Commercial club songs- Top 5

dublin 16 lad

Hi lads,

Was just thinking there, if you had to play to a fairly commercial club, what would be the top 5 tunes you'd play to get the crowd going. I'm not talking about a sh1tty club that play absolute chart sh1te but a happy medium where the punters would have a little bit of knowledge of dance music but not to same extent as most of yourselves

If it was me I'd pick:

Chemical Brothers- Private psychadelic reel

The Prodigy- No Good

Orbital- Belfast

Atlantic Ocean- Waterfall *cheese alert!*

Chicane- Saltwater


Or something along those lines

mikeystipey

nice idea I'd go for

Urban Cookie Collective - The Key The Secret

Sash - Encore Une Fois

Prodigy - One Love

Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl

Nalin and Kane - Beachball

Executive Steve

I'd play what i normally play.

dublin 16 lad

[cm]tyranny wrote: »

I'd play what i normally play.

What kind of stuff do you normally play?

Don't think the management of a commercial club would be too happy with someone playing a lot of relativly unknown 'underground' drum n bass which most of their customers don't know!

seannash

dublin 16 lad wrote: »

What kind of stuff do you normally play?

Don't think the management of a commercial club would be too happy with someone playing a lot of relativly unknown 'underground' drum n bass which most of their customers don't know!

id say that he simply wouldnt play those gigs.
ive turned down loads fo gigs because i know my music isnt gonna work and i refuse to play bad music to people

VinylJunkie

Come on peeps be nice.

Id probably play David Guetta - Sexy Chick on repeat for the night




Love that tune

Zascar

Aw come on lads no need to be arsey. Anyone who absolutely cannot appreciate any tunes from years ago that subsequently became commercial, should really get over themselves. There are lots of tunes that started off as totally underground releases but somehow caught on and got proclaimed cheesey soon after. Doesn't change the fact that you might have thought it was a great tune once upon a time.

On my PC I have a directory called "Classics" and it has a fairly random selection of older tracks that would generally be pretty well know. On occasion I might play some tunes at a party where no one is really into 'dance music' - but I can still keep most people happy get the dancefloor moving. The other thing I like to do is get modern remixes of old classics that are a little more chunky/deep than the original, so sound less commercial/cheesey, but still recognisable. Off the top of my head, here is a random selection of the type of thing I mean, no pariticualr style but most are fun and well liked:

Groove Armada - Superstylin'
D'Lacy - Hideaway (Dubfire Mix)
Seamus Haji - Last night a DJ saved my life
Mory Kante - Yeke Yeke (Hardfloor Mix)
The Bucketheads - The Bomb
Sandy B - World Go Round
Sneaker Pimps - Spin Spin Sugar
Wildchild - renegade Master
Basement Jaxx - Where's your head at.
Jay Dee - Plastic Dreams
Mr oxio - Flat Beat
Roisin Murphy - Never Enough (Chocolate Puma Mix)
Soul Central - Strings of Life (Danny Krevitt Edit)
New Order - Blue Monday
Shakedown - At Night (Kid Creme Mix)
Underworld - Rez
Underworld - 2 Months Off

I have loads more but that's all I can think of right now. It does not have to be the typical cheesey trance crap that ages like a pear - some older tunes are a bit more timeless. Many times I've seen bigtime music snobs suddently have their eyes light up and run to the dancefloor when you randomly throw a tune on like this - you never know how long its been since someone has heard it e and how they might have loved it back in the day.

electrogrimey

Dizzee Rascal - Bonkers





He started out as grime, therefore it's ok to like him. That's my justification for loving that tune.

Zascar

electrogrimey wrote: »

Dizzee Rascal - Bonkers

Dam you - I frickin hate that tune but now I can;t get it out of my head!

abouttobebanned

I've been playing this lately...it's commercial out...but the drunk people can't resist the hook.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHEEFyvZjZw

Everyone loves this, though works better at slightly faster bpm...

Falke & Braxe - Intro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdKCSKsaTU4

This seems to work well too, it being one of the most famous slices of electronic music ever

Laurent Garnier - Man With the Red Face
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgcAMdktubQ

The DJ I know always plays these two, and they seem to work

Hoxton Whores - Friday Saturday Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y_1bO75KLU

Steve Angello - Raining
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaqwwK9pEJM

And this always seems to get a good reaction...

Green Velvet - La La Land
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDMVfFgykP8

ED E

Zascar wrote: »

Groove Armada - Superstylin'
D'Lacy - Hideaway (Dubfire Mix)
Seamus Haji - Last night a DJ saved my life
Mory Kante - Yeke Yeke (Hardfloor Mix)
The Bucketheads - The Bomb
Sandy B - World Go Round
Sneaker Pimps - Spin Spin Sugar
Wildchild - renegade Master
Basement Jaxx - Where's your head at.
Jay Dee - Plastic Dreams
Mr oxio - Flat Beat
Roisin Murphy - Never Enough (Chocolate Puma Mix)
Soul Central - Strings of Life (Danny Krevitt Edit)
New Order - Blue Monday
Shakedown - At Night (Kid Creme Mix)
Underworld - Rez
Underworld - 2 Months Off
.

Sure are classics there.

Anyone else heading to the Jaxx?

Daroxtar

Atb-9pm til i come.
Faithless-Insomnia.
Nalin and Kane-Beachball.
Dj Jean-The launch.(<<Hardy Bucks will go ape on the floor)
Paul Van Dyke-For an angel.

And probably these too

Age of Love-Age of love
Artemesia-Bits and pieces
Planet funk-Chase the sun
Delerium-Silence
Jakatta-American Dream

Thats a whole pile of cheese but you will get people dancing to them.

If you want less cheese then maybe try some of these

Trisco-Muzak
Xpress2-Smoke Machine
Cevin Fisher-Freaks come out
Xpress2-Musicism
Sono-Keep Control

Again, all floor fillers.

Anima

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVgjC5Gw8y0

Always goes down a treat...

JCDUB

Anima wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVgjC5Gw8y0

Always goes down a treat...

Fuckin classic, love it.

OP said he wanted to fil the floor though, not evacuate the club:D

JCDUB

I aint a DJ, but I know what I like, and these are a few that I reckons will get the dancers up for some fun...

Classic video with this one too...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4DLnufd3HM

Another aul classic that lots will have forgotten.Fierce cheesey in its day though.. Had this as my ringtone until it drove me mental, loads of people used to go mental wondering what it was cos they only got the first 15 secs!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=somqrfWM7qQ

Also this little gem..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWxlO7nsGWU

And of course a bit of this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o4joooH5tg

And just to finish them off...

Surprised this didn't become the anthem of the summer. It has the catchy nostalgia angle, and gotta say I like it, but think it could work in a certain club...

Felix da Housecat - We all Wanna be Prince
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoXRlxKZkr4&feature=player_embedded

dublin 16 lad

seannash wrote: »

id say that he simply wouldnt play those gigs.
ive turned down loads fo gigs because i know my music isnt gonna work and i refuse to play bad music to people

Recession hasn't hit you so!

Executive Steve

dublin 16 lad wrote: »

What kind of stuff do you normally play?

Don't think the management of a commercial club would be too happy with someone playing a lot of relativly unknown 'underground' drum n bass which most of their customers don't know!

People who book me book me because they're booking me.

seannash

not being arsey man,i love a good bit of cheese.i certainly not a music snob.

i have honestly turned down alot of gigs(as im sure alot of people have) because theres simply nothing as boring as djing with songs you dont like.the night drags

the songs listed above wouldnt be allowed back to back all night in a commercial club,they want top 40 stuff.

they may well be classics but the average punter wouldnt have a clue

jtsuited

just to agree with the lads here, if someone gets booked, the promoter is booking THEM. If the music's unsuitable for the crowd it's the promoter's fault, and hence the promoter's problem.
end of story really.

seannash

dublin 16 lad wrote: »

Recession hasn't hit you so!

just saw this.
its got nothing got to do with the recession.djing is a hobby for me.its given me some opportunities to play some great places but id never really do a gig and play music that wont make me cringe just for the money.

ive said to people who want me to dj that ill be a horrible dj for there top 40 night and they understand.

sounds cliche'd i know but its not about the money(man):D

Zascar

Sorry I think I misread the OP's original post: If someone is having a random house party type thing I've no problem playing a few classic type tunes for fun for an hour or two - but I wouldn't do a paid gig for a 21st or top 40 type night no no no no no..

BaZmO*

Lethal_Bullet wrote: »

Anyone else heading to the Jaxx?

Just waiting for the boss to come in with the Metro and then I'm off to drop the kids off at the pool.

Zascar

Zascar wrote: »

I wouldn't do a paid gig for a 21st or top 40 type night no no no no no..

That's very specific.

How about a Bar Mitzvah with Jewish folk songs then?

Or how about a Greek wedding with balalaika music?

:P

seannash

BaZmO* wrote: »

Just waiting for the boss to come in with the Metro and then I'm off to drop the kids off at the pool.

wahey:D:D:D:D

BaZmO*

seannash wrote: »

wahey:D:D:D:D

Ahhhhthankyou! I'm here all week....

Executive Steve

Zascar wrote: »

Sorry I think I misread the OP's original post: If someone is having a random house party type thing I've no problem playing a few classic type tunes for fun for an hour or two - but I wouldn't do a paid gig for a 21st or top 40 type night no no no no no..

I did a few weddings before, and it's great fun - dragging out all the motown, michael jackson, 80's power ballads, talking heads, sugarhill gang, james brown, all of that stuff - as long as you have a clear idea of what you're playing and an ability to not be snobby and draw the right tune at the right moment it's fun - you'll learn more from doing one wedding and not playing any "dance music" than you will from doing ten normal gigs, IMO.

But a club? They book me, they book me for what i do; i don't need to play Rihanna to teenagers to get paid.

Executive Steve

Plus all those wedding tunes are generally old FM radio hits, and they're generally never more than three minutes long unless you have an extended 12" mix, so you're pretty much constantly searching for the next three tunes to put on, plus you have to make teenagers dance as well as their grandparents...

It's as hard as, if not harder, than rocking a club full of pillheads imo.

Zascar

If I get married I'll get you for my wedding Tyranny! Sounds great!

I just don't actually have any of that type of music whatsoever really.