward taken with the project just tin can't match its dancehall-centered, trip the light fantastic toe-flooring-shattering origins.
99. 'Lifestyle' by Rich Gang
Despite being a rambunctious party melody, Rich Gang'south celebratory ode to well-earned fame ('I did a lot of shit just to live this hither lifestyle') coasts along lightly on a thin crush of relaxed piano chords and sub-bass. The collected cool of information technology all notwithstanding—and even if you've made little headway deciphering the bodily lyrics to Thugger'southward mumble-rap chorus—it's difficult to resist screaming forth when you lot're wasted.
100. 'Maneater' by Hall & Oates
A No. 1 hit in 1982 for the genre-bending Philadelphia 'rock & soul' duo Hall & Oates, 'Maneater' offers a alert against a predatory femme fatale, set against a vaguely new wave and faintly ominous landscape of saxophone, drums and synthesizer. (The music video features multiple shots of a jaguar on the prowl.) Put the song on a party mix and there's a practiced chance that at to the lowest degree 1 person in attendance will get-go vamping it upwards similar they're on RuPaul's Drag Race.
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