The best party songs of all time are absolute required listening at any rocking party. Music after all is like the oxygen and lifeblood of a party, and without good tunes to fuel its happenings, even the best-laid party plans will crumble, choke, and die under the weight of their awful musical accompaniment.
Now then, what types of music do people like? It does vary of course, but there are certain songs and styles of music that tend to strike a chord with many of us for whatever reason. Something that makes them eminently enjoyable, so that people can’t help but begin tapping their toes and clapping their hands when they head them. That is the mark of what makes a song legendary, and a mark that is held by all of the best party songs of all time which make up our list.
So, what are the 10 best party songs of all time? Deciding the popularity of a song is not that easy, because the parameters on which we will measure their popularity will vary. If you want to check whether a music album is popular or not, you can just check sales figure, but you cannot use this method to determine the popularity of a single song. Yes, checking the number of views on YouTube for that particular song might be a way for the popularity of modern songs to be measured against each other, but that can’t be a tool to analyze songs that span generations, as newly released songs naturally get much more activity than the videos of 30-year-old songs, no matter how good they are.
Rolling Stone is probably the most respected and famous magazine in the music industry, and they have come up with a list containing the 500 greatest songs in history. Using their list and other statistics, here we present you with the ten best party songs of all time. You may not agree with the entire list as after all it is just a matter of opinion like any other.
If this list isn’t enough to whet your musical appetite, we recommend you take a look at our other cover story on the Most Popular Songs of All Time.
No.10 – Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
Writer: Michael Jackson
Artist: Michael Jackson
Genre: Disco-Funk
Length: 6:04
Album: Off the Wall
Released: 1979
Producer: Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson
Awards: Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Nominations: Grammy Award for Best Disco Recording
No.9 – Khe Sanh
Writer: Don Walker
Artist: Cold Chisel
Genre: Pub Rock
Length: 4:09
Album: Cold Chisel
Released: 1978
Producer: Peter Walker
No.8 – Spotlight
Writer: Madonna, Stephen Bray, Curtis Hudson
Artist: Madonna
Genre: Dance-pop
Length: 6:23
Album: You Can Dance
Released: 1988
Producer: Stephen Bray
No.7 – It’s Raining Men
Writer: Paul Jabara, Paul Shaffer
Artist: The Weather Girls
Genre: Disco, R&B, dance-pop
Length: 4:06
Album: Success
Released: 1982
Producer: Gary Haase
Nominations: Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
No.6 – Objection
Writer: Shakira
Artist: Shakira
Genre: Pop rock-tango
Length: 3:42
Album: Laundry Service
Released: 2001
Producer: Shakira – Lester Mendez
No.5 – Wild Dances
Writer: Aleksandr Ksenofontov, Jamie Maher, Ruslana Lyzchicko, Michael Fayne, Sherena Dugani
Artist: Ruslana
Genre: Pop folk
Length: 3:00
Album: Wild Dance
Released: 2004
Producer: Aleksandr Ksenofontov, Ruslana
Awards: Winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004
No.4 – Absolutely Everybody
Writer: Mark Holden, James Ingram, Hicks
Artist: Vanessa Amorosi
Genre: Dance-pop, Disco
Length: 3:42
Album: The Power
Released: 1999
Producer: Axel Breitung, Kay Nickold
No.3 – Hung Up
Writer: Madonna, Stuart Price, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
Artist: Madonna
Genre: Dance-pop, Disco
Length: 5:36
Album: Confessions on a Dance Floor
Released: 2005
Producer: Madonna, Stuart Price
No.2 – Let’s Get Loud
Writer: Gloria Estefan, Kike Santander
Artist: Jennifer Lopez
Genre: Salsa
Length: 3:58
Album: On the 6
Released: 2000
Producer: Emilio Estefan, Jr., Kike Santander
Awards: Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording
No.1 – Billie Jean
Writer: Michael Jackson
Artist: Michael Jackson
Genre: Post-disco, rhythm and blues,funk, dance-pop
Length: 4:53
Album: Thriller
Released: 1983
Producer: Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones
Awards: Grammy Awards and American Music Award