Crowd pleasers

[mike o]

I’m sure a few past threads exist like this but…..

Please share the best crowd pleaser songs you know get people on the dance floor that musicians hate to play. For fun, Please add if you will play them or not and why. I draw the line with Disco Duck

i.e. Mustang Sally, Brown Eyed Girl,

 

[buldog5151bass]

Play That Funky Music, Keep Your Hands to Yourself, What I Like About You, Love Shack, Twist and Shout

 

[Reedt2000]

What I like about you always gets em dancing, we go into rocking in the USA in the middle just to make it a little more painful (the audience loves it though)

Is the wagon wheel craze finally over? Used to get asked for it at almost every gig but that hasn't happened in a while.

 

[buldog5151bass]

Don't Stop Believing, Just What I Needed.

Yeah, as someone who plays some modern country, Wagon Wheel has slipped down the list, but it still works.

 

[filmtex]

La Bamba always packs the dance floor around here. Always!

 

[buldog5151bass]

La Bamba always packs the dance floor around here. Always!

Put it in a medley, like with Good Lovin'.

 

[gln1955]

Put it in a medley, like with Good Lovin'.

We've been doing a mashup of La Bamba with the aforementioned Twist and Shout.

 

[newwavefrank]

Play That Funky Music, Keep Your Hands to Yourself, What I Like About You, Love Shack, Twist and Shout

I play all of these (except twist and shout) at almost every gig and I love playing them BECAUSE the audience loves hearing them

 

[DirtDog]

Shook Me All Night Long

and if you’re anywhere near Canada: New Orleans is Sinking

 

[Aceman]

Something by Lady Gaga.

 

[cassanova]

Walk the Dinosaur & though it doesn't pack the dance floor, Living on a Prayer tends to be a pleaser.

 

[mike o]

Good stuff! Personally, I’ll play anything that gets people dancing and having a good time. Isn’t that what’s most important?

 

[two fingers]

Your Love by The Outfield. Yeah, I know. Not a dance song. But it KILLS every single time we do it. I've been singing around here in dozens of bands for over 20 years. I've had to do it twice several times. It never, ever, fails. Ever. It fills the dance floor. Amd twice during the song we stop and let the crowd song "I don't wanna lose your love tonight" and it's loud every time. Every. Single. Time.

 

[buldog5151bass]

Your Love by The Outfield. Yeah, I know. Not a dance song. But it KILLS every single time we do it. I've been singing around here in dozens of bands for over 20 years. I've had to do it twice several times. It never, ever, fails. Ever. It fills the dance floor. Amd twice during the song we stop and let the crowd song "I don't wanna lose your love tonight" and it's loud every time. Every. Single. Time.

You must wear tight pants on stage.

 

[lokikallas]

The Middle, Anything Anything, I Want Candy, Dancin with myself

 

[WI Short Scaler]

For us, "guaranteed to work" songs.

All I Wanna Do/Sheryl Crow
Superstition/S Wonder
I Want You Back/M Jackson
Sweet City Woman/Stampeders
That Thing You Do/Wonders

 

[Mark_70]

Blister in the Sun. Never failed us

Regards
Mark

 

[Mike N]

Voodoo - Godsmack
Thunder Kiss '65 - Rob Zombie
Wild Thing - Tone Loc

 

[Gustopher]

Summer of 69' works really well for us. We also kill with Walk Softly On This Heart Of Mine - Kentucky Headhunters

 

[thekyle55]

The Middle by Jimmy Eat World

We have to to play it every time. It's not a particularly fun or interesting song, but the audience eats it up.