Cheesy guaranteed floor fillers

[Charlie Brown]

Help!

Last night was dreadful. I had a complete mind black all night, wasn't feeling up for it, just heard some bad news etc etc. The music was all over the place. Thank you to John and Dave for helping me out during the evening.

To avoid it happening again, I wondered whether any of you have a party playlist at hand or could post your top 5/10 floor fillers.

If I've got a list to refer to, I'll be fine.

The boss (who booked me) tuned up and not one person danced all evening. Made me look really bad.

[WWDJ]

Charlie, this is my list that I always go back to for inspiration. It excludes what is current right now because those tracks come and go but these remain so bear in mind to play a few current floor fillers too where appropriate,

It's in no particular order and if there are a few duffers or omissions I will of course be glad to hear.

ey Ya! Outkast
Reach S Club 7
Cha Cha Slide Dj Casper
Hey Baby DJ Otzi
Let Me Entertain You Robbie Williams
Rock DJ Robbie Williams
when ur looking like that Westlife
Sandstorm Darude
Adagio For Strings Radio Edit (Radio Edit) Tiësto
Rock This Party (Radio Edit) Bob Sinclar
Low (Feat T-Pain) Flo Rida
I Gotta Feeling The Black Eyed Peas
Don't Cha The Pussycat Dolls
Crazy In Love (Ft Jay-Z) Beyonce
I Get Around Beach Boys
Twist And Shout Beatles
Shake A Tail Feather Blues Brothers
La Bamba Los Lobos
Back To The Sixties Tight Fit
Help! Beatles
I Saw Her Standing There Beatles
She Loves You Beatles
Can't Buy Me Love Beatles
All Day And All Of The Night Kinks
Wipe Out Surfaris (The)
Surfin' USA Beach Boys
All You Need Is Love Beatles
Let's Twist Again Chubby Checker
Do You Love Me (Dirty Dancing) Contours
Hi Ho Silver Lining Jeff Beck
Shout Lulu
It's Not Unusual Tom Jones
Mony Mony Tommy James & The Shondells
Hey baby (Dirty Dancing) Bruce Channel
Hey Hey We're The Monkees The Monkees
Heaven Must Have Sent You Elgins
I Can't Help Myself Four Tops
This Old Heart Of Mine Isley Brothers
Jimmy Mack Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
It Takes Two Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston
Two can have a Party Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
The Tears Of A Clown Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Baby Love Supremes
Needle In A Haystack Velvelettes
Sweet Soul Music Arthur Conley
Build me up buttercup Foundations
Soul Man Sam & Dave
Soul Banana VA
Hit the Road Jack Ray Charles
Move On Up Curtis Mayfield
Mustang Sally The Commitments
Higher And Higher Jackie Wilson
Shang a lang Bay City Rollers
Working 9 till 5 Dolly Parton
Oops Upside Your Head Gap Band
Baby Jane Rod Stewart
Rocking All Over The World Status Quo
Ballroom Blitz Sweet
Wig Wam Bam Sweet
Show Me the Way to Amarillo Tony Christie
I Got You (I Feel Good) James Brown
Grease Megamix John Travolta & Olivia Newton John
Tiger Feet Mud
Some Girls Racey
Dancin' Party Showaddywaddy
Town Called Malice The Jam
Under The Moon Of Love Showaddywaddy
Superstition Stevie Wonder
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet Bachman Turner Overdrive
Let's Stick Together Bryan Ferry
Saturday Night's Alright For F Elton John
Bohemian Rhapsody Queen
We Will Rock You Queen
Cum On Feel The Noize Slade
Devil Gate Drive Suzi Quatro
20th Century Boy T.Rex
Love Is The Drug Roxy Music
Get It On T.Rex
Mamma Mia Abba
You're The First, The Last, My Everything Barry White
Night Fever Bee Gees
Stayin' Alive Bee Gees
Love Really Hurts Without You Billy Ocean
I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor
Celebration Kool and the Gang
I`m So Excited Pointer Sisters
Blame It On The Boogie The Jacksons
I'm in the mood for Dancing The Nolans
Play That Funky Music Wild Cherry
Feels Like I'm In Love Kelly Marie
Dance Yourself Dizzy Liquid Gold
Don't stop til you get enough (12") Michael Jackson
Disco inferno Trammps
YMCA Village People
Young Hearts Run Free Candi Staton
Dancing Queen Abba
Somebody Else's Guy Jocelyn Brown
Honey, Honey ABBA
I'm Coming Out Diana Ross
Grease Frankie Valli
Summer Nights John Travolta & Olivia Newton John
We Go Together John Travolta & Olivia Newton John
Greased Lightning John Travolta
Jump (For My Love) Pointer Sisters
Born To Hand Jive Sha-Na-Na
A Night To Remember Shalamar
Hot Stuff Donna Summer
Boogie Wonderland Earth, Wind & Fire
September Earth, Wind & Fire
I Want You Back The Jackson 5
Should I Stay Or Should I Go The Clash
Love Shack B-52's
Love In The First Degree Bananarama
Venus Bananarama
Don´t Leave Me This Way Communards
You Spin Me Round (Like A Reco Dead or Alive
Come On Eileen Dexy's Midnight Runners
Chain Reaction Diana Ross
Hungry Like The Wolf Duran Duran
Wild Boys Duran Duran
We Don't Have To Take Our Cloth Jermaine Stewart
I Love Rock 'N Roll Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Holiday Madonna
Never Gonna Give You Up Rick Astley
Hot Hot Hot The Arrows
I'm Gonna be (500 Miles) The Proclaimers
Its Raining Men The Weather Girls
The Best (single Version) Tina Turner
One Step Beyond (The Ska Megami VA
Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison
Dizzy Vic Reeves & The Wonderstuff
Freedom Wham!
I'm Your Man Wham!
The Only Way Is Up Yazz & The Plastic Population
Billie Jean Michael Jackson
Thriller Michael Jackson
Take On Me a-ha
Summer Of '69 Bryan Adams
The Shoop Shoop Song Cher
The One And Only Chesney Hawkes
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Cyndi Lauper
Just Can't Get Enough Depeche Mode
Dont you Want me Human League
Footloose Kenny Loggins
Into The Groove Madonna
Don't Stop Me Now Queen
Gold Spandau Ballet
I Think We're Alone Now Tiffany
I Wanna Dance With Somebody (W Whitney Houston
Karma Chameleon Culture Club
Walk This Way (With Run DMC) Aerosmith
Girls On Film Duran Duran
The Reflex Duran Duran
(I've had) The time of my life (Dirty Dancing) Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
Rio Duran Duran
(We Want) The Same Thing Belinda Carlisle
1999 Prince
A little respect Erasure
Livin' On A Prayer Bon Jovi
You Give Love A Bad Name Bon Jovi
We Built This City Starship
Baggy Trousers Madness
Barbie Girl Aqua
Everybody Get Up (Radio Edit) Five
What Is Love Haddaway
Mambo No. 5 Lou Bega
U Can't Touch This M C Hammer
Mysterious Girl (Radio Edit) Peter Andre
Get the Party Started Pink
Livin La Vida Loca Ricky Martin
Push It Salt N Pepa
Man, I Feel Like A Woman Shania Twain
Wannabe Spice Girls
5, 6, 7, 8 Steps
Relight My Fire Take That
Jump Around House of Pain
Tradegy Steps
Always Have, Always Will Ace Of Base
Unbelievable EMF
Boom Shake The Room Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
Could It Be Magic Take That
Stayin Alive N-Trance
Tease Me (Radio Edit) Chaka Demus & Pliers
Dance The Night Away Mavericks
It's My Life Dr. Alban
Insomnia (Short Version) Faithless
Ride On Time Black Box
Dreamer (7'' Mix) Livin' Joy
Two Can Play That Game [K Klassic Radio Mix] Bobby Brown
Sex On Fire Kings Of Leon
I Don't Feel Like Dancin' (Alb Scissor Sisters
Chelsea Dagger Fratellis
Valerie (feat Amy Winehouse) Mark Ronson
Human The Killers
Just Dance Lady GaGa
Pencil Full Of Lead Paolo Nutini
Forget You Cee Lo Green
Mr. Brightside The Killers
Parklife Blur
Song 2 Blur
Basket Case Green Day
I Predict A Riot Kaiser Chiefs
Smells like Teen Spirit Nirvana
Common People (Single Version) Pulp
I Bet You Look Good On The Dan Arctic Monkeys
Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix) Los Del Rio
Cotton Eyed Joe Rednex
Three Lions Baddiel,Skinner,Lightning Seeds
Daydream Believer Monkees
I'm A Believer EMF Plus Reeves & Mortimer
Are You Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz
Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd
Brown Sugar Rolling Stones
Sweet Child O' Mine Guns N' Roses
Place Your Hands Reef
All Right Now Free
Sweet Child O' Mine (Short) Guns 'N' Roses
Rock Around The Clock Bill Haley
Johnny B. Goode Chuck Berry
Blue Suede Shoes Elvis Presley
Return Of The Mack - C&J Street Mark Morrison
Here Comes The Hotstepper Ini Kamoze
This Is How We Do It Montell Jordan
Sir Duke Stevie Wonder
She's Got That Vibe R. Kelly
Tequila Chammps
Groove Is In The Heart Deee-Lite
Kiss Tom Jones
You Really Got Me Kinks
Jammin Bob Marley
Burning Love Elvis Presley
Great Balls Of Fire Jerry Lee Lewis
Be my baby (Dirty Dancing) The Ronettes
If Ya Gettin' Down Five
Everybody Get Up (Radio Edit) Five
We Are Family Sister Sledge
Insomnia (Short Version) Faithless
Don't Stop Believing Journey

[musicologydisco]

S Club - Reach
Chubby Checker - Twist again
Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman
B52's Love Shack
Dj Casper - Cha Slide
MC Hammer - Can't Touch This
Toni Basil - Mickey
Madness - Baggy Trousers
Bon Jovi - Living On a Prayer
Reef - Place your hands

[Excalibur]

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To avoid it happening again, I wondered whether any of you have a party playlist at hand or could post your top 5/10 floor fillers.

If I've got a list to refer to, I'll be fine.

The boss (who booked me) tuned up and not one person danced all evening. Made me look really bad.

I famously organised my hard drives into categories.
http://www.forum.mobilediscodirector...ighlight=thing
The one entitled "Party" usually provides inspiration.

[sweetie]

Charlie, I recommend using a laptop running vdj.
All past playlists can be accessed for inspiration!

[DeckstarDeluxe]

No such thing as guaranteed floor fillers Charlie, you should know this by now.

Look at your crowd, use your experience and your eyes to work out what people want. Some good mic work will help you with requests.

If your mind isn't in the right place your going to struggle no matter what IMO.

[Larry B Entertainment]

No such thing as guaranteed floor fillers Charlie, you should know this by now.

Look at your crowd, use your experience and your eyes to work out what people want. Some good mic work will help you with requests.

If your mind isn't in the right place your going to struggle no matter what IMO.

But surely its always handy to have a list of "Fail safes" ?
There will always be something on there you can use if you mind goes blank.

[Shakermaker Promotions]

No such thing as guaranteed floor fillers Charlie, you should know this by now.

Look at your crowd, use your experience and your eyes to work out what people want. Some good mic work will help you with requests.

If your mind isn't in the right place your going to struggle no matter what IMO.

Totally agree with that.
You can have all of the lists in the world but if the crowd aren't up for it, it doesn't matter what you play.
It is good to have something to look back on for inspiration, I'd agree with that but if nothing is working, what can you do?

Charlie, I am sure the manager or whoever was in charge has seen you before and with a decent crowd etc so I wouldn't worry about looking bad because at the end of the day, you can't make people dance. You could look at the dancefloor and see it's empty, look back at a list and see a track that has worked elsewhere before and try that and still have the same outcome.

It could also be the 'Midweek Syndrome' again.

[funkymook]

Jailhouse Rock
Riot In Cellblock Number 9
Rubber Bullets
Taxman

[DeckstarDeluxe]

But surely its always handy to have a list of "Fail safes" ?
There will always be something on there you can use if you mind goes blank.

Please tell me a song that you consider a "fail safe"?

I remember speaking to Simon P awhile ago on here and a song that works well for me at most events is Valerie however it clearly doesn't work nearly as well for him as it does for me.

Charlie has mentioned in his thread title "cheesy". Not everyone or in fact every group of guests want "cheesy".

My music like most on here is in different folders which is split into decade, genre and also "normal" or "popular" which helps when my brain fails me.