During 2023 I played 1057 unique tracks by 991 artists at just over 60 events.
The biggest tracks of 2023!
- Wyles – Million Dollar Bill
- ABBA – Voulez Vous
- Barry White – You’re The First, The Last, My Everything
- Beyond Chicago x Majestic x Alex Mills – Million Dollar Bill
- blink-182 – All The Small Things
- Cameo – Candy
- Candi Staton – Young Hearts Run Free
- Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want To Have Fun
- David Guetta feat. Sia – Titanium
- Endor – Pump It Up
- Jocelyn Brown – Somebody Else’s Guy
- Lizzo – Good As Hell
- Pink – Raise Your Glass
- Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hype – Friday (Dopamine Re-Edit)
- Shakira feat. Freshlyground – Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)
- Tina Turner – The Best
- Toploader – Dancing In The Moonlight
- Vanessa Carlton – A Thousand Miles
- Boyce Avenue – We Found Love
- Bryan Adams – Summer Of 69
- Cee-Lo Green – Forget You
- FISHER – Losing It
- Flo Rida feat. T-Pain – Low
- Gabriella Cilmi – Warm This Winter
- Kylie Minogue – Can’t Get You Out Of My Head (Peggy Gou’s Midnight Remix)
- Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You
- Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
- Rita Ora feat. Fatboy Slim – Praising You
- Robin S – Show Me Love
- Whigfield – Saturday Night
- Backstreet Boys – Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)
- Bee Gees vs 50 Cent – Stayin’ Alive In Da Club
- Cher – Believe
- Dimension – DJ Turn It Up
- Estelle feat. Kanye West – American Boy
- Florence + The Machine – You Got The Love
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Can’t Hold Us
- Natasha Bedingfield – Unwritten
- Pharrell Williams – Happy
- Rednex – Cotton Eye Joe
- Steve Angello & Laidback Luke feat. Robin S – Show Me Love
- The B52’s – Love Shack
- Walk The Moon – Shut Up & Dance
- Wham! – Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
- Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes – I’ve Had The Time Of My Life
- Dolly Parton – 9 To 5
- Kings Of Leon – Sex On Fire
- Livin’ Joy – Dreamer
- Majestic x Boney M – Rasputin
- Miley Cyrus – Party In The USA
- Outkast – Hey Ya!
- Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris – We Found Love
- Spice Girls – Who Do You Think You Are
- Steps – 5678
- Taylor Swift – Love Story
- Wheatus – Teenage Dirtbag
- Bruno Mars – Marry You
- Calvin Harris feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean – Feels
- Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers – Soul Banana
- Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean – Hips Don’t Lie
- Spice Girls – Wannabe
- Taylor Swift – Shake It Off
- ABBA – Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
- Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive
- Bee Gees – Night Fever
- John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John – The Grease Megamix
- Latto x Mariah Carey feat. DJ Khaled – Big Energy
- Becky Hill feat. Chase & Status – Disconnect
- Dizzee Rascal feat. Calvin Harris & Chrome – Dance Wiv Me
- Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – December ’63 (Oh What A Night)
- Lizzo – About Damn Time
- The Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
- The Proclaimers – I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
- The Weather Girls – It’s Raining Men
- Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer
- Erasure – A Little Respect
- House Of Pain – Jump Around
- Nicki Minaj – Starships
- Tina Turner – Proud Mary
- Beyonce feat. Jay-Z – Crazy In Love
- Bruno Mars – 24K Magic
- Fatman Scoop feat. The Crooklyn Clan – Be Faithful
- Justin Timberlake – CAN’T STOP THE FEELING!
- Martine McCutcheon – Mamma Mia
- S Club 7 – Reach
- Darude – Sandstorm
- Los Del Rio – Macarena
- Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline
- The Village People – YMCA
- DJ Casper – Cha Cha Slide
- Jackson 5 – I Want You Back
- The Jacksons – Blame It On The Boogie
- Gala – Freed From Desire
- Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse – Valerie
- Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
- Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now
- Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody
- Earth, Wind & Fire – September
- The Killers – Mr. Brightside
- ABBA – Dancing Queen
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Analysis
The data I used to compile the above list comes from a mixture of suggestions made in advance of the party by Clients, requests on the night and other songs I played that fit in with the vibe of the party.
It’s clear that party songs like ABBA’s Dancing Queen, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, Macarena and Saturday Night are still standing the tests of time and are as popular as they ever were. Dancing Queen was played just over 30 times which is around 50% of the total number of parties I DJ’d at during 2023!
It’s interesting to note that a song released in the past 5 years does not feature in the top 20 and songs released in the last 5 years only account for about 10% of the list. The classics are still out on top and that doesn’t look like it’s going to change anytime soon.
So, it’s time to sit back and relax before this year’s events start all over again in the next week or so. The play counts have been reset so let’s see what 2024 brings!
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Adios!