You know what there isn’t enough of in top party songs? Other useful tools include a slinky Neptunes beat, a murmured introduction by Pharrell, and a chorus that insists that you just Yeah, go ahead – scoff all you like, but we all know that when no-one else is around and ‘Jump Around’ comes on the radio, you smile and crank up the volume.
‘I could use just a little help.’ Extra party points to anyone who knows what that book is that Springsteen’s sittin’ around tryin’ to write.
Thanks for subscribing! But this doesn't mean it's acceptable to cobble together dodgy party playlists filled with soggy bops and half-arsed Know what’s so great about this song? This John Peel-championed 1978 punk classic is as simple and direct as they come. When you’re having a terrible time and you just feel so alone and it’s impossible to meet anyone special - no matter how many parties you go to - it seems you’ll never, ever find that soulmate, but then the DJ drops this and you can just let the emotion pour out of you in five minutes and fourteen seconds of borderline hysteria, while everyone just thinks you’re doing a really passionate homage to Whitney. Biggie was the victim of a drive-by shooting in 1997, just a year after ‘Hypnotize’ came out. Shake that thing, you say?
There’s a lot going on in The Gang’s 1973 hit, all of it good and all of it obscenely funky: the wandering, climbing bassline with a life of its own, the jumpy trumpets punctuating the journey, the joyous, manic scream that lets you know the song has kicked in properly... Oh, and those inimitable vocals?
London duo La Roux topped the charts in 2009 with this synth-pop missile that's sleeker than a skintight satin catsuit. Throw this one on about three quarters of the way through your bash, when you need a surefire, hands-in-the-air worldbeater. It’s a lovely, easy, calypso-tinged island tune about simple love. It’s not gibberish.
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People literally freeze, wait for a beat and go bananas. It’s almost impossible not to smile like Lionel ‘the Lion’ Richie.
Here, more specifically, are the five elements that make up ‘Hey Ya!’s mojo.Here’s our countdown of the Top 50 Christmas songs, from ancient carols to the best Christmas Number Ones. Dancing isn’t all about a big beat – sometimes you just need a driving rhythm and persistent voice, waxing lyrical about the power of luuurve.
Somehow, it still manages to have that same impact 40 years on.
as long as you credit Bensound.com (in the description for a video). It should have a blue plaque on it. Oakville Varsity Cheer 1,456 views. Take one tale of an attempted carjacking, set it to a hypnotic 4-bar sample of the classic Michael McDonald yacht-rocker 'I Keep Forgetting' and the result is a laidback track with a teasing hint of danger that demands everyone get involved with some quality head nodding. ‘Gotta make a move to a town that’s right for me,’ sings Cynthia Johnson in a robotic, vocoderized voice (a precursor to the Auto-Tune sound) before busting out an unmodified, soulful wail, pleading for a trip to the party destination of her dreams. This is the one time it is absolutely acceptable to shriek a song. Keisza nailed it and sounded like she had a ball in the process. Tin roof, rusted what does it mean? Song Macarena (Mar Fe Mix) Artist Los del Mar; Album Macarena; Writers Rafael Ruiz, Antonio Romero Monge; Licensed to YouTube by UnidiscMusic, SME (on behalf of Unidisc Music Inc.); BMI - Broadcast Music Inc., Abramus Digital, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, PEDL, IRICOM, LatinAutor - Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell, LatinAutor, CMRRA, SODRAC, and 17 Music … But layered over a rock-solid funk beat, a deadly simple bass hook and – crucially – Kelis’s hypnotically catchy chorus, the song transforms into a slow-burning hip hop banger.
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