I need your best getting people on the dance floor tracks!

[Titsywoo]

Just making a playlist for my 40th and although I have a pretty good selection already I need more songs for the end of the night. Lots of drunken people standing in a big circle dancing and singing together type songs .

Temperature - Sean Paul
When the going gets tough - Billy Ocean
Gold Digger - Kanye West ft Jamie Foxx
Crazy in Love - Jay Z & Beyoncé
American Boy - Estelle
Footloose - Kenny Loggins
We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes off - Jermaine Stewart
Believe - Cher
Wannabe - Spice Girls
Don't Call Me Baby - Madison Avenue
Dancing in the Moonlight - Toploader
Year 3000 - Busted
5,6,7,8 - Steps
Mysterious Girl - Peter Andre
September - Earth, Wind & Fire
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
Dancing Queen - Abba
Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
December, 1963 - Frankie Valli & the four seasons
Wake Me Up (before you go go!)- Wham
Club Tropicana - Wham
How Will I Know - Whitney Houston
Holding Out for a Hero - Bonnie Tyler
Don't You Want Me - The Human League
Dead Ringer for Love - Meatloaf & Cher

Soooo many more but these are all classics, quite a mix here

Uptown Girl

I'd have to have some serious drugs to dance to faithless at a 40th party

Nutbush

Sit Down - James
I'm in the Mood for Dancing - The Nolans (for "irony" but it works)
Mambo No. 5 - Lou Bega
and I second/third/fourth Dancing Queen.

Ooh be careful with some of these! There was a thread last week of songs people hate. There are a lot of them on here. I will try and find the thread.

For me anything 80s really.

Continuing the shouting and stomping theme -
Quo, Rocking all over the World (it was good enough to open Live Aid...)
Tom Robinson, 2468 Motorway
Crocodile Rock was always a good one, too.

But I think what's considered good dance music is very much a generational thing. I couldn't get up on the dance floor to most modern stuff.

With Boh Rhap, doesn't everyone just perform the video?

The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way
Rhythm is a Dancer - can't remember who by
Wake me up before you go - wham
Wonderwall - Oasis

I'm Still Standing
Saturday Night
Disco 2000
Boom Boom Boom Boom
Tubthumping
Sweet Child o' Mine
Baggy Trousers
House of Fun
Mr Brightside
Reach for the Stars
Wannabe
Twist and Shout
Shake It Off
Vindaloo
Hot Hot Hot
Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)

Proud Mary always gets people up!

Shatners that's my jam!

I do love a bit of northern soul

Most of the ones already mentioned would get me up and dancing after a couple of glasses of wine. Also
Hey Ya - Outcast
Jolene - Dolly Parton
Mama Mia - abba
Suspicious Minds-Elvis
Little Less Conversation - Elvis vs JLX
Candyman - Christina Aguilera
Bad Romance - lady gaga
Vogue -Madonna
Let me entertain you -Robbie Williams
Here come the girls - Sugababes
Kiss Kiss - Holly Valance
Jah Ho - pussy cat dolls
Put your twos up - Rizzle Kicks
You sexy thing -hot chocolate
Tiger Feet - Mud
Rasputin - Boney M
Ballroom Blitz - Sweet
Car Wash - Rose Royce
Lady Marmalade -
Hips don't lie - Shakira

Oh so many. I want to go to a party now!!!

I was at a multi-generational family wedding in Scotland a couple of weeks ago. The 2 tracks that I noticed the floor filling up were

Happy Radio by Edwin Starr.
Blue Monday " New Order.

utterly baffled that nobody has yet said Toto- Africa

I BLESS THE RAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNSSSSSS

Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 etc
I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
Paradise - Coldplay

2nd/3rd/4th-ing Dancing Queen and Don't Stop Me Now.

Bohemian Rhapsody if you want everyone to have a singalong and a headbang a la Wayne's World.

And of course, It's Raining Men for the ladies

If you are in Scotland then I'd say George Bowie's GBX , that always fills the dance floor.

Are some of these not a bit, ah, gone-off cheese for a 40yo? There was damn good music in the charts to dance to 15-20 years ago.

The Jackson Five ticks the unstoppable retro beat box without being too awful.
No-one can resist "Crazy in Love".

Another vote for Proud Mary....along with most of the above.

At a froend’s recent wedding, they asked for your favourite song with the RSVP-the music at the reception was cracking and the dance floor was never empty

Amazed no one seems to have mentioned
Bon Jovi-Living on a Prayer
Take my hand,we'll make it I swear....

Mr Brightside - The Killers
Ruby - Kaiser Chiefs
I Predict A Riot - Kaiser Chiefs
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
Twist and Shout - The Beatles

Dancing Queen would have been a good bet but have you seen the news? Theresa May came onto the podium with it playing. Ruined it.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/3379950-does-anyone-else-hate-this-song?pg=1

Here's the thread in case you want to see the songs that aren't popular.

Show me love
Any 90s dance tunes
Proud mary
Sex is on fire
Crazy in love
Hips dont lie
No scrubs
Dont look back in to the sun
The bucket
Ignition
Hot in here
Pon de replay
Sexyback
Run the world beyonce
Sweet dreams
Hey ya
Black eyed peas
David guetta
Get lucky
Happy
Superstition
Last night the strokes
Fluresant adolesant

Id go for a mix of pop, indie, dance. throw in a few old skool r&b and dance hits amongst beyonce, rhianna etc.