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Top 10 Greatest Specialty Party
and Celebration Event Songs

Criteria: These songs are ranked based on popularity, importance and relevance to their respective genres. Although a few of the songs may not actually mean what the audience at large interprets it as (for example, "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" by Timbuk 3 addresses nuclear concerns), they are nonetheless included.

These lists are fun-themed and meant as a starting point for up-and-coming DJs and event organizers.


Last Updated: 2010-06-01
Specialty Party Celebration Event Songs

BIRTHDAY SONGS

  1. Sixteen Candles - Crests
  2. Happy Happy Birthday Baby - Tuneweavers
  3. Birthday - Beatles
  4. Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen - Neil Sedaka
  5. Happy Birthday - Altered Images
  6. Happy Birthday - Stevie Wonder
  7. Happy Birthday Darlin' - Conway Twitty
  8. Happy Birthday - Frank Sinatra
  9. It's Your Birthday - Luke
10. Happy Birthday (Mr. President Kennedy) - Marilyn Monroe, 1962

SONGS FOR THE KIDDIES

  1. I Want You Back - Jackson 5
  2. The Twist - Chubby Checker
  3. The Loco-Motion - Little Eva
  4. It's My Party - Lesley Gore
  5. ABC - Jackson 5
  6. Mickey - Toni Basil
  7. Who Let the Dogs Out? - Baha Men
  8. Y.M.C.A. - Village People
  9. The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Tokens
10. Macarena (Bayside Boys remix) - Los Del Rio

FRAT ROCK SONGS

  1. Louie Louie - Kingsmen
  2. Twist And Shout - Isley Brothers
  3. Shout! - Isley Brothers
  4. Do You Love Me? - Contours
  5. Money - Barrett Strong
  6. Wooly Bully - Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
  7. Hang On Sloopy - McCoys
  8. Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) - Swingin' Medallions
  9. Gimme Some Lovin' - Spencer Davis Group
10. Land of 1,000 Dances - Cannibal & the Headhunters

ARENA/STADIUM SPORTS ANTHEMS

  1. We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions - Queen
  2. Celebration - Kool & the Gang
  3. Rock And Roll Part II - Gary Glitter
  4. Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam
  5. Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N' Roses
  6. Blitzkrieg Bop - Ramones
  7. The Final Countdown - Europe
  8. What I Like About You - Romantics
  9. Bang the Drum All Day - Todd Rundgren
10. Get Ready For This - 2 Unlimited

GRADUATION SONGS

  1. Graduation (Friends Forever) - Vitamin C
  2. The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades - Timbuk 3
  3. Time Of Your Life (Good Riddance) - Green Day
  4. We Go Together - Grease soundtrack
  5. Graduation Day - Four Freshmen
  6. I Believe I Can Fly - R. Kelly
  7. It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday - Boyz II Men
  8. One Moment In Time - Whitney Houston
  9. I Will Remember You - Sarah McLachlan
10. Here's To the Night - Eve 6

BEACH/POOL SONGS

  1. Surfin' U.S.A. - Beach Boys
  2. Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
  3. I Get Around - Beach Boys
  4. Under the Boardwalk - Drifters
  5. Sea Cruise - Frankie Ford
  6. Hot Fun In the Summertime - Sly & the Family Stone
  7. Splish Splash - Bobby Darin
  8. Wipe Out - Surfaris
  9. Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett
10. Hot Hot Hot - Arrow/Buster Poindexter & His Banshees of Blue

HALLOWEEN PARTY SONGS

  1. Monster Mash - Bobby (Boris) Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers
  2. Thriller - Michael Jackson
  3. Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.
  4. The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
  5. I Put A Spell On You - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
  6. Dinner With Drac - Zacherle
  7. Dead Man's Stroll (Midnight Stroll) - Revels
  8. Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo
  9. Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group
10. Everyday (Is Halloween) - Ministry

HIGH ENERGY FITNESS MOTIVATION SONGS

  1. (Let's Get) Physical - Olivia Newton-John
  2. Gonna Make You Sweat - C + C Music Factory
  3. Footloose - Kenny Loggins
  4. Pump Up the Jam - Technotronic
  5. Strike It Up - Black Box
  6. Disco Inferno - Trammps
  7. Y.M.C.A. - Village People
  8. Celebration - Kool & The Gang
  9. New Attitude - Patti LaBelle
10. Pump It Up - Elvis Costello

ROCK-ERA DANCE CRAZE SOCIAL DANCES

  1. The Twist - Chubby Checker
  2. Electric Boogie - Marcia Griffiths
  3. Cha-Cha Slide - Mr. C the Slideman
  4. The Hustle - Van McCoy
  5. At the Hop - Danny & the Juniors
  6. The Stroll - Diamonds
  7. Bunny Hop b/w Hokey Pokey - Ray Anthony
  8. Chicken Dance - Emeralds
  9. Macarena (Bayside Boys remix) - Los Del Rio
10. Y.M.C.A. - Village People

THE TWIST

  1. The Twist - Chubby Checker
  2. Twist And Shout - Isley Brothers/Beatles
  3. Let's Twist Again - Chubby Checker
  4. Peppermint Twist - Joey Dee & the Starliters
  5. Twistin' the Night Away - Sam Cooke
  6. Slow Twistin' - Chubby Checker
  7. Dear Lady Twist - Gary (U.S.) Bonds
  8. Twist, Twist Senora - Gary (U.S.) Bonds
  9. Soul Twist - King Curtis & the Noble Knights
10. Twist And Shout - Salt-N-Pepa

CLASSIC POPULAR DANCING STYLES


JAZZ AND NIGHTCLUB DANCE
Jitterbug
Charleston
Lindy Hop
Two Step
Boogie-Woogie
West Coast/East Coast Swing
Jive
Shag
Cakewalk
Black Bottom
Bump
THAT LATIN-BRAZILIAN FEELING
Tango
Salsa
Mambo
Merengue
Bossa Nova
Cha-Cha-Cha
Samba
Bolero
Rumba
Lambada
Pasodoble
INTERNATIONAL/MISCELLANEOUS DANCES
Waltz
Foxtrot
Quickstep
Polka
Schottische
Mazurka
One Step
Cajun One Step & Two Step
Zydeco
BREAK DANCE
Robot
Breaking
Locking
Popping
Slam Dancing
Moonwalk
Get On The Good Foot





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