Music Post #3

This one is not about recently obtained music, but party playlists. We had a going-away party for K tonight. She has relied on me for party mixes for the past 2 years. It's always tricky to time the music when it's not live, but I think after enough parties, I have gotten to a point where they turn out pretty successful - success measured by the number of people dancing - and then not leaving because the next song is too good to leave. So here was tonight's playlist. Note that I went back and re-played the 80s/90s mix that appears in the middle once people had been motivated to dance by the hip-hop. I never want to break the hip-hop out too early, but it always ends up being the music that motivates people to start dancing. So here's the list:

• Ratatat - Wildcat
• Say Hi - Northwestern Girls
• Islands - Where There's a Will There's a Way
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion
• Feist - 1234
• Pixies - Debaser
• Daedelus - Fair Weather Friends
• The Ting Tings - Great DJ
• Hot Chip - Over & Over
• The Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control
• Junior Boys - In the Morning
• of Montreal - Id Engager
• Fujiya & Miyagi - Collarbone
• The Outfield - Your Love
• Erasure - A Little Respect
• Cansei de Ser Sexy - Let's Make Love and Listen to Death from Above
• Justice - D.A.N.C.E.
• Daft Punk - Around the World/Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
• The Knife - Heartbeats
• MGMT - Kids
• Blur - Girls & Boys
• EMF - Unbelievable
• Estelle - American Boy (Feat. Kanye West)
• Akon - Wanna Be Startin Something
• Ace of Base - I Saw the Sign
• B-52s - Love Shack
• Salt-N-Pepa - Shoop
• Paula Abdul - Straight Up
• Cardigans - Love Fool
• Bell Biv Devoe - That Girl is Poison
• The Darkness - I Believe in a Thing Called Love
• Young MC - Bust a Move
• Ace of Base - Beautiful Life
• Deelite - Groove is in the Heart
• Architecture in Helsinki - Debbie
• Usher - Love in this Club
• Lil Jon and the Eastside Boys - Get Low (Feat. Ying Yang Twins)
• Ciara - 1 2 Step (Feat. Missy)
• Sir Mix-A-Lot - Jump on It
• Eric Prydz - Call on Me
• Girl Talk - Play Your Part (Pt. 1)
• Outkast - Hey Ya
• Black Eyed Peas - My Humps
• Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
• Justin Timberlake - My Love
• Jay Z - I Just Wanna Love Ya
• Enrique Iglesias - Don't Turn Off the Lights (um, this one was due to an earlier conversation between roommates)
• Wyclef Jean - Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)
• Usher - Yeah (Feat. Lil Jon & Ludacris)
• Kanye West - Stronger
• Nelly Furtado & Timbaland - Promiscuous
• Timbaland - Give it to Me
• Britney Spears - Toxic
• 50 Cent - In Da Club
• Timbaland - The Way I Are
• 50 Cent - Ayo Technology (Feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland)
• Destiny's Child - Say My Name
• Juvenile - Back that Ass Up
• Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
• Groove Armada - I See You Baby
• Biz Markie - Just a Friend
• Beck - E-Pro
• The Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize
• The Roots - The Seed (2.0)
• Black Eyed Peas - The Request Line (Feat. Macy Gray)
• Bananarama - Venus