R. Kelly - Ignition (Remix) always a party starter.

Updated playlist. Still a work in progress. Still taking, listening to suggestions. Thanks!

1970 - James Brown (get up)
1971 - Led Zeppelin (rock n roll)
1972 - stealers Wheels (stuck in the middle)
1973 - Iggy Pop & The Stooges (search & destroy)
1974 - David Bowie (rebel rebel)
1975 - *David Bowie (fame)
1976 - Sex Pistols (anarchy in the UK)
1977 - Talking Heads (psycho killer)
1978 - Blondie (one way or another)
1979 - *The Knack (my sharona)
1980 - *Gary Numan (cars)
1981 - *Devo (whip it)
1982 - Thomas Dolby (she blinded me with science)
1983 - *David Bowie (let's dance)
1984 - Van Halen (panama)
1985 - *a-ha (take on me)
1986 - Aerosmith & Run DMC (walk this way)
1987 - **INXS (new sensation)
1988 - Poison (nothing but a good time)
1989 - *Young MC (bust a move)
1990 - **Vanilla Ice (ice ice baby)
1991 - Naughty by Nature (O.P.P.)
1992 - *Sir Mixalot (baby got back)
1993 - Snoop Dogg (gin & juice)
1994 - Bikini Kill (Rebel Girl)
1995 - Montell Jordan (this is how we do it)
1996 - Rage Against the Machine (bulls on parade)
1997 - Notorious BIG (mo money mo problems)
1998 - Britney Spears (baby one more time)
1999 - Sisqo (thong song)
2000 - Ludacris (southern hospitality)
2001 - Kiley Minogue (can't get you out of my head)
2002 -
2003 - 50 cent (in da club)
2004 - snoop dogg (drop it like it's hot)
2005 - Kanye West (gold digger)
2006 - *Justin Timberlake (sexy back)
2007 - Da Shop Boyz (party like a rock star)
2008 - Jamie Fox (blame it on the alcohol)
2009 - Flo Rida (right round)
2010 - Far East Movement (like a g6)
2011 - Macklemore (Can't Hold Us)
2012 - Niki Minaj (starships)
2013 - **Miley Cyrus (we can't stop)
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1971 The Who (baba o'riley) swapped for Led Zeppelin (rock n roll)
1974 - swapped Jackson 5 (dancing machine) for David Bowie (rebel rebel)
1978 - swapped Joe Jackson (is she really going out with him) for Blondie (on way or another)
1982 - swapped The Cars (shake it up) for Thomas Dolby (she blinded me with science)
1993 - swapped Haddaway (what is love) for Snoop Dogg (gin & juice)
1996 - Busta Rhymes (whoo hah...got you all in check) for Rage Against the Machine (Bulls on Parade)
2011 - swapped Arctic Monkeys (brick by brick) for Macklemore (Can't hold us)
2008 - swapped Timbaland (the way I are) for Jamie Fox (blame it on the alcohol)
* had a bunch in the wrong year and had to move things a bit.

yep.
*edit - turned out it was negotiable. Listening to that song for more than 30 seconds was unbearable.

That is serious blasphemy. Gary Numan is a musical God.


The years that I'm not terribly thrilled about right now are:

1970 James Brown (get up), although I kinda like the idea of kicking off the party with that track.

1985 A-Ha (take on me)

I'm going to spend the next few hours cleaning up around the house and listening through the whole thing...

2002 - Elvis Presley - 'A Little Less Conversation' is pretty catchy and has the benefit of introducing some older music via a new version.

Avril Lavigne's "Complicated" did well that year according to the interwebs but I couldn't even tell you what it sounded like!

I mean I love David Bowie as much as anyone, but 3 Bowie songs in your mix included 2 back-to-back?! Sorry but there should be at most 1 song per artist in a mix, so you really should make a Sophie's Choice and cut 2 of those Bowie songs.

Luckily there are a ton of great songs you could sub in each of those musically-rich years (for example, 1975 has Earth Wind & Fire's "Shining Star" which always goes great in a party).

I'm thinking you don't realize just how amazing David Bowie is.

Take On Me is a great party track, and chicks love it.

Update - the party was great and the playlist went down a storm.

I believe I heard the words "genius" and "brilliant" in regards to my selections all night long.

Thanks to those that helped!

My next party is going to be a "white trash" party. Either later this month or early next month.

1973 - "Little Willy" by The Sweet

This is the music snob in me speaking, but there's a heavy focus on questionable "novelty" hits and cheesy "OMG, that's so 70s/80s/90s" stuff here. I get that it's a party, but sure there's some room for fun, time-specific music that's also good?

/this is why I hate parties, I don't get it.