PLAYLISTS
Putting together playlists for your DJ to play at your wedding or party can be quite a challenge. DJ Karlton is one of the most experienced DJs in the UK having over 5000 gigs experience in clubs, at Weddings, Corporate events and Parties and has put these together to help you on your way.
Getting the balance right between the kind of music you like aligned with what your guests will enjoy. We always remember it’s your party so will follow your direction but generally we suggest you allow a little room for manoeuvre so that all your guests feel they have been catered for in some way. Remember you want your guests to leave thinking they’ve had the best night ever!
So to help you based on the thousands of gigs we’ve done we’ve put together some of the ultimate wedding or party playlists that contain tracks that get proven results from various genres.
We’ve also thrown in some more fringe playlists ie. Metal that we would only play on specific instruction from the Bride & Groom.
If you decide to choose one of our DJs, these tracks tend to be our go to tracks when we have a new audience in front of us. From the reactions we can read what type of crowd we’re playing to and then evolve the night as required.
Please let us know your thoughts and feel free to contact us with tracks you feel are missing.
Classic Party Anthems
Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now
Bon Jovi – Livin on a Prayer
Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Abba – Mama Mia
Abba – Dancing Queen
Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive
Tina Turner – Proud Mary
Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl
Billy Ocean – Love Really Hurts Without You
Ocean – Red Light Spells Danger
The Killers – Mr Brightside
The Frattellis – Chelsea Dagger
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen – Crazy Thing Called Love
Electric Light Orchestra – Mr Blue Sky
Dolly Parton – 9 to 5
Robbie Williams – Rock DJ
Free – All Right Now
Spice Girls – Wanabe
Five – Everybody Get Up
Daryl Hall & John Oates – You Don’t Make My Dreams
Commercial RnB/Garage
Beyonce – Single Ladies
Beyonce – Crazy in Love
Peter Andre – Mysterious Girl
Kevin Lyttle – Turn Me On
Shaggy – It Wasn’t Me
Rihanna – Pon de Replay
Flo Rida – Low
N-Sync – Girlfriend
Panjabi MC – Mundian To Bach Ke
Jason Derulo – Riding Solo
Kanye West – Golddigger
R Kelly – Ignition
Sweet Female Attitude – Flowers
Artful Dodger – Moving too Fast
Daniel Bedingfield – Gotta Get Through This
Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass
Bruno Mars – Marry You
NEIKED – Sexual
Chart Anthems
KPop Demon Hunters – Golden
Chappell Road – Pink Pony Club
The Weeknd – Blinding Lights
Elton/Dua Lipa – Cold Heart
Rihanna – We Found Love
Ed Sheeran – Bad Habits
Elton & Dua Lipa – Cold Heart
George Ezra – Shotgun
Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines
Sigala – Sweet Lovin’
Justin Beiber – What Do You Mean
Justin Timberlake – Can’t Stop This Felling
Rudimental – Feel The Love
Calvin Harris – Feels So Close
Bruno Mars – 24k Magic
Kungs – This Girl
Justin Bieber – Despacito
Ed Sheeran – Shape of You
Lady Gaga – Bad Romance
McFly – Five Colours in Her Hair
Pitbull – Give Me Everything
Pitbull – Don’t Stop The Party
Katy Perry – Firework
Nicki Minaj – Starships
Taylor Shift – Shake It Off
Rizzle Kicks – Mama do The Hump
Icona Pop – I Love It
Flo Rida – Club Can’t Handle Me
Jessie J – Bang Bang
Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk
Calvin Harris – Promises<
OMI – Cheerleader
Taio Cruz – Dynamite
Flo Rida – Club Can’t Handle Me
Little Mix – Power
Dua Lipa – One Kiss
Busted – Year 3000
Contemporary Anthems
Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk
Maroon 5 – Moves Like Jagger
Pharrell Williams – Happy
Outkast – Hey Ya
Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
George Ezra – Paradise
Amy Winehouse – Valerie
Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance
DNCE – Cake By The Ocean
Pitbull – Timber
The Weeknd – Blinding Lights
Classic House Anthems
Robin S – Show Me Love
Livin Joy – Dreamer
Snap – Rhythm is a Dancer
Ce Ce Peniston – Finally
Nightcrawlers – Push The Feeling On
Corona – Rhythm of The Night
Bobby Brown – Two Can Play That Game
Faithless – Insomnia
The Source Candi Staton – You Got the Love
Ultra Nate – Free
Gala – Freed From Desire
Fragma – Toca Me
Delerium – Silence
N-Trance – Set You Free
Belini – Samba De Janeiro
Robert Miles – Children
Ian Van Dahl – Castles In The Sky
Deep House
M-22 – First Time
Disclosure – Latch
Gorgon City – Here For You
Klingande – Jubel
Kiesza – Hideaway
Duke Dumont – Got You
Route 94 – My Love
MK – 17
Dance Anthems
Darude – Sandstorm
Cascada – Evacuate The Dancefloor
Ultrabeat – Pretty Green Eyes
Sash – Encore en Fois
Run DMC – It’s Like That
Rednex – Cotton Eyed Joe
Bob Sinclar – Rock This Party
Fedd Le Grand – Put Your Hands Up
Avicii – Levels
Funky House Anthems
Modjo – Lady
Stardust – Music Sounds Better
Daft Punk – Get Lucky
Eric Prydz – Call On Me
Michael Gray – The Weekend
The Shapeshifters – Lola’s Theme
Tweet – Boogie Tonight
Bodyrockers – I Like The Way
Moloko – Sing It Back
Dario G – Sunchyme
Tom Novy – Your Body
Room 5 – Make Love
Madison Avenue – Don’t Call Me Baby
Daft Punk – One More Time
80's Anthems
Whitney Houston – Wanna Dance With Somebody
Erasure – A Little Respect
Human League – Don’t You Want Me
B52’s – Love Shack
The Jam – Town Called Malice
Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough
Soft Cell – Tainted Love
Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams
New Order – Blue Monday
Salt-N-Pepper – Push It
Spandau Ballet – Gold
Lionel Richie – All Night Long
Lionel Richie – Dancing on The Ceiling
Madonna – Like A Prayer
Katrina & The Waves – Walking On Sunshine
David Bowie – Let’s Dance
Prince – Kiss
MC – Hammer – Can’t Touch This
Rick Astley – Never Going to Give You Up
AHA – Take On Me
Communards – Don’t Leave Me This Way
Deee-Lite – Groove Is In the Heart
Bryan Adams – Summer of 69
Wham – Wake Me Up
Wham – I’m Your Man
Dead or Alive – You Spin Me Round
Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule The World
Fleetwood Mac – Everywhere
Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al
Hall & Oates – You Make My Dreams Come True
Cheesy Anthems
Proclaimers – 500 Miles
Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline
Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Come On Eileen
Billy Joel – Uptown Girl
DJ Casper – Cha Cha Slide
Grease – Megamix
Journey – Don’t Stop Believing
Toto – Africa
Frank Sinatra – New York New York
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
Tina Turner – The Best
Five – Everybody Get Up
Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby
Sugarhill Gang – Apache
Take That – Never Forget
Take That – Could it Be Magic
Shania – Man I Feel like A Woman
Backstreet Boys – Everybody
Los Del Rio – Macarena
Steps – 5,6,7,8
The Village People – YMCA
S-Club 7 – Reach
Queen – We Will Rock You
The Nolans – I’m in The Mood for Dancing
Blues Brothers – Everybody
Kenny Loggins – Footloose
Status Quo – Rocking All Over The World
Housemartins – Happy Hour
Ricky Martin – Livin’ La Vida Loca
Pitbull – Timber
Pitbull – Fireball
Idina Menzel – Let It Go
Warm Up Juke Box Tracks
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama Bob Marley – Could You be Loved Sugarhill Gang – Rappers Delight Aretha Franklin – I Say A Little Prayer Stevie Wonder – Superstition Fleetwood Mac – Don’t Stop
Redbone – Come & Get Your Love
Cool 70's Disco Tracks
Lipps Inc – Funky Town
Earth Wind and Fire – September
Earth Wind and Fire – Boogie Wonderland
Candi Staton – Young Hearts Run Free
Billy Ocean – Red Light Spells Danger
The Trammps – Disco Inferno
The Trammps – Hold Back The Night
Chic – Good times Chic – Le Freak
Michael Jackson – Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough
Michael Jackson – Billie Jean Womack & Womack – Teardrops
Whispers – And The Beat Goes On Ojays – Love Train
KC & The Sunshine Band – Get Down Tonight
Rare Groove/Funk
Jocelyn Brown – Somebody Else\’s Guy
Cheryl Lynn – To Be Real
Brothers Johnson – Stomp
Loose Ends – Hanging on A String
Indeep – Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
Stevie Wonder – Superstition/Sir Duke
Labelle – Lady marmalade
McFadden & Whitehead – Ain’t No Stoppin Us
Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up
Sly & The Family Stone – Dance to The Music
Stevie Wonder – Sir Duke
Kool & The Gang – Get Down on It
Evelyn Champagne King – Love Come Down
Rose Royce – Car Wash
Cameo – Word Up
Diana Ross – Upside Down
Wild Cherry – Play That Funky Music
George Benson – Give Me The Night
Rufas & Chaka Khan – Ain’t Nobody
Isaac Hayes – Theme From Shaft
Luther van Dross – Never too much
Motown/Northen Soul
Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
Aretha Franklin – Respect
Jackie Wilson – Higher & Higher
Diana Ross – Can’t Hurry Love
Martha Reeves and The Vandellas – Dancing In The Street
Martha Reeves and The Vandellas – Heatwave
The Isley Brothers – This Old Heart of Mine
Smokey Robinson – Tears of a Clown
The Supremes – Stop in The Name of Love
The Contours – Do You Love Me
Marvin Gaye – It Takes Two
Frank Wilson – Do I Love You
Archie Bell – Here I Go Again
Bobby Paris – Night Owl
Dobie Gray – Out On The Floor
Al Wilson – The Snake
Frankie Vally – The Night
50's/60's Anthems
Beatles – Twist and Shout
Beach Boys – Surfing USA
Monkeys – I’m a Believer
Contours – Do You Love Me
Elvis – Jailhouse Rock
Chubby Checker – Let’s Twist Again
The Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup
Frankie Valley – Deecember 63
Tom Jones – Delilah
Indie Rock
Guns and Roses – Sweet Child of Mine
The Killers – Mr Brightside
The Frattellis – Chelsea Dagger
Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now
Bon Jovi – Livin on a Prayer
The Jam – Town Called Malice
Kaiser Chiefs – Ruby
House of Pain – Jump Around
Rembrandts – I’ll be There For You
The Strokes – Last Night
Pulp – Common People
Pulp – Disco 2000
Oasis – She’s Electric
Oasis – Don’t Look Back In AngerChumbawamba – Tubthumping
Supergrass – Alright
Blur – Parklife
Blur – Song 2
James – Sit Down
Jet – Are You Gonna Be My Girl
Courteeners – Not Nineteen for Ever
Greenday – Basket Case
The Coral – Dreaming of You
AC-DC – Highway to Hell
AC-DC – Back in Black
AC-DC – Thunderstruck
Def Leppard – Animal
Def Leppard – Pour Some Sugar
Madchester
Happy Mondays
The Stone Roses
Charlatons
Primal Scream
New Order
Inspiral Carpets
James
EMF
The Mock Turtles
Blur
Ocean Coloured Scene
Black Grape
The Farm
The Soup Dragons
Jesus Jones
Stero MC’s
Metal
Metallica – Enter Sandman
Rage Against The Machine – Killing In The Name Of
System of a Down – Chop Suey
Halestorm – I link It Heavy
Sum 41 – Fat Lip
Wedding First Dance - Slow
Tom Walker – Just You & I
The Temptations – My Girl
James Arthur – Falling like the Stars.
Nathan Sykes – Over and Over
David Gray – Sail Away
Beach Boys – God Only Knows
Ellie Goulding – How long will I love you
John Legend – All of Me