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Kurt’s Blog: My Grade School Dance Party DJ Playlist

Thank you for all your suggestions over the past few days!

Tonight is the Karen Acres Sock Hop at my kids’ school…and yes, I did wrestle with the concept of “should I play some 50s-style sock hop songs?” I came back with a “no”…but will do requests if asked πŸ™‚

Here’s my playlist…not in any particular order…I’ll let the dance floor pace out the playlist.

Shut Up and Dance – Walk the Moon

Classic – MKTO

Fight Song – Rachel Platten

We Are Never Getting Back Together – Taylor Swift

One Call Away – Charlie Puth

On Top of the World – Imagine Dragons

Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen

Can’t Stop the Feeling – Justin Timberlake

Can’t Hold Us Down – Macklemore

High Hopes – Panic! At the Disco

Wannabe – Spice Girls

Oops I Did It Again – Britney Spears (This is solely for my wife, lol)

Pump It – Black Eyed Peas

The Middle – Maren Morris/Zedd

Getting Jiggy Wit It – Will Smith

Thunder – Imagine Dragons

Party in the USA – Miley Cyrus

Wolves – Selena Gomez

Shake It Off – Taylor Swift

Feel It Still – Portugal. The Man

I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Whitney Houston

Castle on the Hill – Ed Sheeran

Shape of You – Ed Sheeran

Hotline Bling – Drake

Baby Shark – Baby Shark

Cupid Shuffle – Cupid

Chillin’ Like a Villain – Descendants

Happier – Marsmello

Better Now – Post Malone

Roar – Katy Perry

Happy – Pharrell Williams

We Will Rock You – Queen

Best Song Ever – One Direction

Try Everything – Shakira

All Star – Smashmouth

Timber – Pitbull/Ke$ha

I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas

Uptown Funk – Bruno Mars

Ways to Be Wicked – Descendants 2

Hair Up – Trolls

Sunflower – Post Malone

Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen (this is my final song of the night…it’s my, alright everyone, time to go home πŸ™‚ )

NOTE: My son requested “Mind Your Manners” by Pearl Jam…I told him that I was incredibly proud of him and his music selection, but that wouldn’t be the best dance song…he asked if we could listen to it on the way to and from the dance in the car.

Easy compromise.

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