Guaranteed Crowd Pleasers

Daft Punk – One More Time
Michael Jackson – Thriller

Those ones always work, that’s almost incredible !

@Kale: None of those you mentioned is *cough EDM banger tunes, so Im guessing you generally played for a US crowds,

Mix it up with some good old skool anthem rnb/hip hop stuff,

1. Summertime – Fresh Prince & Jazzy Jeff,
2. Candy – Cameo,
3. Brick House – Commodores,
4. Back to the Hotel,
5. Rumpshaker – Wreck & Effect,

@rizki…It’s not that he plays a US crowd, it’s that he doesn’t play an EDM crowd. North America eats big bad bass right up (and the much worse EDM monstrosity that has arrived still-born lately).

For the non-bass heavy action (rock, hip hop, and others):
Meatloaf – Paradise By The Dashboard Light (this always kills at weddings I’ve been to, which is ironic)
James Brown – Get Up Offa That Thing (i firmly believe this is JBs best tune, period)
Biggie – Hypnotize (if you’re playing for the right age group, this destroys the ladies for some reason)
Fishbone – Skankin’ To The Beat (again, has to be the right crowd…if it is? murder in the dance)
Technotronic – Get Up (everybody knows Pump Up The Jam, but Get Up kills harder if you bookend it right)
De La Soul – Jennifa Taught Me (mix it in just right and just watch, trust me. everyone plays Buddy, so this set you apart)
Journey – Don’t Stop (don’t play this for a crows who’s feeling rock…they’ll scoff because of the Glee connection. Play it in the middle of a house set, trust)
Pink Floyd – Another Brick (there are a hundred remixes of this song; so play the Korn cover and then go into the Joe T Vanelli remix of the Pink Coffee version from 2012)
ANYTHING by the Jungle Brothers
Cajmere – It’s Time For The Perculator (it’s always time for the perculator if there are people on the floor over the age of 35 who seem to truly understand dance music)

For the bass heavy side of what I do:
Konflict – Messiah (either the original or the Noisia remix, it will always kill the room)
Roni Size – Brown Paper Bag (wanna watch a room full of old jaded d&b heads forget they’re supposed to look cool? play this track)
Adam F & Lil Mo – Where’s My (destroys to this day if you put it in somewhere unexpected)
Rod Lee – Holla Back (Tony Quattro Remix) (this piece of business slams every time)
Astronomar – Turn up the HA! (i don’t even know why people lose their minds to this tune)
Debonair Samir – Samir’s Theme (His Majesty Andre Remix) (i hate this song so much…but it always makes people start to go crazy. i know why…i just still hate it but i still play it all the time it seems)
AC Slater – Sidewinder (if i play this and then drop into the Drop The Lime remix i almost lose control of the whole building. it becomes a fire hazard)
Shaunyboy – Discobadboy (this is a recent addition to my collection, and it kills kills kills)
Tropkillaz & Jesse Slayter – Filipina Chick (always bangs. there are better Tropkillaz tracks, but people seem to really like this one)

Aw man, I could go on all day long. There are so many tunes that are absolute floor killers if you’ve been digging for as many years as me. But…my number one, all time, best track of tracks that I try to find a reason to play in every single set if I can (becuase it works no matter what genre or style I’m spinning) is…….

Tribe Called Quest – Scenario

Howdy all,

Afraid this is SO depending on local stuff. Rock does not fly very well here in Holland (with a few notable exceptions, but only if you plan them right). Some local (Dutch) stuff CAN rock the place, again depending on crowd and prep work.

I remember from my hayday as pro resident DJ that the UK dance music scene (where my agency was) was way different from the local markets and from what I knew from my own Dutch market. And that was all pretty different from what was hot in the US.

One of the most significant examples of this difference is that in many dance music best of charts, Cerrone’s Love in C minor is at the number ONE!!! spot, not just in the chart, but at the bloody top. This song is totally UNKNOWN in the Dutch market, has never, ever made it to any kind of hit and if I were to play it today, it would clean out the floor.

Still good to see what is popular with you guys. I will mostly definitely make a new playlist with DDJT Top DJ Crowd Pleasers.

Greetinx.

@warsuit : ow mannnn i looove thissss –> Roni Size – Brown Paper Bag !!!